Annotated+Bibliography

=Annotated Bibliography of Professional Articles/Blogposts=


 * Couros, Alec. "Understanding Digital Citizenship." //Open Thinking//. Alec Couros, 3 12 2007. Web. 27 Jul 2011. .**

This blog post by Alec Couros is a reflection of his thinking about digital citizenship, Ribble's works and a series of examples of very poor digital citizenship. He concludes that something is missing from the discussion - social responsibility and social learning.


 * Davis, Vicki A. "The Case for Digital Citizenship in School." //Cool Cat Teacher Blog//. Blogger, 28 03 11. Web. 27 Jul 2011. .**

In this blog post the author shares examples of situations that have happened as a result of poor digital citizenship. She makes clear that we need to keep students safe by educating them, and that focusing on fear is not the way to do it. Her goal is for people to understand the importance of digital citizenship in schools.


 * Grey, A. (2011). Cybersafety in early childhood education. //Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 36//(2), 77-81. **
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Grey's article examines the definition of digital citizenship, how it figures in the lives of young children and how to teach them safe online behaviour. She outlines the role of the teacher as well as the importance of involving parents. It is important that children learn safe practice without relying on "rules and tools."


 * Gray, Tessa. "Digital Citizenship: At School and at Home." //Core Education//. Core Education, 06 2011. Web. 31 Jul 2011. .**

This article is in response to a survey of New Zealand teachers who indicated their lack of confidence at dealing with digital citizenship. It goes on to share links to a variety of resources to assist teachers in this area.


 * Hollandsworth, R., Dowdy, L., Donovan, J., Thompson, K. M., & Richards, J. (2011). //Digital citizenship in K-12: It takes a village// United States, SPRINGER SCIENCE + BUSINESS MEDIA. **

This article that helps readers understand digital citizenship and the need to develop norms, but the importance of involving all stakeholders. It will help the reader to understand the issue of digital citizenship in his or her current environment. It makes clear that somebody has to take the lead because this isn't something that can be fixed quickly.


 * Marcinek, Andrew. "The Importance of Digital Citizenship in Social Media." //Edutopia//. George Lucas Educational Fouindation, 26 01 2011. Web. 1 Aug 2011. .**

This is a brief blog post encourages teachers to abandon fear mongering and get real with their approach to technology with students. The message isn't new, but the best part is a video entitled //Infowhelm and Information Literacy//.


 * Ribble, M. S., Bailey, G. D., & Ross, T. W. (2004). //Digital citizenship: Addressing appropriate technology behavior.// No. 32.1.Learning & Leading with Technology. **

Ribble, et. al. outline the nine elements of digital citizenship, explains each, gives examples of inappropriate behaviour and then strategies for dealing with it. It is an easy to read article that makes it easy to understand the concept of digital citizenship and see practical applications in the classroom.

=Annotated Bibliography Research Articles=


 * Boyle, C. The effectiveness of a Digital Citizenship curriculum in an urban school. Ed.D. dissertation, Johnson & Wales University, United States - Rhode Island. Retrieved July 27, 2011, from Dissertations & Theses: Fully Text. (Publicatio No. AAT 3404228).**

Boyle's research seeks to answer how participating in a digital citizenship program impacts students' ability to identify appropriate behaviour online. Boyle's goal was to add to the little research that currently exists, so this study does not go so far as to look at actual behaviour with and without a digital citizenship course.


 * Oxley, C., International Association of, S. L., & School Library Association of,Queensland Inc. (2010). //Digital citizenship: Developing an ethical and responsible online culture.//International Association of School Librarianship. **

Oxley's paper is based in research by Mike Ribble and the guidelines of ISTE. It examines three critical reasons that it is critical to teach digital citizenship as well as three important learnings gleaned from her research.


 * Ribble, Michael Shannon (2006). Implementing digital citizenship in schools: The research, development and validation of a technology leader's guide. Ed. D. dissertation, Kansas State University, United States - Kansas. Retrieved July 27, 2011, from Dissertations & Theses: Full Text. (Publication No. AAT 3223358).**

Ribble's research was designed to develop a technology leader's guide for Digital Citizenship. The paper outlines the process of creating the guide and the various revisions that were required. At the end of the research paper is the technology guide.