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.