The Internet has made the most enduring and significant impact on civic engagement. It provides a tool to enable us to reach out into the world in continuously expanding networks of information. The Internet allows us to link with new groups, explore new possibilities and understandings of the definition of citizenship.
For Better or Worse: The Union of Digital Citizenship & Information Literacy
discusses the 9 elements of becoming an upstanding digital citizen.
In addition to looking at digital citizenship, there is a need to connect this new online world with the traditional skills of literacy and the need to be information literate. Throughout
For Better or Worse
, the student will be exposed to varying types of literacy and the impact literacy can have on the role of being a responsible, digital citizen.
9 Elements of Digital Citizenship:
Digital Access
Digital Commerce
Digital Communication
Digital Literacy
Digital Etiquette
Digital Law
Digital Rights and Responsibilities
Digital health and Wellness
Digital Security