Digital+Citizenship+Website

[|Digital Learners K-5]  Link to Narrative 
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Description ** My digital citizenship website is geared towards parents of elementary school students. I included the definition of and information about digital access, assistive technology, digital communication, digital rights and responsibilities and how these concepts apply to the school system. This website will help parents understand, relate to, and help their children use technology properly. The home page of the website includes the definition of digital citizenship, an overview of website and nine themes of digital citizenship. On each page of the website I have included links to sites relevant to the topics that may be referenced by parents and teachers. Also included are videos that further explain the topics. On the last page is a list of references I used to help me create my website. Process ** The process for completing this assignment was lengthy but simple to understand. I used Google sites to create a web page. From my home page, I linked four additional pages that I created for each of the topics of digital citizenship I wanted to explain and one for my references. The most time consuming part of designing the web pages was researching the topics and deciding what information was important to include for my target audience. After gathering the information and presenting it so that is was reader friendly, I also decided to include videos that I thought supported my topics and were helpful for my presentation of the information. I added a graphic to the home page to make it more interesting and also attached files that I thought would be interesting and helpful. I included links to sites that gave more information on each topic for parents and teachers. Reflection ** I think that this website could be a valuable tool for my school. I thought that the Google site was easy to use and understand. The information that was included on the site is important for all elementary parents to read. I am hoping that next school year I can show this site to my principal and we can offer it in our newsletter for parents to view. Although this project was time consuming, by spreading it out over seven weeks, I was able to do it piece by piece, which cut down on the time I spent working on it at one sitting. I found many resources for each topic on the webpage and I also liked adding the videos. I thought they added a lot to the website. Overall, I thought this project was useful, helpful, and well planned.
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