Digital Citizenship
What is Digital Citizenship?
Digital Citizenship is a code of safe and responsible behavior for the Internet community. Being a good digital citizen involves practicing good cyber ethics. Digital citizens should understand the risks and harmful and illegal behavior online and learning how to protect ourselves, and other Internet users, from inappropriate behavior. Unethical behavior can involve children as being the perpetrators or the victims. Either case can result in adverse actions. As children increase their use of the Internet, Digital Citizenship is a critical lesson, especially since poor Internet habits can begin at an early age.
Why is Digital Citizenship important in schools?
Digital Citizenship is not just a single lesson. Digital Citizenship is cross-curricular and should be practiced throughout every course or content area. Incorporating Digital Citizenship in every facet of our schools will help to create a partnership between the teachers, students, and parents. Teachers promote Digital Citizenship at school. Parents enforce Digital Citizenship at home. Students should always keep Digital Citizenship in mind when utilizing technology.
What is the purpose of this website?
This website is intended, primarily, for parents. It is vital for parents and students to understand the importance of Digital Citizenship. With today's society being dependent on technology, it is important for our students to know the do's and dont's of technology use. Educating our children is a shared responsibility. Being an informed digital citizen will ensure that technology is used for its intended purpose and not abused. Technology is a tool available to help knowledgeable parents enforce their choices. By providing the tools and guidelines that promote safe and responsible behavior on the Internet, our children will make good, sound decisions when utilizing technology.
Digital Citizenship is a code of safe and responsible behavior for the Internet community. Being a good digital citizen involves practicing good cyber ethics. Digital citizens should understand the risks and harmful and illegal behavior online and learning how to protect ourselves, and other Internet users, from inappropriate behavior. Unethical behavior can involve children as being the perpetrators or the victims. Either case can result in adverse actions. As children increase their use of the Internet, Digital Citizenship is a critical lesson, especially since poor Internet habits can begin at an early age.
Why is Digital Citizenship important in schools?
Digital Citizenship is not just a single lesson. Digital Citizenship is cross-curricular and should be practiced throughout every course or content area. Incorporating Digital Citizenship in every facet of our schools will help to create a partnership between the teachers, students, and parents. Teachers promote Digital Citizenship at school. Parents enforce Digital Citizenship at home. Students should always keep Digital Citizenship in mind when utilizing technology.
What is the purpose of this website?
This website is intended, primarily, for parents. It is vital for parents and students to understand the importance of Digital Citizenship. With today's society being dependent on technology, it is important for our students to know the do's and dont's of technology use. Educating our children is a shared responsibility. Being an informed digital citizen will ensure that technology is used for its intended purpose and not abused. Technology is a tool available to help knowledgeable parents enforce their choices. By providing the tools and guidelines that promote safe and responsible behavior on the Internet, our children will make good, sound decisions when utilizing technology.
Digital Citizenship by Marie Conway is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States License.
