Why is it important to be a good digital citizen?
The use of the internet is constantly increasing. For all to fully enjoy the capabilities the internet brings us, we must be good digizens (digital citizens). Being a good digital citizen is parallel to respecting others. Respect for others can cover many situations. It can be disagreeing with a statement of someone else in an agreeable manner, and it can also be citing the work of others so that you are not guilty of plagiarism. A good digital citizen does not tolerate or participate in cyber bullying or cyber stalking. They don't release or demand personal information on the internet because they know that it's dangerous. A good digital citizen knows that being a good digital citizen is important
What value does a good digital reputation have?
Your digital reputation is known as your digital footprint, and it follows you everywhere. Anything that has been posted on the internet can never be fully deleted. People can access anything you have posted from anywhere in the world. In today's society, many representatives for schools and companies are searching the internet for prospective students and employees. They are checking digital footprints. These companies and schools don't want to be represented by people who have a bad reputation. It is also important because many people in your personal lives don't want to be associated with people who have negative digital footprints. Having a good digital reputation is important because it follows you for the rest of your life.
Below I have included link to pledges for goood digital citizenship for parents and children.
Parent Pledge of Good Digital Citizenship
Child Pledge of Good Digital Citizenship
Thank you for posting the links. I think higher ed teachers have an important told these days to teach students things our teachers did not have to teach me back in the 90's.
ReplyDeleteThe hardest part about teaching digital citizenship to young people is that they don't always believe that their online words and pictures will last well into adulthood. Part of being young is getting lost in the moment. I was a really good kid, but I'm still glad that Facebook and Twitter weren't around.
ReplyDeleteThanks for including the links to the pledges. They are a great way to wrap up a digital citizenship lesson.
ReplyDeleteI agree students do not understand that they have the rest of their life in front of them and that the footprint will be out through in the internet world for any and everybody to see what they post. They have to learn that their reputation follow them everywhere in life.
ReplyDeleteStudents need to understand how their digital footprints can influence their lives. Social media is fairly new but more and more people are learning how to use it. I'm glad it was not around when I was younger!
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