Digital Citizenship

Devika Muruga
6th Grade Dig Lit

1.DigitalAccess
2.DigitalCommerce
3.DigitalCommunication

4.DigitalLiteracy
5.DigitalEtiquette
6.DigitalLaw
7.DigitalRightsandResponsibilities
8.DigitalHealthandWellness
9.DigitalSecurity

The Nine Themes of Digital Citizenship

"Digital citizenship can be defined as the norms of appropriate, responsible behavior with
regard to technology use." --Mike Ribble

Digital Communication: electronic

exchange of information.
Digital Literacy: the capability to
use digital technology and knowing
when and how to use it.
Digital Commerce: the buying
and selling of goods online.

Digital Law: the legal rights and

restrictions governing technology use.

Digital Rights and Responsibilities: the

privileges and freedoms extended to all
digital technology users, and the behavioral
expectations that come with them

Digital Rights and Responsibilities include:

Examples
Communication practices
Online privacy and acceptable use
policies
Social networking etiquette
Email and texting etiquette
Online behavior
Cyber bullying
Handling spam

Digital Citizens have the right to:

Privacy
Free speech
Safety
Intellectual property

Digital Rights

Digital Responsibilities
Digital Citizens have the responsibilities of:
Reading through rules and regulations
Reporting cyberbullies
Citing sources
Reporting threats
Requesting permission
Doing no harm

Ways to be a good digital citizen

Appropriate Examples of Digital Rights

and Responsibilities
Paying for downloaded music
Properly using clip art in pictures

media)
Citing sources

(obtaining the rights to using

Inappropriate Examples of Digital

Rights and Responsibilities
Stealing someones password
Writing on a blog without listing the source
Reprinting/copying a digital photo without permission
Uploading photos of your friends onto a social networking
site without permission
Using inappropriate language and tone

What this leads to

Your digital presence should

be clean, respectful, and
in good taste.

SUMMARY
Below is a list digital rights and responsibilities in the digital sense:
Digital
Right
Right
Right
Right
Right

Rights:
to freedom of expression
to privacy
to credit for personal works
to digital access
to our identity

Digital

Responsibilities:
Responsibility to report bullying, harassing, sexting, or identity theft
Responsibility to cite works used for resources and researching
Responsibility to download music, videos, and other material legally
Responsibility to model and teach student expectations of technology use
Responsibility to keep data/information safe from hackers
Responsibility not to falsify our identity in any way

Case/Scenario:

Teacher Note:

A half hour before class, Olivia

remembers that an essay on
George Washington is due. Olivia
rushes to the school technology lab
and goes to Wikipedia to cut and
paste important facts, but fails to
acknowledge the authors of the
information. What, if any, Digital
Citizenship law has she
broken?

Remember, the teacher is the

interrogator, so when teaching
Digital Rights & Responsibilities,
your role is to explain the right
thing to do. The students role as
the suspect is to justify their
actions, no matter right or wrong.
They must defend what they do.

Name some things the student

could have done that would
help prove their innocence.

 http://www.cast.org/

http://www.ada.gov/
http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=855
http://www.cyberbee.com/copyrt.html
http://www.lib.umn.edu/copyright/index.phtml
http://www.lib.umn.edu/copyright/checklist.phtml
http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/os/technology/plan/2004/site/edlitedefault.html
http://www.privacyrights.org/
http://www.digizen.org/cyberbullying/film.aspx
http://nisd.net/digitalcitizen/elem_digcit/elem_rights_responsibilities/index.html

Digital Rights & Responsibilities

Resources
Here are web resources that can be used for a Digital Rights and
Responsibilities