Guidance to Becoming Responsible Digital Citizens

Digital literacy involves finding, evaluating, utilizing, sharing, creating content using IT and the Internet. The activities may include writing, creating multimedia presentations, and posting information about yourself or others online. All of these activities require varying degrees of digital literacy.  However, It’s amazing to be SMARTER while using the internet in promoting digital literacy; that

(i)            Its not quite good to give all your personal details in terms of age, names or address. Keep some important features of yours confidential, you will be safe.

(ii)          There might be no need for you to meet someone you talk to online. Let online conversation be online with exception of the people you know.

(iii)         Restrict opening emails from untrusted sources. Do not accept.

(iv)         Beware that not all information got online are reliable.

(v)          Tell by communicating to others what you could have found on line, good or bad.

 

Long ago, the term “literacy” was synonymous with the printed word. Today, that definition has evolved and being literate necessitates more than simply interacting with text. We must be digitally literate, too. Teachers have an even harder task; we must cultivate this ability to adapt to constantly changing media scapes while simultaneously preserving students’ writing skills in their purest form. This may sound intimidating, but there are simple things you can do to help prepare students.

(i)           Teach How to Mindfully “Read” New Media.

(ii)          Help Students Become Makers and Tinkerers of Text

(iii)         Offer Guidance to Becoming Responsible Digital Citizens

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