Digital Etiquette and Literacy

After looking at the article from Mark Ribble (2009) about how we should be thinking about technology use in our own school I have concluded the two most important areas that our school needs to focus on are:  Digital Etiquette and Digital Literacy.
The first area Digital Etiquette is lacking in our particular building because generally students that are  in our building come to us with an Individualized Development Plan (IEP), usually these students are told what they cannot do. Instead a better way to handle this issue may be to look at how do we want to act? Creating the space for an hour of dialogue allows students to have a voice in their own decision making process, and helps to create buy in. As violations occur students should have an opportunity to discuss what happened, why, and how this should be dealt with. In researching this issue with fellow educators many noted that Special Education students may not be able to discuss and debate this issue. I disagree. We have discussed similar issues in my class, with great success.
Another issue, Digital Literacy is one especially unique to the Special Education students I have.... this is not something in our classrooms. When the subject comes up the finger usually points to another teacher....and the idea is expressed that it should be handled in the "English" classroom or in the "Study hour" etc. The real answer is that....we all need to teach it. I try to weave all my lessons around around constantly incorporating some form of technology, and most of my students seem to enjoy it. I think the way to handle this issue is that all teachers should be expected to have a form of online presence for every lesson, unit, or day activity. It should be not the only means of operation, but one of the paths that leads to the goal.