Digitial Citizenship in my ECE classroom!

In the Technology for Education class that I've been in for the past semester we briefly touched upon the subject of "Digital Citzenship". We learned to use the website Prezi in order to share with other classmates what digital citizenship means to us within our classroom. So, what is digital citizenship? As stated on the American School in London, the definition of digital citizenship is : teaching users the rules of good citizenship online; this usually includes email ettiquette, protecting private information, staying safe online, and how to deal with bullying, whether you're a target or a bystander. Well...what might that mean in the early childhood classroom? It means that the children in my class would learn about internet safety, how to present yourself on the internet, and talking about cyber bullying. I find it important to teach these things in my classroom for the following reasons:
a) Teaching our children digital citizenship early on can prevent cyber bullying in the later years.
b) Teaching our children digital citizenship early on can show students how to properly present themselves online to peers, adults, and other citizens in the community. If taught early on, your students can learn that using the internet in certain ways can really help in the future.
c) Teaching our children digital citizenship early on can show children the safe way to browse online, and what information is safe and not safe, etc.
The main idea of digital citizenship in the Early Childhood Classroom would be mainly cyber bullying, protecting yourself online, and what information to use online, since I will be focussing on Pre - Kindergarten up to 2nd grade.

Here is my Prezi explaining Digital Citizenship a little better:

And here is my works cited page for all the awesome sources that helped me make this Prezi!

Peace, Love, and Happy Teachings! - Miss Caitlin