In this day and age, majority of people including me use internet for news and information. Digital citizenship is very important for anybody who is using internet. We as a teacher need to learn this and instill this into our students.
5 Things that I might tell my students in my classroom would be:
1. Online Safety: Students should not give personal information, such as name, age, address, phone number, school etc. They should not share their password, and also not to trust people online
2. Digital Etiquette: What behavior is expected of them when they are using the computer? They need to respect and not misuse the computer equipment, and when they are online, treat people with respect and not use bad language.
3. Evaluating information: Lot of students when researching looks at the first resource finds the information and they try to do as quickly as possible. Not everything on the net is correct, so they need make the decisions based on multiple resources and through thoughtful research and critical analysis.
4. Fair Use: Students need to be careful about Plagiarism and copyright laws. They can not just copy from the internet and use it in the research paper. Also they need to cite sources in their documents.
5. Virus and spyware: Students need to careful in downloading software from the internet, and also be very careful in opening up emails from unknown sources. When doing business over the internet, they need to make sure it is a secured site.
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