The Digiteen™ Project is a global hands-on project for middle and early high school students, (typically Grade 6-9, 11-15 year old) which was founded by Julie Lindsay (now in Beijing, China) and Vicki Davis (Camilla, GA USA) in 2008. This project studies digital citizenship with students researching current topics, writing a collaborative report on a wiki, and performing and documenting offline action educational projects to promote effective digital citizenship at their local schools. The purpose of the project is to educate on and promote effective Digital Citizenship and responsible online choices as well as immersing students into an educational community for learning and collaborating.
The first Digiteen Project was run with three schools from Qatar, Austria and USA in 2008 and it’s impact changed the way teachers and students approached 21st Century learning and digital citizenship. Now, the Digiteen project occurs three times a year with many classrooms around the world and thousands of students.
There are 2 parts to this project: (see timeline)
- Global collaboration on research and sharing resources via a wiki, including ongoing discussion and interaction between global classrooms via the wiki and Ning
- A school-based local project that takes the new knowledge about Digital Citizenship and implements something within the school community that will raise awareness and make a difference
Digital behaviors are spread between teens, so it makes sense that an improvement in digital behaviors should also be spread between teens globally and within their own schools. This project harnesses the power of the social network to help students of all ages make wise choices in a way that also promotes twenty first century learning skills and higher order thinking.
We have jumped into this project this year. Mr. Hanson’s 4th period and Mrs. Bauer’s 5th period students are joining the Flat Classroom to work on this project. We will keep you posted on our progress and invite you to join us by following our blog.
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