The idea of actively teaching students about the importance of digital citizenship is a very good and important one. The following video raised valid points about the various ways technology and the internet can be used to make a global community along with proper etiquette.
The most important thing that I took away from this video is the realization of what a small world it really is now and how we really are a global society in many ways. This leads to a very important sense of responsibility in education about teaching students proper ettiquette and basic politeness as well as safety. It is also important for the students as well as the teachers to be able to think of ways to communicate across a broader spectrum then there has been in previous generations. There is ample opportunity for good uses of this technology as well as nefarious.
This relates to my life because I am really seeing the neccesity of being aware of the global community and learning how to teach it properly and in context to the students that I may someday have.
This is important to me as a future educator because it gave me some good ideas for how to help my future EFL students work with students all across the world that do speak english.
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I agree that it is "important for the students as well as the teachers to be able to think of ways to communicate across a broader spectrum then there has been in previous generations" I have found that even in college I have a generation gap with some of my teachers. Being afraid of technology hinders their teaching and my learning in their class. I don's want tha to happen in my classroom.
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