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Digital Citizenship is a concept

that helps both parents and
teachers show their children
the correct way to use technology. With the explosion of technology there needs to be put in
place some etiquette when it
comes to using our electronic
devices. Too many times people miss use the internet for
the wrong reasons and some
of them do not know any better. In my class Digital Citizenship will be taught and I will be
sending each parent or guardian a Digital Citizenship pledge
that will outline what is to be
expected tech behavior. The
students will also get the
pledge and will be tested on it.
There are several things that
we can do to practice Digital
Citizenship. One of the ways is

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to not cell yell while you are

talking to someone. Some
others things are no texting
while driving, turn down your
ear buds when you are around
close to people as not to disturb them, do not put too
much personal information on
Face book, and other sites. It

S k y
The cloud is a network of servers that store data and online
access to computer resources.
They can be classified as public, private, or hybrid. The modern cloud appeared in 1996
and it became popular in
2006 when Amazon .com introduced the Elastic Compute

is ever one's responsibility to

practice responsible tech use
and by using good digital citizenship, we can enjoy the wonderful world of technology.

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Cloud. The Cloud has pros and

cons that people should be
aware of. The pros are storing
data that you want to keep
and also find data for research. The cons are any photo or message that you might
want to delete at a later date
can not be done because

once it gets in the clouds, it

stays there so you have to be
careful what you put online. Of
al the advancements of the
internet the cloud is one of
most useful but if you are not
careful they will turn into storm
clouds.

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Cyber bulling is a new twist to

a age old problem. This new
style of intimidation is happening on electronic devices.
Some of the things that cyber
bullies do are mean e-mails
or text, post embarrassing
pictures or mean messages
on web sites and using someone elses user name to
spread rumors. This type of
behavior can have serious
consequences . The suicide
rate in America has risen in

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2012 to levels not seen since

the mid 1980s and one of
the main reasons for it is
cyber bulling. This type of
behavior needs to be curbed
and teachers, parents, and
community leaders need to
be at the forefront to get
cyber bulling under control.
the victims of cyber bulling
must report all instances of
bulling so that other will not
go through the same thing.
Parents should check their

Z O O M I N G
Prezi is a new way of giving a
presentation that allows you
to put your ideas in motion.
This concept is a great way to
give a presentation and keep
the audience interest throughout the course of your presentation. When you put together
a regular power point presentation, each slide must not
have too many words or
graphics because the point

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Padlet is a virtual wall that
will allow teachers and students to post their thoughts
on a common topic very easily. It works as a online sheet
of paper that people can put
any content anywhere on the
page from anyone from any
device. Some of its key features include being able to

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childs electronic devices to

make sure that they are not
being bullied. The parents
must also check and see if
their child is not doing the
bulling. The art of intimidation
has been around since time
began. This latest style of
bulling a lot of times has no
face but the damage is still
being done. This type of intimidation must be stopped in
order of the children can have
a safe learning environment
so that they can do their best.

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will get lost. But with Prezi you

can use the software to articulate your point without staring at the board or talking too
long. Whenever you give a
presentation, part of your job
is to peak the interest of your
audience and the Prezi does a
good job of it. Prezi is a great
tool but it also has its drawbacks. Some user say that
Prezis zooming user inter-

face (ZUI) causes nausea,

others complain about the
lack of color and font options.
Prezi also had been criticized
for not being user friendly to
users with disabilities because a lot of the presentation can not be read aloud.
Giving a presentation can be
a bore and a chore at the
same time. Prezi is a way to
make this chore easier.

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customize your wall title,

description and wallpaper.
The teacher must go over the
rules for using the Padlet
with student to make sure
that they do not use inappropriate post on the Padlet.
Digital Citizenship must be
used while posting on the
Padlet. The teacher also

must make sure

that the students
have a pen name
that they are
comfortable with.
Technology is
doing wonders in
the classroom
and this virtual
wall is a way of providing

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