Another aspect of the online spectrum which I have not spent a lot of time thinking about is the concept of Digital Citizenship. There are 9 elements to Digital Citizenship: All these aspects are going to become increasingly important as we continue to advance our use of technology in the classroom and just in general! Some people may not see the importance in teaching these various ideas yet which will make trying to teach this at younger grades a bit more difficult. However, the benefits are there. People need to know these relatively basic concepts so they don't do things like infringing on digital laws and get in trouble for something as simple as using a picture without asking for permission. Or attempting to monetize something that may have copyright claims on it.
You may be wondering how would we even incorporate something like this into a classroom? Well it is actually quite simple. Many subjects could be used to incorporate this. Social studies is a good example. Perhaps a more obvious choice would be some computer class. Again easily incorporated into that.
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