When the words “Digital citizenship” popped up in our module, I didn’t know what it was about. After reading and watching a lot videos on it, it really spoke to me how important Digital Citizenship is. Especially in the education program and when we teach kids with/by using technology. Digital citizenship is who we are in the digital world, it is public for everyone to see, it is permanent like a tattoo(Your online life, permanent as a Tattoo).
The key issue on this topic is that a lot of people do not realize how broad and public the digital world is. I was always informed that I need to be careful with what I post online but it still amazes me what people can do using the knowledge they find about you online.
The article “The Digital citizenship survival kit“is a great article to read about to gain knowledge on how to get the point across to students based on the issue. I really enjoyed Badura using different items to represent different online behaviors to survive the online life. Another article I read was “Is Your School_s Digital Citizenship Practice a Pass or Faily“. This article talked about teaching students the importance of their digital citizenship in schools and recognizing whether your school’s “digital citizenship” practice passing or failing. George gave a great example of the twitter accounts, it is public and anyone can see it. Students really need to understand that what we post online can never be erased, even with what we send on our cellphones. Someone else might have the access to it.
Common Sense Media Digital Citizenship Resources has a lot of videos on the common sense in media, it explains a lot of issues in the digital citizenship topic and it is a great way to explain to students what the issue is. I’ve watched a couple of videos from there and realize that how important this issue is. This topic needs to be taught by teachers in schools because a lot of kids do not realize that their life is out there for people to see around the world. When they graduate and try to find a job, their social life online could ruin their job opportunities.
When it comes to Digital Citizenship, I realized that there is a lot to learn and read about. The article “Living Our Lives Online” really explains how Katherine teaches her students and her kids on digital citizenship. She spends two weeks discussing digital citizenship with her class and still feel like it isn’t enough time. I feel like digital citizenship should be taught like a regular lesson and to be mention a lot in technology classes as reminders. This issue is really important and it needs to stick to kids’ brain how serious this topic is.
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