Digital citizenship is the appropriate use of technology to engage in online task.
The following video on YouTube from Common Sense Media is a great way to
explain Digital Citizenship to students or your own children.
explain Digital Citizenship to students or your own children.
Need to talk to your students or children about the correct way to communicate and use technology? The following link describes 9 elements of digital citizenship.
Proactive knowledge is the best way to teach and talk about digital citizenship. Children and students must know how to head-knowledge for their own safety. Teaching children and students to be proactive can result in future saftey. Edutopia gives is 9 ways to help your children and students do this:
- PASSWORDS: Teach them to create secure passwords with a high level of security.
- PRIVACY: Teach them to protect private information that can be used to identify them.
- PERSONAL INFORMATION: Teach them to choose smart when sharing personal information about themselves.
- PHOTOGRAPHS: Teach them how ti be aware of when and why they share a picture.
- PROPERTY: Teach them about copyright laws and how to obtain a license for their work.
- PERMISSION: Teach them to gain permission to to use someones work and then to cite it.
- PROTECTION: Teach them about the danger of viruses that can be downloaded to their devices.
- PROFESSIONALISIM: Teach them the how to keep academic and social issues separate.
- PERSONAL BRAND: Teach them of how they are perceived online and how they want to be perceived.