The Heart of Effective, Global, Digital
Curriculum – Digital Citizenship
Talitha Kingsmill
LLB MEdL DipEd(Sec) CertRE CertIVTAA
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St Columban’s College – a snapshot…
St Columban’s College 1:1 Laptop Program
commenced in 2009
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OUR 1:1 LAPTOP PROGRAM
IMPLEMENTATION AND MAINTENANCE
WAS COMPREHENSIVE
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Ongoing student training (application and Web 2.0)
Ongoing staff training (application and Web 2.0)
Parent Information Nights
Family and staff training evenings/afternoons
Staff reflection sessions
Hosted Open Days/Apple Showcase Day to other schools
Weekly Staff IT Updates
Newsletter communication with wider community –
celebrated the learning which was happening
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Suite of AUPs,
MacBook Use
& Care Policies
and Cyber
Safety Policy
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BY 2010…
 Issues of technology misuse and abuse increased
 A lot of time and energy spent addressing cyberbullying,
sexting, broken machines etc.
 Searching for a more effective way forward
(imustian.com)
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The obvious is that which is never seen until
someone expresses it simply.
Kahlil Gibran
DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP = Proactive, Holistic,
Empowering
Framework
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What is digital citizenship?
It is citizenship in, and of the digital age
It is a set of norms of appropriate and responsible
behaviour regarding technology use (Ribble & Bailey,
2007).
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Digital citizenship is doing what is right and responsible
within the social context of the virtual world. It is
character education for the digital age (Ohler, 2010).
It is a set of skills that must be taught and practiced
(Petersen Jensen, 2008).
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Common to all the definitions is that digital citizenship is
a defined set of skills enabling participation, and
therefore citizenship, in the Information Age.
FOSI - DC
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Approaches to Teaching Digital Citizenship
Jason Ohler’s De-Tech-Tives Process
Susan Brooks-Young 3 Stage Approach – Respect Yourself,
Respect Others and Respect Outside Limits
Andrew Churches’ Six Tenets of Citizenship:
Respect Yourself
Respect Others
Protect Yourself
Protect Others
Do Not Steal
Honour Intellectual Property
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21st Century Fluency Project –
5 Fluencies of the Global Digital Citizen
DC Focus:
Respect Yourself
Respect Others
Protect Yourself
Protect Others
Respect IP
Protect IP
Ribble & Bailey’s 9 Elements Digital Citizenship Framework
Ribble’s EDUCATE, RESPECT, PROTECT Digital Health Approach
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Our Choice – Ribble & Bailey’s 9 Elements
of Digital Citizenship WITH OUR OWN
TWIST
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Project Purpose/Goals
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To define what we believe St Columban's
students need to learn to prepare for the
digital present and future.
As educators we must prepare students to
live
in a world WITHOUT PHYSICAL BOUNDARIES and help
them learn how to WORK WITH OTHERS, VIRTUAL or
OTHERWISE
Ribble, 2011
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The Process - 6 stages
 What is Digital Citizenship?
 Audit process - what are we currently doing? AND what are
the natural connections?
 Inter-Faculty synopsis and analysis
 Curriculum planning and integration
 Learning community awareness
 Professional online learning group
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The Vision
 2012 - Middle Phase units of work integrating Digital
Citizenship elements rollout
 2013 – Business Technologies, Religious Education and The
Arts Senior Phase units of work integrating Digital Citizenship
elements rollout
 2014 – Further Senior Phase rollout together with The Arts &
HPE Middle Phase rollout
 2015 – complete the Senior Phase rollout (including VET)
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How will we know if we’re making
a difference?
 increased knowledge among curriculum leaders and staff of digital
citizenship and its role in a secondary school curriculum
 increased occurrence of explicit teaching and learning
opportunities focused on digital citizenship with the College
curriculum
 raised awareness and understanding in students of their status
as a digital citizen and the accompanying rights of responsibilities
of digital citizenry
 demonstrated increase in student generated awareness projects
focusing on elements of digital citizenship
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Presenter Contact Details
Talitha Kingsmill
St Columban’s College
tkingsmill@stc.qld.edu.au
Consultancy Service:
Contemporary Citizenship Enterprises
tkingsmill.cce@gmail.com
M: 0414 816 409
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