Digital Literacy and Digital Citizenship

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.

Digitial Footprint

I feel as though digital footprint is important because throughout life more and more things that were paper are going to become digital. For instance, newspapers aren't really being bough anymore that much because most people have it coming to their computers or phones. Another example would be that everything someone post on the internet is now somehow able to be shared with the world. Digital is not becoming everything that people go to when trying to find information.

Digital Footprint

I think digital footprints are extremely important to consider in our day to day lives. Today, everything can be traced. Everything can be exposed. There's data leaks, there's hackers, and who knows what else. When going into the field of education, we are supposed to be role models for our students in the classroom. I think that we should also be role models for our students outside of the classroom as well, even if that means online. I think that it is extremely important to teach students that what they do online can always come back to them. And, even though it is very useful, it is also very important to have best practices.

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Digital Footprints

I think digital literacy is very important to everyone and should be taught properly. Students are not educated with how to use the internet and what to put out there and what to not. Many may think that if they enter something on the internet and don't like it, they can delete it and go away. When in reality it's never deleted, it's just somewhere else. Some ways you can teach students as Kathleen Morris stated is, avoid sharing personal information as referred to the word YAPPY, " Your full name, Address, Phone Number, Passwords, and Your plans. Students need to know what to expose and what not too. Kids nowadays are introduced with technology at a young age possibly at age 2. These kids know how to use technology more than we do as adults.

Digital Footprints

In Kathleen Morris's article "Teaching Children About Digital Footprints and Online Reputations," Morris makes a claim that the internet should not be a scary place for students to post things and explore, but they need to be properly taught on how to go about doing that. Morris uses the term "digital footprints" as a way to describe things that we all leave behind when we post, or even browse, on the internet. I agree with Morris's stance.

As an educator, we have an obligation to make sure our students are well prepared for the future. In the future, Internet usage is going to be on the rise more than it currently is. To shelter our students and children away from that would be doing them a great disservice. Of course, we want to make sure that they are properly protected from the dangers of the world, but we can do that in a way that quells our worries and also promotes a healthy learning environment for them. 

Morris uses the term "YAPPY" to simplify what students should avoid posting online. These are: "Your full name, address (of your school, home, or email), phone number, passwords, your plans." These are all very good things to avoid posting on the internet. Unfortunately, with social media being a tremendous part of the youth's everyday life, some of these cannot be avoided. I wholeheartedly think that our job should be to stress the importance of privacy features that many social media platforms offer. 

Digital Footprints

DIGITAL FOOTPRINTS 

Technology in schools help students to expand their capabilities on learning from other resources. Students should be able to use the internet for beneficial ways, but under adult supervision. Not all the websites that students may come across with will be safe for students to use, but students can explore information to help with assignments. Teachers can connect with their students regarding homework or group assignments through different apps on the internet. For digital footprints, teachers should lay out rules on the usage of internet for students to be aware of using it for other purposes. Technology allows the teacher to teach students interactively in school and outside of school.

Digital literacy and digital citizenship

Digital Citizenship is designed to empower students with skills to think critically. It is important because it shows students how to go through technology safely. In our world technology is being used constantly. As a teacher they have to show their students how to safely use the internet as a main resource in the classroom. 
Technology is a great tool to use in the classroom as long as its used safely. Technology can include activities in the classroom. Most schools now use iPads and smart boards in the classroom. This allows kids to learn more hands on and find their own information safely. In the article it stated that digital literacy is being willing to talk, learn and listen. But if technology is involved into the classroom then teachers can put teaching it safely in their lesson plans.