Digital Citizenship

Digital citizenship means to have the knowledge and skills to effectively use digital technologies to communicate respectfully with others, participate in society, and create and consume digital content responsibly. Digital citizenship is about confident and positive engagement with digital technologies.

This year has seen Wellington pupils and staff having to transition into online learning for the majority of the school year. This meant that pupils across the school had to gain the knowledge and skills to access lessons, resources, turn in work and receive feedback online. They had to learn to collaborate with each other in a virtual learning environment which is extremely different from and more complex than collaborating in person. Transitioning back to online learning remains a threat and we want to equip pupils to conduct themselves respectfully and responsibly, just as they would at school. All pupils need digital citizenship skills to participate fully in their communities and make smart choices online and in life.

E-Learning

We have started developing a phase-wise framework of what we would like pupils to achieve as they travel through their lives in the junior school. In order to infuse digital citizenship in our curriculum, the first step we took was to celebrate the Digital Citizenship Week from October 17th to the 21st where the teachers planned and taught lessons about the various strands of digital citizenship. These strands helped children understand the various aspects of navigating the digital world safely, responsibly, kindly, and respectfully. For example – How can we be safe online? How do you achieve media balance? How can we be kind online?

At the end of the week, we launched the Digital Citizenship Contest where pupils were asked to answer such question prompts and submit them in the form of videos, posters, leaflets, and other exciting modalities. We received some immensely creative entries, and it was evident from the work they had turned in, that our first steps into this realm were successful. The pupils were able to clearly show evidence of their learning about digital citizenship and received their awards soon after.

Naeny, Year 2

Olivia Z, Year 3

 

 

Yunah 

Ivy DC

 

Year 5

Bildion

Year 6

 

 

 

 

Yoyo

 

Year 6

We will continue to develop a digital citizenship framework which will become a part of our explicit and hidden curriculum. Since the last contest was so successful, we will carry on with launching more creative events for pupils to activate their thinking about the topic and adopt the practices in real life. Through healthy discussions and authentic learning experiences, we hope that Wellingtonians will learn to be ideal Digital Citizens.