The document discusses how schools can use online games and gaming to develop digital citizenship skills in students. It notes that games allow students to design complex projects over time in sandbox games, helping them achieve research and information fluency standards. The document recommends that schools consider how online games could be incorporated into the curriculum to help students develop skills like innovation, imagination, and creativity, while also practicing legal and ethical online behavior. It poses discussion questions about the potential effects of using games educationally and how prepared schools are to adopt such approaches.
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Digital citizenship. Game on.
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GAME ON!
Developing digital
citizenship; why
schools should use
online games and
gaming.
2. Navigating the way.
an appreciation of information
literacy, personal responsibility
and accountability Jukes, McCain and
Crockett, 2010. p.67)
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Digital
Access
Commerce
Communication
Literacy
Etiquette
Law
Rights and
Responsibilities
Health and Wellness
Security
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5. Taking a different perspective.
Glasses
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6. Evaluating the skills and knowledge students
need to learn effectively in order to live
productive lives. (ISTE, 2007)
Meeting the
standards
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7. Through sandbox games players
can design and build
complicated projects over time.
(Shaffer 2006, p. 168)
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8. Achieving standards in research
and information fluency.
Search, organise, locate, analyse, evaluate.
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Students understand human, cultural and societal
issues related to technology and practice legal and
ethical behaviour. (ISTE 2007)
10. Rise to the
challenge.
Develop innovation,
imagination
and creativity.
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11. Discussion Questions
What might be the effect on internet addiction
amongst our children if we utilize online games
for educational purposes?
How are our schools poised to develop the use of
online games within the curriculum?
What are the key attitudes teachers, parents and
administrators must adopt if games are to be
incorporated into the curriculum?
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12. Recommended reading
Gee, J. P. (2007). What video games have to teach us about
learning and literacy. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
Jukes, I., McCain, T. D. E., Crockett, L., & 21st Century Fluency
Project. (2010). Understanding the digital generation:
Teaching and learning in the new digital landscape. Kelowna,
BC: 21st Century Fluency Project.
McGonigal, J. (2011). Reality is broken: Why games make us
better and how they can change the world. New York:
Penguin Press.
Ribble, M., & Bailey, G. D. (2007). Digital citizenship in schools.
Eugene, Or: International Society for Technology in
Education.
Thomas, D., & Brown, J. S. (2011). A new culture of learning:
Cultivating the imagination for a world of constant change.
Lexington, Ky: CreateSpace?.
Reading in Bed
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