Individuality of Digital Citizenship: (#digcitorchid | #ECGC16)

January 28, 2016 at 10 a.m. CTZ (11 a.m. EST) |

This date marks the physical representation of partnership through collaboration and exploration.

The Orchid Initiative, a philosophy based organization focused on ‘personal individuality’ designed a student-facilitated session with Edchange Global Classrooms (formerly Edcamp Global). The student-facilitated session used Twitter as a platform to communicate and share techniques to better establish digital citizenship.

Digital citizenship is a community of individuals that effectively use the internet and its platforms to positively engage and share learning opportunities. The Orchid Initiative felt that hosting a student-facilitated Twitter Chat Session would allow for global connections through various educational locations.

The session dealt with intellectual conversations about bettering digital citizenship by making a greater ‘individual’ impact on the community. This ‘impact’ starts with more student opportunities to vocalize opinions and hold discussions on social and educational topics.

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Konstant Possibilities – Thin Air Into Water

How To Turn Thin Air Into Water | Konstantin Avdienko | TEDxTeen

“As the sun went up today in the morning, 7.4 billion people woke up to a new day. How many of you got out of the bed, took a shower, made a cup of tea or coffee, brushed their teeth, grabbed a bottle of water on the way here? Probably, many of you. Those are the daily habits we are used to, we take them for granted without a second thought. But, what if that’s not the case for over a billion people in the world?”

– Konstantin Avdienko, 2016 TEDxTeen #Untapped Speaker

Konstantin understood the importance of reflecting on essential, daily necessities. He spoke with purpose, by questioning our daily habits. We cannot be selfish or unknowing in witnessing and helping to better the circumstances of those around us.

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