paper+introduction

I got wound up on the intro and wrote a first draft vs doing an outline, here is the link to the file. glad to adapt it to other angles, directions, and we need to revisit our categories possibly (safety, ethical, decision making). Anyway, here it is. Randy

[|Digital Citizenship_Intro_1st draft.docx]

here is what i had for ALISE

Abstract The AASLS standards (see Appendix A) as well as the ISTE NETS T and S address digital citizenship (DC). DC includes the practice of appropriate social, ethical, legal and safe use of technology. This study examines the perceptions of both library media specialists and school technology coordinators/specialists concerning their roles and responsibilities in teaching/assuring students learn and practice appropriate digital citizenship. Presidents of state library medial and technology associations were invited to respond to a survey describing initiatives in their state and the role of their associations and professionals as teachers of DC. Their responses should provide a picture of how this issue is being addressed in terms of curriculum, policies and practices. We believe this to be an important, as LMS need to provide leadership in this area in schools, and library school curriculum must cover digital citizenship so that graduates are well prepared to inform and guide teachers and administrators in their districts. We also believe there is a strong elements of urgency as surrounds this issue, as if educators do not take the lead in this area, other entities, such as companies or individuals who create curriculum products, will, by default, become the educators in this crucial area. We believe our survey results will show a wide range of response to the issue of who is teaching students about digital citizenship, and how are students being taught. Our survey looks at curriculum measures, including values and character education, practices such as filtering, and policy issues. We also plan to interview selected organization presidents or their designees to acquire more in-depth understanding of how states are addressing DC, as well as experts (such as Howard Garner) in this field. These sources of data (survey and interviews) should provide a broad picture of digital citizenship efforts across the nation. We believe this to be a crucial and timely topic for both higher education as well as P-12 schools.