What I would like my students to know about digital citizenship is the following:
Passwords: make sure students understand why it is important to protect passwords and not share these among friends, relatives, etc.
Safety: students must be aware that there is a high possibility that one day they might encounter inappropriate content on the web. They need to know what to do in those instances and make wise decisions. I would also encourage them not to make personal information public in social networks or other online places as it might be dangerous.
Credit and validity of content: It is important for the students to know that not everything on the web is free to take and use. They need to understand how to respect somebody elses property and the appropriate steps in giving credit and asking persmission to use whatever they might want to use (file, music, video, text, etc). They must also know how to validate information as not all the information published on the web is valid nor correct.
I would teach the concept of digital citizenship to my students by telling them that our world is changing and it is no longer confined to our classroom, our school, our town. It is now a global community. Students must understand that there are certain principles or set of rules that must be followed for all digital citizens to live in harmony and respect each other.
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