Digital Citizenship

📝DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP

📝Digital Citizenship means, engaging in appropriate and responsible behavior when using technology. It also means showing respect and responsibility for ourselves, and for others. When using technology, it should just focus on safe and respectful behavior in any online environment.

In order to teach and learn about technology and use of technology, and the issues of technology use such as misuse and abuse, they introduced nine elements of digital citizenship. The first element, Digital access is the full electronic participation in society. Technology users need to know that everyone has the same opportunities when it comes to technology. The goal of digital citizens should be, to help and provide access to technology and make sure that no one is denied. Another element is Digital commerce which talks about the electronic buying and selling of goods online. Here, users should be aware of the dangers and benefits of online buying and selling. Digital citizens need to learn about how to be effective consumers in a digital world. Digital communication is an electronic exchange of information. The user must understand what is appropriate to share through communicating via text, email, social media, video chat, etc. they must know to make a good choice of the medium to communicate. Digital literacy is another element that talks about the process of teaching and learning about technology and the usage of technology. It says that every digital citizen must know how to use various digital technologies and how to access the legitimacy of web resources.

Another element is digital etiquette which explains electronic standards of appropriate conduct or procedure. It says that every digital citizen should know when to use technology appropriately and always in a positive manner. The other important element is digital law. We know that we must be abiding by the laws to go through everything smoothly. So, this element says users should understand how to share content legally, and respect ownership by citing. Users must know that stealing or causing damage to other people's work is a crime. We know we have rights for everything but with responsibility. In technology to we have digital rights and responsibilities which talks about freedoms extended to everyone in a digital world. Users have the right to privacy, and free speech et and with the right also come responsibilities as well. The next element is about digital health and wellness which focus on psychological well-being in a digital technology world. This element says digital citizens must be aware of the physical and psychological dangers of excessive internet usage. And the last element is digital security (self-protection). It is about electronic precautions to guarantee safety. Every user must know how to protect from virus threats, backup data, and save the information with a password to protect from outside harm force.

As a teacher, there are many roles to take in digital citizenship. Teachers can teach and guide students about those nine elements of digital citizenship such as the resources that are authentic and remind students not to forget to cite the source. Another is, that a teacher can do is, make aware of the students cyberbullying, what to do and what is not appropriate to upload, or what is legal and illegal to upload on that particular website.

Digital citizens must address, discuss, and understand the basic digital rights in the digital world. And with digital rights comes responsibilities as well. For example, to the prevention of issues later, as a teacher, we must follow the digital rights that before uploading or installing software in that particular network, must discuss with other colleagues officially. We have freedom and rights to install the digital and with that we have responsibilities as well.

Teaching digital citizenship equips students with the knowledge, skills, and resources to succeed as lifetime learners and also helps them learn to engage within a digital environment with responsibility and leave a meaningful impact on the lives of others. To make a good digital citizen, the teacher has a bigger role to play. To produce productive and helpful digital citizens teachers must take the following roles; teach students that the goal should be giving digital access to every individual in a society and they must be made aware of issues associated with digital use and how to become effective users. They must be taught what communication tool is best for what purpose. At the same time, learners must be trained on how to learn in a digital society to learn anything, anywhere, and anytime. Digital etiquette must be taught well so that they know the proper usage of technology in a proper manner. They must be educated on how to share content legally, and respect ownership by citing. They must be taught that stealing or causing damage to other people's work is a crime. And the other important thing students must be educated about is self-protection and digital health and wellness. People tend to use the technology without knowing the consequences of internet use, so students should be aware of it. Students must keep in mind that they have the right to technology but with the responsibility.

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