IoUC Presents: Digital Citizenship with Mike Ribble

Deb and Tom, from Internet of Unintended Consequences (www.tiouc.com), explore this month's theme of "Digital Citizenship" with Mike Ribble of digitalcitizenship.net.  What does it mean?  According to Ribble "it is the approrpiate repsonsible use of technology."  How does that relate to being a citizen?  Or is it that we must expand our traditional ideas of "citizen" to the digital and online world.  Join us as we explore the nine elements of digital citizenship and how they apply to each of us. Twitter: #IoUCDigCit, www.facebook.com/tiouc

Dr. Mike Ribble author of the books Digital Citizenship in Schools (soon to be in its 3rd edition) and Raising a Digital Child has worked within the education field his entire career.  He has been a science educator and an assistant principal at the high school level.   Dr. Ribble has taught as an adjunct faculty member at the community college and the university level.  Currently, he works as the director of technology for a school district in Kansas.  Dr. Ribble has spoken on the topic of digital citizenship to parents, teachers and students in the United States and internationally.  Mike has written articles for THE Magazine, District Administrator, Leading & Learning, Kappa Delta Pi Record and Innovate My School.  Dr. Ribble is interested in helping students, teachers and parents understand the issues around technology and how to use these tools appropriately.  His current work is focused around character education and how that can improve user’s online profile.