Digital Citizenship

While reading the article, I honestly laughed to myself a little because, wow this article hit the nail on the head for when social media really started to get popular. Everyone was bragging about how they did not have a Facebook account, even my husband many years after this phase has a Facebook account. He doesn’t post on it ever, but he gave in to the social media black hole. I really liked how Jurgenson pointed out at the end of the article, that we can still have an offline life with an online life together. I think that’s the key, finding a balance between no online life at all and being totally consumed by it.

When I think of the nine elements of digital citizenship, there are too many elements ha-ha. Personally, I think these elements could be combined a little to make for a quicker read and better understanding for kids. I think I would do that in my classroom. Having quick easy terminology readily available to the students will be more effective than having a huge list of things to read.

Teaching students that they can have a fun online life, while being safe is a crucial element in our world today. If we can teach them the basics of what it means to be a safe, and responsible online person, and the benefits of the internet, along with some of the not so good stuff, and how to avoid it; we should hopefully be successful teachers at guiding them to make good choices.