Digital citizenship is something that should be talked about in all classrooms. I plan to teach it in my future classroom as well because it fits in perfectly with health education and health is my minor. 

I want to be open and honest with students about the digital world. Any and all questions will be answered. I want students to know that the internet does not need to be a scary place all the time. I also liked how we talked about digital citizenship in lecture. I want to be able to have open conversations with my future students about digital citizenship and I think one way to do that is to talk about how it used to be taught. I think this would give students an opportunity to ask questions and really think about why digital citizenship is important. 

I think I would also introduce digital citizenship at the beginning of the semester. Why? Because I want to be able to guide it through every lesson that I might teach throughout the semester. This way students will become more and more familiar with it. This would also be a great way to talk about the nine themes of digital citizenship in the classroom. This way I can talk about all of them throughout the year. 

Jason Ohler’s short article talks about two perspectives; one called one life and another called two lives. The two lives perspective basically says that students should use technology at home and not at school. The one life perspective basically says that educators should help students live with technology. I agree with the one life perspective over the two lives perspective simply because as educators, we are trying to set each student up for success. As time progresses, technology and social media are beginning to be a larger part of everyone’s lives so we should be teaching students how to work with technology rather than staying away from it.