Digital Citizenship
in Schools: Nine Elements All Students Should Know by Mike Ribble was an
easy-to-read, extremely helpful text.
This text opened my eyes to the fact that although many students have
always had technology in their lies, they are not necessarily competent users. Any teachers assume that students are more
competent than themselves because the students have been surrounded by
technology their entire lives. However,
these students may not be using it appropriately. It is therefore up to educators to teach
students the importance of digital citizenship.
This means that students must learn to understand how to use technology
appropriately and effectively (Ribble, 2015).
Students
and teachers alike need to become members of a digital citizenship. Ribble (2015) discusses the nine elements of
what it means to be a digital citizen, these include Digital Access, Digital
Commerce, Digital Communication, Digital Literacy, Digital Etiquette, Digital
Law, Digital Rights and Responsibilities Digital Health and Wellness, and
Digital Security. In order to maintain
proper digital citizenship, students and educators, as well as the general
population, should have a thorough understanding of these nine principles and
how they relate to technology as a whole.
Ribble (2015) goes on to discuss how to create a digital citizenship
program and how to include digital citizenship activities into professional
development. This would be an excellent
book for administrators to read and then educate teachers on how to use the
topics outlined in this text.
References
Ribble, M. (2015). Digital
citizenship in schools: Nine elements all students should know. International
Society for Technology in Education: Eugene, OR.
