Reflection

1. The digital citizenship element that I explored was digital etiquette. Digital Etiquette is behaving in a safe, respectful, and responsible way when online. It’s working to make the internet a more accepting and safe place for yourself and others. It is taking a moment to think before you comment, post, or share. Is what you are going to comment, post, or share kind, necessary, helpful, and how you would want to be treated? I think it is most important to understand that the digital world and the real world are not two different worlds. Often they may seem disconnected, but it is all the real world and how we behave online can affect us, people online, and our futures. I found the poster image in my explore box that states “Before you (social media app images) think, is it true? helpful? inspiring? necessary? kind?” very helpful in understanding how to have good digital etiquette and also a great resource for kids. A few resources that I found beneficial include 8 key netiquette lessons to develop good digital citizens, Digital Citizenship, and Evaluating News: Digital Etiquette.
2. Discuss which  ISTE substandard your element connects to. ​Digital Etiquette connects to the ISTE standard 1.2.b, “Students engage in positive, safe, legal and ethical behavior when using technology, including social interactions online or when using networked devices.” Digital etiquette focuses on respectful and safe behavior online. It’s all about engaging in appropriate behaviors when online or using any sort of device.
3. In this challenge, I explored two new tools. The first tool I used was Mentimeter. This tool allows you to create presentations that are interactive which I liked. When presenting students can like, thumbs up, thumbs down, or question mark each slide which gives it a social media-type feel that I think that students would enjoy. There are many different types of slide features that can be used to ask questions to which students can respond such as multiple choice, word cloud, open-ended, scales, ranking, and more. You get to control whether or not responses are shown and if points are given to them to make it more like a game. I do think I would use this website again because it allowed lots of student interaction, but I’d like to try it with the points and see how that works. I wanted to find a presentation website that I had not used before and that was interactive so the class could share what they learned in their exploration. After doing some research I came across Mentimeter and decided to try it since I had not heard about it before. The next new tool that I used was Genially. Just like with Mentimeter, I knew what I wanted my students to do and then started a Google search for websites. For the Apply section of my Hyperdoc, I wanted students to create a flyer, while I knew they could use google docs and Canva I wanted to find another website that was new even though Canva is rather new to me. I liked that it has a ton of different templates that you could use and that it was very user-friendly. Other websites that I explored weren’t as user-friendly and felt more complex. It also had the option to provide a link for your flyer, which I thought was a great feature that your could send your flyer digitally. I would use Genially again, I’d like to explore the other templates that they have.