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The user rights that I feel should be part of the norms of the digital world, for students, is explained below:
Students are not adults (unless they are 18). I believe that a user right for students is the "right to mess up." If we use the digital tools as teaching tools, then a norm should be established that gives us a teaching mindset that includes the fact that we are working with learners who will make mistakes. A user right is to have a fair policy to deal with students when they fail at being a digital citizen. Consequences should be created with a spirit of "teaching moments." The videos discussed analogies such as teaching digital citizenship is like driver's education. If a student can't parallel park and they end up in a fender bender, we don't take the car totally away from the child and say, "you will now go to jail and never drive again!" I have seen these extreme consequences given to children and it is unnecessary and punitive.
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