t's nothing anyone would have thought necessary to
do only a decade ago, but the concept of citizenship no
longer exists only within the realm of the physical world.
With K-12 students seeming to at all times have one foot
in the real world and one in the virtual, school districts
are starting to acknowledge a new collective responsibility:
to teach kids what it means to be a good digital citizen
and how to go about being one. The answer follows the
same rules entrenched in the prescription for being a
good citizen on the ground: Obey the law, have respect
for others, act civilly and sensibly.
Anne Bubnic on 17 Feb 09The following resources were been compiled by Alec Couros to help high school students understand issues related to digital citizenship such as: cyberbullying, social networking, online safety and ethics, and critical media literacy.
