Digital Citizenship
A digital citizen:
"A digital citizen accepts and understands the rights and responsibilities of inhabiting ‘cyberspace’, including online safety."
A digital citizen:
"A digital citizen accepts and understands the rights and responsibilities of inhabiting ‘cyberspace’, including online safety."
- is a confident and capable user of information and communication technology (ICT)
- uses ICTs to participate in educational, cultural, and economic activities
- uses and develops critical thinking skills in cyberspace
- is literate in the language, symbols, and texts of ICTs
- is aware of ICT challenges and can manage them effectively
- uses ICT to relate to others in positive, meaningful ways
- demonstrates honesty and integrity and ethical behaviour in their use of ICTs
- respects the concepts of privacy and freedom of speech in a digital world
- contributes and actively promotes the values of digital citizenship.
Below is Google's resource called "Interland". It is an adventure-packed online game that makes learning about digital safety and citizenship interactive and fun—just like the Internet itself. Here, students will help their fellow Internauts combat badly behaved hackers, phishers, oversharers, and bullies by practicing the skills they need to be good digital citizens. CLICK HERE or on the picture below to visit Interland.
