Digital Citizenship
  • Digital Citizenship
  • Netiquette
  • Internet Safety
  • Credit and Citation
  • Equitability
  • Classroom Technology Rules
  • Technology Usage Policy

WHAT IS IT?
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Digital Citizenship is the norms of appropriate and responsible behavior with regard to technology use.  It is a way to successfully prepare students and technology users for a society full of technology.​

The nine elements of Digital Citizenship provide a framework to help parents and educators to define and understand issues and concerns of technology.  The nine elements of digital citizenship are listed below:

1. Digital access: Full electronic participation                                                                                                                                     
2. Digital Commerce: Online buying and selling of goods                                                                
3. Digital Communications: Electronic Exchange of Information                                                                                                                   
4. Digital Literacy: Process of teaching and learning about technology and the use of technology
5. Digital Etiquette: Ways of conducting oneself in a digital environment
6. Digital Law: Responsibility for actions and deeds using electronics
7. Digital Security: Electronic precautions to protect learners, staff, and organizations
8. Digital Health and Wellness: Physical and psychological well-being in a digital world
9. Digital Rights and Responsibilities: Freedom extended to those in a digital world
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Watch the following videos to learn more about digital citizenship.
Digizen: http://www.digizen.org
What Your Students Really Need to Know About Digital Citizenship: 
https://www.edutopia.org/blog/digital-citizenship-need-to-know-vicki-davis
Digital Citizenship: https://www.brainpop.com//technology/digitalcitizenship/ 
Resources:
Heick, T. (2013). The Definition of Digital Citizenship. Retrieved May 19, 2017, from
     http://www.teachthought.com/technology/the-definition-of-digital-citzenship/
​(2013, September 12). Retrieved May 20, 2017, from
     https://youtu.be/2TQLIOo6ZXc

​Ribble, M. (2010).  Digital Citizenship. Retrieved May 19, 2017, from Nine Themes of Digital Citizenship:    
     http://www.digitalcitizenship.net/Nine_Elements.html
​(2014, May 2). Retrieved May 19, 2017, from
     https://youtu.be/LpXsn2dq v8

Digital Citizenship:  Resource Roundup. (2011, August 19). Retrieved May 18, 2017, from
      http://www.edutopia.org/article/digital-citizenship-resources




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  • Digital Citizenship
  • Netiquette
  • Internet Safety
  • Credit and Citation
  • Equitability
  • Classroom Technology Rules
  • Technology Usage Policy