Digital Citizenship
What is it? Digital Citizenship refers to the responsibilities, procedures, and knowledge that we all must understand in order to be good users of technology and the internet.
What are some important aspects of Digital Citizenship?
Digital Health and Wellness
What is it?
Digital Health and Wellness refers to the awareness of negative health side effects (mental, physical, and emotional) of technology overuse and how you can effectively balance your relationship with tech to avoid these risks.
Check out this link to an article
that explains some of the mental
and physical risks of technology overuse.
Digital Security
Why is it so important?
Digital Security is critical to keeping personal information private and secure. There is a difference between information that is safe to share online and information that needs to be protected especially from the public i.e. your address, social security number, bank information, school names, license plate, etc.
Digital Access
Digital Literacy
Check out this article by EdWeek which defines digital literacy and explains some key aspects of it!
As teachers and pre-service teachers, we are very familiar with literacy and the importance of developing literacy skills in students. Likewise, digital literacy is becoming increasingly important in today’s world. Students need to learn how to find and use information online. Typing skills, the ability to research effectively and safely online, and general technology use are essential aspects of being “digitally literate.”
Digital Law
What is it?
Digital Law is the rules, rights, and restrictions that govern the internet and technology use. These laws are incredibly important to proper use of technology.
Check out this link which details
some key digital laws in different states