SD68 – Digital Citizenship (Session 3 of 6) 1 developing PARTNERSHIPS building CAPACITY supporting STUDENTS implementing TECHNOLOGY SET►BC Tier 1 Workshop Digital Citizenship (Session 3 of 6) School District #68 (Nanaimo-Ladysmith) February 15, 2017 1 Digital Access – Key Considerations for Schools and School Districts • Ensuring access for all students • Providing alternative solutions when access issues arise due to location or socioeconomic status • Ensuring that students with disabilities are given appropriate accommodations and specialized equipment • Ensuring that teachers are prepared to use technology in the classroom in ways that support and enhance learning developing PARTNERSHIPS building CAPACITY supporting STUDENTS implementing TECHNOLOGY 2 Digital Access
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SD68 – Digital Citizenship (Session 3 of 6)
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developing PARTNERSHIPS building CAPACITY supporting STUDENTS implementing TECHNOLOGY
SET►BC Tier 1 Workshop
Digital Citizenship(Session 3 of 6)
School District #68 (Nanaimo-Ladysmith)
February 15, 2017
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Digital Access – Key Considerations for Schools and School Districts
• Ensuring access for all students
• Providing alternative solutions when access issues arise due to location or socioeconomic status
• Ensuring that students with disabilities are given appropriate accommodations and specialized equipment
• Ensuring that teachers are prepared to use technology in the classroom in ways that support and enhance learning
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Digital Access
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Digital Access Keywords
• Digital divide
• Digital inequality
• Assistive technology
• Technology access
• BYOD
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Digital Access: Socioeconomic Inequalities
• Do individual students have the same access to technology?
• Do parents have access to technology?
• Digital Divide vs. Digital Inequality
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Digital Access: Digital Divide vs. Digital Inequality
Digital Divide Digital Inequality
• A gap between individuals that have and do not have access to modern information technology,such as the cell phone, television, or the Internet
• Exists between the educated and the uneducated, between economic classes, and globally, between the more and less industrially developed nations
• A term that describes how technology users access and learn their technical skills in their daily lives
• Focuses on how user uses the technology instead of the individual income level
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Digital Access: The Canadian Internet
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• Go to http://bit.do/canadian-internet.• Explore the CIRA Factbook. Check out a
collection of data and information about the Canadian Internet usage.
Image Credit: CIRA Factbook 2014
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Digital Access: Location
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Digital Access: Assistive Technology
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Digital Access: SET►BC
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For more information: http://bit.do/setbc-resources
Digital Access – Questions for Discussion • What are school community members’ beliefs regarding the necessity of Internet
access for staff and students?
• What is the school’s policy and current processes regarding blocking access to Internet content and social networking services, and how can the school ensure that students’ rights to digital access are maintained?
• What is the school’s policy on BYOD programs, and how will the school ensure access for all students?
• What opportunities is the school providing for teachers in order to support their use of technology in the classroom?
• What steps is the school taking to ensure that students have access to up-to-date equipment, including specialized or adaptive equipment for students with special needs?
• How can appropriate Digital Access support inclusion and differentiated learning?
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Digital Law – Key Considerations for Schools and School Districts
• Ensuring that school staff is up to date on digital law and that they are communicating this information to students as part of classroom instruction
• Ensuring that clear expectations have been laid out regarding privacy on school-owned devices
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Digital Law
Teaching Digital Law
• Canadian copyright law• Copyright Matters! (by CMEC) - http://bit.do/copyright-matters
• Creative Commons - https://creativecommons.org/
• Privacy Policy• The USA Patriot Act
• Anti-Cyberbullying Law, Bill C-13
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