Today we had to remove a student off of our wiki for using the wiki to bully another student. While we as teachers have set very clear expectations of what is appropriate and what is not, this student still made the choice to engage in behavior that was not acceptable. This brings to the light to need to explicitly teach digital citizenship. Below are the standards around Digital Citizenship and I don’t want to lose sight of those as we continue forward in using technology.
Students understand human, culturally, and societal issues related to technology and practice legal and ethical behavior. Students:
a. Advocate and practice safe, legal, and responsible use of information and technology.
b. Exhibit a positive attitude toward using technology that supports collaboration, learning and productivity
In the end we hope that this student can learn a life lesson early before the cost is too high. For now, they are denied access to the wiki and trust needs to be earned back.
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