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Digital Citizenship September 4-September 7

Assignment 1 (September 4): Complete the following on your individual blog. Visit a news site-CNN, MSNBC, YDR, or the preferred site of your choice. Find one news story to read (this can be from any section of the paper, but must be at least 3 paragraphs in length). After reading the article, create a new post on your individual blog. Title the post "News Story". In your posting, write a 2-3 line summary of the article and a 7-10 line reflection. Your summary must be in your own words and thoroughly explain the article you read. Your reflection should tell me your thoughts on the article.

Assignment 2 (September 4): Complete your individual digital citizenship project from last week (assignment 9, week 2). When you are finished, submit your project to my hand-in folder--it should be named username.dc.

Assignment 3 (September 4): Please read over the district's acceptable use policy and District Email Policy. Explain one specific point you believe is fair and one you believe is unfair. Be sure to thoroughly defend your thoughts. Post your response to the class blog as a comment to the AUP/Email Policy post.

Assignment 4 (September 5): Check out the sites listed below. Then use the information you gather from the links to complete Assignment 5:

12 Tips for better email etiquette Email reply etiquette Email Questions Answered!

Assignment 5 (September 5): Send Mrs. Lucia an email using proper email etiquette. The body of your email should include at least one question and one comment about the course.

To: klucia@cysd.k12.pa.us (please note this is different from the address for sharing a Google Doc with me!) Subject: Netiquette

Dear Mrs. Lucia,

Body of Email

Sincerely, Your first and last name

(Points will be deducted if you do not follow proper netiquette rules or do not follow the email set-up above)

Assignment 6 (September 5): Download the document below titled Copyright Issues Web Hunt. After you download the document, go to File and Save As. Rename the document as your username.CIHunt. Then, save your document to the desktop. You may work individually or with a partner to complete this assignment. When you are finished, update your save and place the document in my hand in folder for the correct period.



Assignment 7 (September 6): On your individual blog, post a review of something you have tried recently. Some ideas are: movies, television shows, foods, books, sports...pick only one thing though. Your posting should be titled "Try it Thursday" and the post must be 7-10 lines.

Assignment 8 (September 6): Review the copyright and fair use guidelines. Using what you know about copyright laws, complete the activity "You Be the Judge".
 * For Case 1: [|The Chiffons vs. George Harrison]
 * For Case 2: [|Queen vs. Vanilla Ice]

Assignment 9 (September 7): Complete a Focused Free Write blog posting. Make sure you post is 7-10 lines.

Assignment 10 (September 7): Respond to three of your classmates blog posting from THIS WEEK. Make sure your comment is meaningful. Comments should be 1-2 sentences.

Assignment 11 (September 7): Google Reader SSR. Using the iPads, catch up on your news feeds for this week.