1. Encourage skepticism - so many people do not question what they are told or what they read online. They assume everything is true. I found this quote from David Warlick's blog interesting: "Instead of starting with a web page, displayed on the whiteboard, they [teachers] should start with Google, demonstrate how they found the page, the considerations and decisions they applied to select that page, and include in the presentation, the evidence that what's being presented is valuable...When we model authority, we shouldn't be surprised when students look for authority in every piece of information."
2. Discourage plagiarism - students need to be made aware at an early age that plagiarism isn't only wrong, it is illegal.
3. Encourage thinking before hitting "send." Many of my secondary teacher friends have told me of incidents in which students, in a fit of impulsiveness, send inappropriate texts, videos, emails, etc. to others. They need to be warned that this impulsive behavior could lead to all kinds of problems.
I will teach this by giving students examples of situations and have them discuss what the appropriate action would be.
So true about modeling how we decide which websites to use. I'm guilty of just having the web page ready to go when a lesson starts, but the kids need to see how I came to the decision to use a particular website.
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