B-+Digital+Citizenship

How does digital citizenship fit in with the collective?

Citizenship (whether analog or digital) is about modes of thinking and behaviour in the collective (i.e., society).

How doesn't it fit in, might be a better question. I say that, but I wonder how often digital citizenship is really considered by those in the collective. We learn how to participate in a collective but we need the forethought to be a mindful, respectful participant. As teachers and parents, this is really our job; to teach and model digital citizenship. does a purpose matter in a collective?

To me digital citizenship is just about citizenship. Citizenship is active, and people participate in citizenship in a variety of ways. They participate together, as when one is a citizen, you are part of a larger entity. Citizenship is a massive collective. Citizens, or at least most citizens work towards common goals, interact together, argue together, reach concensus together......develop understandings together. Within citizenship we learn to treat people well, and to be ethical. To break out of this is to not share in the ideas and values of the collective. Being a digital citizen is no different. We must learn to use digital media in an ethical way, to participate, to realize that others have influence over us, and that we have influence over them......and to know and accept this is to accept the responsibility that goes with the territory.

How would this be modeled? What might it look like in an elementary classroom vs. middle school vs. high school? Would it be similar in all contexts?

Within understanding digital citizenship, students need to understand the how powerful and strong the digital collective (versus the F2F collective) and the effects of it can be. ~Huong