Are You Teaching Digital Citizenship?

A poll by Harris Interactive and Cable in the Classroom found that most parents think their children should be learning to be good digital citizens, more than half of the educators felt their schools weren’t emphasizing digital citizenship enough, and less than 40% of teachers believed they were prepared to teach digital citizenship. The question is: who is to teach digital citizenship? Surely the answer is that the job must be a combined effort of classroom and tech teachers, parents, and others who work with students. To help, iKeepSafe offers its C3 Matrix for Digital Citizenship, which addresses cyber-security, cyber-Safety, and cyber-ethics. The Digital Citizenship: Using Technology Appropriately site includes resources and publications and the opportunity to review its nine elements of digital citizenship: Digital Access, Digital Commerce, Digital Communication, Digital Literacy, Digital Etiquette, Digital Law, Digital Rights & Responsibilities, Digital Health and Wellness, and Digital Security (self-protection).