Promote And Model Digital Citizenship And Responsibility In The K-16 Environment

Promote and Model Digital Citizenship and Responsibility In The K-16 Environment

Introduction

Digital citizenship is a term used to define the prevailing norms of valid, conscientious behavior and positive attitude towards the use of technology. There is a wide range of behavior that is encompassed through digital citizenship, the degrees of caution and possible negative penalty. If students are not provided with awareness regarding digital citizenship, then it can lead to an issue of student misconduct. In case educational institutes fail to implement proper guidance, the digital culture will creates a culture of its own; a new direction will push the long term solution away. With the help of analyzing the experience of a variety of practitioners and professional in the field, suggestion can be made to create guidelines to make student a better digital citizen.

Discussion

Students should understand the issues related to society arising because of technology, human culture, observes ethical and legal behavior. It will be possible only by supporting and practicing responsible, safe and legal utilization of technology and information. There should be a positive attitude in accessing technology that helps in alliance of learning, support and increases productivity. A student should reveal personal conscientious for long term gain of knowledge and portray a sense of ownership for digital citizenship.

Need of Digital Citizenship

To create knowledge awareness and enhance the role of digital citizenship in the society, right now is the pivotal point to do so. The use of the Internet can be curtailed down to shallow fashion, the student have limited their exploring continually to a limited criteria. The potential learning platform is now frustrating and result free, when it is functioning on a student's freewill. However, if there are some investigations and scaffolding implemented then there is a prominent change in the content exploration (Weigel, James, and Gardner 2009). The easy access of Internet available raises an issue that who will guide the student toward technology ethics. The society can be defined by the ethical and legal issues, effective attitudes in digital citizenship, online safety, health related issues and consumer security.Use of Digital Citizenship

In the United State, in everyday life the use of social media has become very effective; it is similar to being online. American teens are very influenced by social networks almost 95% of all the teenagers, falling in the age group of twelve to seventeen are now using the Internet and 80% of them are enrolled in social media network sites. The age between fifteen to twenty two youngsters are creating their civic sense, such online networks influence their own decisions and affects their skills and attachment to the civic literacy. These individual will grow up into the responsible citizens of a state, they own a crucial right of voting which should not be affected by online negativity.

The chief goal of local school technology directors, teachers, administration, media specialist, parents and students must be centralized to understand the need of fine international digital citizens. The easy solution according to Mike ...