Digital Citizenship is a concept which helps teachers, technology leaders and parents to understand what students/children/technology users should know to use technology appropriately. Digital Citizenship is more than just a teaching tool; it is a way to prepare students/technology users for a society full of technology. Too often we are seeing students as well as adults misusing and abusing technology but not sure what to do. The issue is more than what the users do not know but what is considered appropriate technology usage.
Digital Citizenship Today
Digitally delivered content is part of the fabric of students’ lives today. There is enormous access to content, yet it typically comes with many different underlying usage rights that few understand. Very few students are exposed in a positive way to how they can properly manage and use digital or commercial content – whether their own or others’; whether music, movies, art, software, or other creative material; and whether free, licensed, purchased, or subscribed.
The Digital Citizenship and Creative Content Curriculum program was developed to create awareness around the issue of creative content and to foster a better understanding of the rights connected with it. Ultimately, its goals are to instill in students an appreciation of the value that creative content has for the creator, and to establish a personal respect for creative rights in a way that changes their behaviors and perceptions about digitally delivered content.
Creative rights and the materials they protect are an important part of our culture. It’s crucial that students understand the options for managing content and respect the wishes of others regarding creative content — at a personal level that is meaningful to their everyday lives. Students interact online with music, movies, software, images, and other digital content every day.
Are they aware that these works are protected and that some of their uses may not be consistent with the creator’s wishes? Students themselves are often creators. Do they understand how creative rights are relevant to them? Where can they go to get information about appropriate online behaviors to help them make the right decisions for themselves and as citizens in a digital world? Download the full article 1 or Article 2
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content, yet it typically comes with many different underlying usage rights that few understand. Very few
students are exposed in a positive way to how they can properly manage and use digital or commercial
content — whether their own or others’; whether music, movies, art, software, or other creative material;
and whether free, licensed, purchased, or subscribed.
Creative rights and the materials they protect are an important part of our culture. It’s crucial that students
understand the options for managing content and respect the wishes of others regarding creative content
– at a personal level that is meaningful to their everyday lives. Students interact online with music, movies,
software, images, and other digital content every day. Are they aware that these works are protected and
that some of their uses may not be consistent with the creator’s wishes? Students themselves are often
creators. Do they understand how creative rights are relevant to them? Where can they go to get
information about appropriate online behaviors to help them make the right decisions for themselves and
as citizens in a digital world?
