Digital Citizenship is very important to teach students so they understand what is right and wrong when it comes to the internet. In Kathleen Morris' article, she stated how students need that guidance from a trusted adult such as a parent or teacher to navigate their way through the internet. I completely agree with her on that because students are not always fully aware of how they should act on the internet; what is appropriate and what is not. I believe teaching digital citizenship is very important because we need our students to understand what is and what is not acceptable to post on the internet. As well, how they treat others on the internet. As a studying Early Childhood Education major, I can teach my students the appropriate apps they can use. I can also teach them the appropriate videos they can watch on YouTube.
Digital Literacy is the actual skill used to understand something. For example the skill to use a certain app or navigate a certain website. It is also very important to teach students about digital literacy so they understand the proper way to use the internet.
I completely agree that each and every other student need to be taught about what is right and wrong when it comes to the internet. I feel like the internet has such a prominent place in our day to day life, and it can be very scary too. I don't want to get into specifics, but I know you've heard your own horror stories. I think that a lot of things that we hear in the mainstream internet today could be avoided if everybody was taught about digital literacy as well as digital citizenship.
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