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I was given the opportunity to explore many different technologies and online resources that have the potential to enhance adult learning. I have also had the opportunity to review technologies investigated by my peers. I thought that these three resources have the potential to enhance adult learning in digital citizenship, ethics and netiquette.

The first technology that I thought was very useful was posted by Carla Brown on her blog http://carlabrown6.wordpress.com/. The website is called a Thin Line (http://www.athinline.org/). It was developed by MTV to empower individuals to t identify, respond to, and stop the spread of digital abuse in their lives and among their peers. It aims at helping individuals to understand that there is a thin line between what is considered a harmless joke and something that can negatively impact the lives of others. The website offers information about unacceptable digital practices such as cyber bullying and sexting as well resources that help individual address these issues. There is also a digital quiz that tests individuals’ knowledge of digital abuse. I think that this website is a great resource for adults and children. I would provide this resource to my adult learners so that they can use it to assess instances of digital abuse in their lives. They can even use it to help their children as well.

Another resource that I thought was useful was Five-Minute Film Festival: Teaching Digital Citizenship (http://www.edutopia.org/blog/film-festival-digital-citizenship) posted by Kamala Mukerji on her blog http://kamalamukerji12.blogspot.com. This resource conveys information about digital citizenship such as its definition, how to be a digital citizen, internet safety issues and much more.  The videos are all short and hold the interest of viewers. I would use these videos in my ESL classes because I think that they provide learners with useful information about digital protocol and give them an opportunity to sharpen their listening comprehension skills!

“Buzzle’s Top Ten Netiquette Rules” ( http://www.buzzle.com/articles/netiquette-rules.html) is a simple one page reference  that can be used to bring learners up to date on the does and don’ts of discussion board, chat room, and e-mail interactions in  learning settings. The reference offers headings with short descriptions of netiquette rules.I would incorporate this quick reference as a resource for my students so they would be able to apply it to segments of the class that are done online. They can even apply the information to online interactions outside of the classroom.  This useful resource was found by Christian Russo and posted on his blog http://edutechinnovations.wordpress.com/.

References

Brown, C. (2013). Two technologies related to digital citizenship, ethics, and netiquette. Retrieved from http://carlabrown6.wordpress.com/

 Mukerji, K. (2013). Digital citizenship, ethics and netiquette. Retrieved from http://kamalamukerji12.blogspot.com/2013/10/digital-citizenship-ethics-and.html

Russo, C. (2013).Netiquette 1, misunderstandings 0. Retrieved from http://edutechinnovations.wordpress.com/