BEING A GOOD CITIZEN

DICTIONARY DEFINITION

• A safe, responsible,and ethical approach to the functioning in the digital world.

WRONG!

WHAT IT REALLY MEANS

good sides?

• Allows sharing of information digitally
• Quicker and easier than ever before
• Have easy access to information 
• Can communicate with classmates and coworkers 

bad sides?

• Inappropriate circumstances arises with different emotions
• Some forms of technology could cause people to become dependent on that technology
• Constant need to upgrade the technology.
• Saying mean or rude things to others (cyber bullying)

Why is Digital citizenship important?

• It sets a boundary on the dos and do nots in 
• the digital world.

HOW TO USE DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP

• Look up ways to be nice to others
• Look up ways to treat your environment well 
• Follow through

IMAGINATION TIME

IMAGINATION

• Imagine yourself at home on your technological device
• As you go up to get food, you look outside. 
• You notice your community is filthy.
• Only you know why it is dirty. 
• Maybe it is trash cans laying all around.

imagination

• You go back to your device.
• You look up how to fix the problem of your environment.
• You follow through with it.
• Open your eyes.
• Happiness.

rESOURCES

• http://digitalcitizenship.net/Nine_Elements.html
• ^Listed the many themes of digital citizenship
• http://digitalciti.weebly.com/digital-citizenship-definition.html
• ^Listed the many definitions of Digital Citizenship
• http://www.teachthought.com/technology/the-definition-of-digital-citzenship...

mORE RESOURCES

• ^Gave more definitions
• http://www.microsoft.com/security/resources/digital-citizenship.aspx
• ^Gave reasons of what digital citizenship means