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Let's take on a commitment to digital citizenship as both students and faculty!

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Let's take on a commitment to digital citizenship as both students and faculty!

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positive ways to address social media and technology use as a community.

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Both students and faculty should read this article!

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Both students and faculty should read this article!

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by Terry Heick

As more and more students interact digitally-with content, one another, and various communities-the concept of digital citizenship becomes increasingly important.

Which begs the question: what is digital citizenship?

Well, first citizenship, which is formally defined as "the quality of an individual's response to membership in a community." This makes citizenship far more complex than a simple legal matter, but rather one that consists of self-knowledge, interaction, and intimate knowledge of a place, its people, and its cultural history.

So digital citizenship is nearly the same thing-"the quality of a response to membership in a digital community" would be a good first crack at the definition.

Revising that might more clearly articulate the differences between physical and digital communities, so a decent definition of digital citizenship then might be "Self-monitored participation that reflects conscious interdependence with all (visible and less visible) community members"

But that leaves out the idea of content itself, which leads us to a pretty good definition for educators: "The quality of habits, actions, and consumption patterns that impact the ecology of digital content and communities."

Still too wordy? Maybe a shorter version for students-with some moral imperatives and implied advice-could be: "the self-monitored habits that sustain and improve the digital communities you enjoy or depend on."

Later this week, we're going to have a more in-depth look at the characteristics of digital citizenship, but the infographic below takes a more student-friendly approach by defining digital citizenship in terms of its actions and habits: using, sifting, mastering, creating-the literal actions that ultimately define the tone of a student's interactions with their digital environments.

This makes it useful not just as a visual for teacher understanding, but for students to discuss, internalize, and apply themselves. In fact, hanging it in the classroom, computer labs, media centers, and other highly-visible places might make sense as well: the rules of the world of digital networks and social media.

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by Terry Heick As more and more students interact digitally-with content, one another, and various communities-the concept of digital citizenship becomes increasingly important. Which begs the question: what is digital citizenship? Well, first citizenship, which is formally defined as "the quality of an individual's response to membership in a community."

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Are our students displaying digital etiquette? Let's find out!

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Are our students displaying digital etiquette? Let's find out!

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Animated Science, Health, Technology, Math, Social Studies, Arts & Music and English movies, quizzes, activity pages and school homework help for K-12 kids, aligned with state standards

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Do we, as a school, need to take more initiative in acquiring digital access for all students? Take this survey, and let's find out!

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Do we, as a school, need to take more initiative in acquiring digital access for all students? Take this survey, and let's find out!

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Web survey powered by SurveyMonkey.com. Create your own online survey now with SurveyMonkey's expert certified FREE templates.

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As a team, we need to do all we can to ensure the safety and equity of  technology for all of our students.

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As a team, we need to do all we can to ensure the safety and equity of  technology for all of our students.

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We want all of our student to be well informed of what digital citizenship is and what it means to be a digital citizen!

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We want all of our student to be well informed of what digital citizenship is and what it means to be a digital citizen!

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Share the legal uses of information online.

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Understanding the importance of equitable access.

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Understanding the importance of equitable access.

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Many school districts attempt to provide all students with access to technology through funding. Although sometimes funding is low, many schools are provided with the necessary provisions to provide some technology to students even if it's not individual digital devices.

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This tool provides PD on digital teaching!

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The tutorial provides an introduction to digital citizenship and Common Sense Education's Digital Citizenship Curriculum, including: K-12 Digital Citizenship Curriculum lessons (available on iBooks, Nearpod, and as downloadable PDFs), student interactives (Digital Passport, Digital Compass, and Digital Bytes), the Connecting Families program, and the Common Sense Recognition Program.

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This is an incredibly relatable video to model digital citizenship for students!

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Lily and Gabriela aren't getting along, on- or offline. Will their decisions lead to common ground or digital drama?