Edu 653: Digital Citizenship

Digital Citizenship, what is that?

To most of the internet users digital citizenship simply means that you are citizen of the digital technology right? WRONG! Digital Citizenship is the norms of appropriate, responsible technology use, the what you can and cannot do. What you can and cannot use. How and what is appropriate to cite technology and images...etc. I had not a single idea about digital citizenship before taking a graduate course the focused not he topic. The idea that images on google are not just "up for grabs" was mind blowing, shocking statement to me. I know this sounds ridiculous, but seriously I never thought about the fact that I am copying others work as my own. Being an English Teacher, I know all about the consequences of plagiarizing, but not once did it occur to me that someone could plagiarize a photo. Copyright law requires that we accurately cite sources of digital content. Citing a Google image search does not provide proper attribution to the creator and owner of the images. You must specific sources where your images originated. Again, something that seems so basic, but most forget. A quick and dirty tip or this is to hyper link the image to the origin (webpage) the image was found on. To access the page when searching on google images, just click view page rather than view image and copy the URL at the top.

Is the copy right laws all digital citizenship cover? NO, not at all!

Digital Citizenship is all about teaching children the proper uses of technology. It is introducing them to their digital footprints. Digital Citizenship also brings about different laws covering different topics such as: children's digital privacy, privacy of student accounts and records, and children personal information stored on the internet. 3 laws have been put into place to ensure these 3 things occur.
1) CIPA - Children's Internet Protection Act
CIPA has been around since 2000, yet there is still much confusion about the law. A great article to help address and answers questions is CIPA: 10 Years Later, There is Still Confusion.

2) COPPA - Children's Online Privacy Protection Act
What are some frequently asked questions about COPPA? This article, Complying with COPPA: Frequently Asked Questions, will address those questions and provide answers.

3) FERPA - Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
How does FERPA apply to my family? FERPA for Students and Parents will answer that!