What is Digital Citizenship?
Of course we have all know what it means to be a good citizen but do you know what it means to be a good Digital Citizen? Are you like me where you think it means just following rules and being safe using the internet? Being a good digital citizen is actually much more than that. Check out this video to hear what Darren Kuropatwa has to say about Digital Citizenship.
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I am currently taking a course at Lamar University about Digital Citizenship. I will be sharing my learning here on this page. You will find what it means to be a Digital Citizen, understand the impact of technology, learn about copyright laws and how to prevent cyberbullying. This page will continue to grow along with my learning. Interested in hearing more about what I have learned? Check out my Blog to see my journals & additional posts about Digital Citizenship or other interesting things I have learned.
Since reading more about Digital Citizenship in Mike Ribble's book, Digital Citizenship in Schools: Nine Elements All Students Should Know, I have sense change my beliefs and understandings about what Digital Citizenship means. Ribble says there are 9 elements to being a good citizen :
After learning about digital citizenship, my ideas behind what it means has changed. I now define digital citizenship as:
Want to know more? Check out some of these resources!
The definition of Digital Citizenship is constantly changing as technology advances. How would you define digital citizenship? What does being a good digital citizen mean to you?
Bbrandino68. (2010). The nine elements of digital citizenship. Retrieved from YouTube: https://youtu.be/87JiUrWaQVk
Curran, M. (2012). iCitizen: Are you a socially responsible digital citizen. Paper presented at the International Society for Technology Education Annual Conference, San Antonip, TX. Retrieved from (PDF: icitizen_paper_M_Curran.pdf)
CyberWise. Digital citizenship. http://www.cyberwise.org/digital-citizenship
CyberWise. (2015). What is digital citizenship? Retrieved from YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OH6869bD8iU
Heick, T. (2018). The definition of digital citizenship. Retrieved from TechThought at https://www.teachthought.com/the-future-of-learning/the-definition-of-digital-citzenship/
ISTE’s Digital Citizenship article page: https://www.iste.org/explore/categorylist?code=Digital+citizenship
Ribble. M. (2015). Digital Citizenship in Schools: Nine Elements All Students Should Know. International Society for technology in Education; Third edition.
The Nine Elements (on Ribbles website): http://www.digitalcitizenship.net/nine-elements.html
Mark Ribble’s website: Digital Citizenship: Using Technology Appropriately: http://www.digitalcitizenship.net/home.html
The Brainwaves Video Anthology. (2015). Darren kuropatwa - Digital ethics and digital citizenship. Retrieved from YouTube: https://youtu.be/zbMsbxYvr4E
Curran, M. (2012). iCitizen: Are you a socially responsible digital citizen. Paper presented at the International Society for Technology Education Annual Conference, San Antonip, TX. Retrieved from (PDF: icitizen_paper_M_Curran.pdf)
CyberWise. Digital citizenship. http://www.cyberwise.org/digital-citizenship
CyberWise. (2015). What is digital citizenship? Retrieved from YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OH6869bD8iU
Heick, T. (2018). The definition of digital citizenship. Retrieved from TechThought at https://www.teachthought.com/the-future-of-learning/the-definition-of-digital-citzenship/
ISTE’s Digital Citizenship article page: https://www.iste.org/explore/categorylist?code=Digital+citizenship
Ribble. M. (2015). Digital Citizenship in Schools: Nine Elements All Students Should Know. International Society for technology in Education; Third edition.
The Nine Elements (on Ribbles website): http://www.digitalcitizenship.net/nine-elements.html
Mark Ribble’s website: Digital Citizenship: Using Technology Appropriately: http://www.digitalcitizenship.net/home.html
The Brainwaves Video Anthology. (2015). Darren kuropatwa - Digital ethics and digital citizenship. Retrieved from YouTube: https://youtu.be/zbMsbxYvr4E