“I Googled You”Student Tools

to Establish a Positive Digital

Citizenship

David F. Cain—Secondary Curriculum Coach, HUSDDavid.cain@hesperiausd.org

I don’t remember that, but it must be

true...

Have you ever googled yourself?

In 2013, 48% of employers performed

internet searches on all applicants.

Career Builder Survey, 2013

What do your digital footprints tell us about who you are and what

kind of employee you will be?

In 2013, 31% of colleges performed internet

searches on all applicants—an all-time

high

Kaplan, 2013

What do your digital footprints tell us about who you are and what kind of student you will

be?

Percent of applicants with negative search

results, impacting acceptance:2013—30%2012—35%

Kaplan, 2013

Students, now that you know we are watching you, are you changing your online behavior?

Untagging photos

Changing user names on social network sites

Deletion of social media accounts

Increased privacy settings

The focus is on destruction, deletion, and avoidance, rather than attempting to build a positive digital citizenship.

Student Solutions:

A successful candidate has built a brand—a brand that is that person’s repertoire of skills, interests, and positive interactions with peers.

What colleges and employers want to find…

Technology is explicitly referenced in nearly a quarter of the CCSS—and by implication, nearly half of the standards necessitate the student use of technology.

What do our students need to know and be able

to do?

Our new state standards…

Transliterate

Students Paving

the Way

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Teachers are essential in the process of preparing students for the 21st century.• Students should be able to move between a wide variety of

media forms, gleaning information, ideas, and an understanding of arguments.

• Students should be able to express themselves in a wide variety of media forms, communicating information, ideas, and clearly reasoned arguments.

Building Transliteracy

Our digital moral imperative…It is our job, not only to warn and guide students about the proper use of the internet, but to assist them in establishing their individual, positive digital citizenship.

Moral

Imperative

Ahead!

We need to assist students in creating a distinct digital citizenship that is scholarly and professional; one that is truly reflective of the best aspects of each student.

The world is watching. Stake a claim in your skills, abilities, and

character.

Best place to start Have students create an email address, preferably gmail,

that reflects who they are—not snickersbaby98@gmail.com, but gabriella.a.espinoza@gmail.com .

Have students perform all professional correspondence with teachers, schools, scholarship organizations, civic associations, employers, etc., using that address—keep the address clean.

POST:Posts under this

identity should revolve around scholarly

activities or interests.

CREATE:Have students create a distinctly professional

web presence.

COMMENT:Comment on the

professional sites of peers and experts in

field students are interested in.

Linkedin:

Twitter:

Google+:

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Follow colleges and leaders in the field that students are interested in—post content and link relevant sites

Establish a professional profile of scholarly interests and connect to experts and other like-minded people

Google+ adds Facebook-like elements and additional features to increase a students SEO (Search Engine Optimization)

Stage One: A Soft Start

Google Sites:

Blogger:d

Have students create blog entries on topics related to class—use it as the medium for significant assignments

The easiest way to have students create webpages and professional content—consider creating online portfolios utilizing google sites. As you build, have students include images, audio, video, and even podcasts that exemplify the scholarly pursuits of your students.

Stage Two: Let’s Build

Kidblog.org:d

No email address, no outside access, but a place to practice digital creativity, collaboration, communication, and critical thinking

Paving the way for younger students…

Beware of

potholes

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A word of caution..• All content must be informational, professional,

or academic—not personal.• All interactions must remain objective and

professional.• The focus is on topics and issues, not people.

What can they do?

“I Googled You”

Questions?

David F. Cain—Secondary Curriculum Coach, HUSDDavid.cain@hesperiausd.org