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Infographic: Citizenshipin the digital ageBy Andra Brichacek 10/22/2014

Topics: Digital citizenship

By now it’s become clear:For all its wonders, thedigital age has alsointroduced its fair share ofchallenges. From socialmedia and cyberbullying tocybercrime, internetaddiction and onlineprivacy concerns, today’sstudents face a wide rangeof difficult issues thatprevious generations neverhad to think about.

As a result, teachers,school leaders and parentsare called on to add a

whole new idea to our curricula: digital citizenship(http://www.iste.org/resources/product?id=3197&utm_source=EdTekHub&utm_medium=Direct&utm_content=ONLDCApass&utm_campaign=OnlineCourses).

And yet, we don’t have to start from scratch. The elements of digitalcitizenship, it turns out, are not so different from the basic tenets oftraditional citizenship: Be kind, respectful and responsible, and just dothe right thing.

What’s new — for educators as well as students — is learning how toapply these ideals to the digital age. Just as all kids throughout thecenturies have needed help from their parents, teachers and mentors

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along the path to becoming good citizens, our digital natives still needguidance as they learn how to apply the elements of citizenship to therealities they encounter in a connected world.

“As many educators know, most students want to do the right thing —and will, if they know what that is,” said Mike Ribble, author of DigitalCitizenship in Schools (http://www.iste.org/resources/product?ID=2111) and co-founder of the new Digital CitizenshipNetwork (http://connect.iste.org/connect/communities/viewcommunities/groupdetails/?CommunityKey=dd15879f-d471-4a25-87eb-d8a56b45df3c). “Let’s help them do great thingswith technology while avoiding the pitfalls.”

Check out the infographic below to see how the characteristics of agood citizen parallel — and differ from — those of a good digitalcitizen.

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