Digital citizenship is an integral part of any 21st-century curriculum. Just like students are taught proper behavior in the classroom setting, they must also be taught appropriate etiquette in online environments. Some think that technology is just about teaching students to create digital projects and utilize technology to aid in learning, but is it so much more. According to Goren (2018), helping students become good digital citizens “…does not only mean giving them the tools to create or use technology, but it also means educating them on the rules for existing in that digital world.” How you conduct yourself online can determine your success later in life. Just like when students are not mastering any standard or concept in class, digital citizenship must be remediated and retaught until students learn the concepts. According to Erdem & Kocyigit (2019), “Identifying individuals’ digital citizenship levels and designing interventions for their inadequate aspects based on this identification are quite significant in the context of education policies which aim to raise students that are equipped with 21st century skills” (p.1). Digital citizenship is crucial for students to be successful in today’s digital world.
Erdem, C., & Koçyiğit, M. (2019). Exploring Undergraduates’ Digital Citizenship Levels:Adaptation of the Digital Citizenship Scale to Turkish. Malaysian Online Journal of Educational Technology, 7(3), 22–38. https://doi.org/10.17220/mojet.2019.03.003
Goren, J. (2018). What Is Digital Citizenship? Why Is It Important? Avenues Open.https://open.avenues.org/new-york/ny-single-blog-detail/~board/open-new-york-learning/post/what-is-digital-citizenship-why-is-it-important.
Amanda Marez's Blog 