EDLD 5316 Week 2 Journal Reflection

This week we dug deeper into Ribble's nine elements of digital citizenship. I learned that the nine elements have been divided into three categories. The outline below will show how each of the nine elements are divided into three categories:

Respect for Yourself and Respect for Others

1. Digital Etiquette

2. Digital Access

3. Digital Law

Educate Yourself and Connect with Others

1. Digital Communication

2. Digital Literacy

3. Digital Commerce

Protect Yourself and Protect Others

1. Digital Rights and Responsibility

2. Digital Security

3. Digital Health and Wellness

After I wrapped up week 1, I moved into week 2. One of the first things I did was watch the following video.

The video is a TEDTalk by Nicholas Negroponte titled "A 30-year history of the future." It was such an interesting look back, and an interesting idea of the future. There were so many amazing quotes throughout the video clip. One of our assignments was to select one of those quotes and write an opinion piece about the quote. I selected the following quote:

· Nicholas Negroponte, director of the MIT Media Lab, predicts that we’ll soon buy books and newspapers straight over the Internet. Uh, sure.

~ Clifford Stoll, Newsweek, 1995

I will spare you the trouble reading my entire essay by summarizing my point for you here. I think people are scared of change. The fear of change keeps people where they are, and only reluctantly do they step in a different direction, and usually after seeing other people take the step first.

The next topic that I researched and learned more about was our digital footprint. Did you know that there are two categories under the digital footprint title? Those two categories are intentional digital footprint (sometimes referred to as a digital dossier) and unintentional digital footprint (sometimes referred to as passive data traces). I also learned that a digital footprint is often referred to as a digital tattoo. I find that terminology interesting and thought provoking. The word tattoo implies something permanent and something extremely difficult to remove. I think the word tattoo is completely appropriate in this context. Learning how to manage your digital footprint is important. You cannot control all information about you on the internet, but you can control the items that you put on the internet for the world to see. Be proactive and selective when posting on the internet, which includes this blog posting.

Net Neutrality was the next topic of discussion and research, specifically, the implications of net neutrality on education. There are so many articles written on the topic that it's almost overwhelming. However, the commonality between those articles is that doing away with net neutrality will be harmful to education, formal and informal. The academic divide between higher and lower socioeconomic groups will widen. Here is a link to just one of the articles that I found on the topic. There will be a couple of others in the reference section below. Please take a moment to read those articles and share your thoughts.

Reference:

Getting Smart. (2017). What the End of Net Neutrality Would Mean for Education. Retrieved from: https://www.gettingsmart.com/2017/12/what-losing-net-neutrality-would-mean-for-education/

Gordon, N. (2017). Why Net Neutrality Matters for K-12 Education. Retrieved from: https://www.future-ed.org/work/why-net-neutrality-matters-for-k-12-education/

Negroponte, N. (2014). A 30-year history of the future [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.ted.com/talks/nicholas_negroponte_a_30_year_history_of_the_future?language=en#t-7825

Ribble, M. (2015). Digital citizenship in schools: Nine elements all students should know (3rd ed.). Eugene, OR: International Society for Technology in Education

TechTarget. (n.d.). digital footprint. Retrieved from: https://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/digital-footprint