There are nine elements of digital citizenship such as, digital access, digital communication, digital literacy, digital etiquette, digital law, digital rights and responsibilities, digital health and wellness, digital security and privacy, and digital commerce. It is important to share what each element means to the students. Access is important to know all have the right to technology, Commerce is safe online shopping, communication kind digital interaction, literacy usage of digital tools, etiquette is important to be polite online, law is following the terms and conditions, rights and responsibility respecting the rules, knowing how to balance technology and school, and knowing how to protect your privacy.
It is important to teach students how to build safe passwords and how to know if the website they are accessing is safe or if it is an untrustworthy site. It is important to educate as teachers how to keep their identity private. As a teacher you can show your own name searched into google showing what type of info that is on the internet with your name.
It is important to share the information you are teaching the students with the families. This way parents can also speak with their children about what it means to them and showing how it can affect your technology identity if anything bad comes up on your name search. If something begins to get leaked on the internet it is important to take action and report it to the local authorities.