What is Digital Citizenship?
Digital Citizenship is the act of using technology in a respectful manner. Teachers should teach and model this code of ethics to students. It is also important to have rules set up in the classroom.
In the article, “What Your Students Really Need to Know About Digital Citizenship,” Davis describes the 9 P's that she teaches her class:
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Passwords: Do students know how to create a secure password?
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Private Information: Do students know how to protect details like their address, email, and phone number?
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Personal Info: Do students know the difference in sharing private and personal information?
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Photographs: Are students aware that some private details may show up in photographs, and that they may not want to post those pictures?
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Property: Do students understand copyright and how to generate a license for their own work?
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Permission: Do students know how to get permission for work they use, and do they know how to cite it?
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Protection: Do students understand what viruses, malware, phishing, ransomware, and identity theft are, and how these things work?
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Professionalism: Do students understand the professionalism of academics versus decisions about how they will interact in their social lives?
- Personal Brand: Have students decided about their voice and how they want to be perceived online?
* Below, these three videos will explain what it means to be a Digital Citizen.
Reference:
What Your Students Really Need To Know About Digital Citizenship
Vicki Davis - https://www.edutopia.org/blog/digital-citizenship-need-to-know-vicki-davis
Resources:
Lesson Plan Resource 1: Digital Citizenship https://www.commonsense.org/education/digital-citizenship
Lesson Plan Resource 2: Empowering students to use technology safely https://nearpod.com/digital-citizenship
Resource 3: Digital Citizenship Games http://www.cyberwise.org/digital-citizenship-games