Planning digital citizenship for future or current classrooms is a tough job. Internet use is all over the world. Within a few seconds any messages conveyed reach out to the world. Digital citizenship is a skill that should be taught to navigate the digital world safely. I would also teach the classroom the 9 elements of digital citizenship.
- Digital Access is about the equitable distribution of technology and online resources. Students should be taught how to use technology safely to be aware of the community whom they have access and to provide free access to the resources they need.
- Digital Commerce is to discuss the safety of online buying and selling including the
safety tips and awareness of the scams and the consequences in online trading.
3) Digital communication and collaboration is the electronic exchange of information. Teaching about being respectful to others by decent comments and hoping to get decent feedback in return.
4)Digital Etiquette is a very important rule to be learnt in the classroom so when using digital devices it is important to be aware of others and respect everyone’s ideas.
5)Digital Fluency is to understand the technology and its uses. Students who know about technology use will stay away from negative comments.
6)Digital health and welfare is to know how much students spend on screen time that can affect their mental health and well-being. So students should take breaks from screen time.
7)Digital Law is about learning the concept of plagiarism, respecting others’ works or setting goals for academic honesty and copyright in assignments.
8)Digital rights and responsibilities are to respect others’ rights online, such as privacy and responsibilities of respect.
9)Digital security and privacy is to create skills in protecting strong passwords, to be aware of posting online kinds of stuff, and to navigate with privacy settings.