Digital Citizenship

As technology advances and the use of smart phones become an everyday tool, we must make sure that our youth are using it enhance themselves and not for something that could harm them.  With almost every scuffle in our school comes a story of how someone said something on facebook or twitter.  We have also heard on the news of how these tools are being used for bullying.  We must educate or children to A. not put anything harmful on there and B. Not to worry when something is put on there.  It is so easy for us to say something on facebook or by a text that we normally would not say in person because we feel safe behind our computers.  We must make sure that our students understand how this can make someone feel.  It is also alarming with text message and pictures, what they may be sending or posting between each other.  We have got to educate them so that pictures do not ruin someone 15 years down the road.  Role playing could be a great way to educate them to use these material correctly.