Digital Citizenship

What is Digital Citizenship?



The major factor of citizenship is an individual being a contributing member to a community. In this case that community is the online and digital community. It is much easier to be a contributing factor online verse in the traditional everyday setting. In everyday society citizens become contributors by doing things such as entering the work society. Where as online it’s as easy as a click of a button to get started. This is exactly why the popularity of digital use is growing at an unbelievable rate. The audience ranges from a much larger scale when you think about how 7 year olds have their own phones which give them the ability to interact online. Where in reality you can’t enter the work force until your 15-18 years old. 



Since technology is becoming a key role in young individuals it’s extremely important to educate their use and monitor it by teaching the tools of digital citizenship. Teachers have the opportunity to teach citizenship if blended with technology it could also cover digital citizenship. By educating students that their actions with technology are still theirs to be responsible for as if they were in reality. If taught the proper etiquette of digital use things bad decisions and actions can be avoided. If we as teachers take the extra step and opportunity to teach digital citizenship along side citizenship, it is truly preparing them for the future. Face to face people skills and public speaking etiquette are all still very important when going out into the real world. But in todays society being prepared on how to responsively and appropriately use the growing tool of technology and social media can make or break your future career. So many individuals weren't educated and have ruined their chances of careers and opportunities due to their choices within digital world.

Just remember!



Comments

  1. UnknownFebruary 25, 2018 at 7:53 PM

    Hi Madison,

    I really enjoyed your post, however, I do disagree with you. I feel that one can have a much greater impact in the "real world" than online. When you are given the opportunity to interact with someone in person and bounce ideas off each other and gauge their body language and physically experience a situation with them, you have a much greater impact than simply reading the words they write or seeing the pictures they post.

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