Skill: Participate 1.1.1 Character Traits Quest

The site Cyber Wise Describes digital citizenship as 

Whether we are interacting with people in a face to face manner or online, there are standards of behavior that we must adhere to. The standards of behavior for the online world is after referred to as being a good digital citizen.  Digital citizenship and is defined as "..the norms of appropriate, responsible behavior with regard to technology use" on the website Digital Citizenship (DC). 


After doing research on what it means to be a good digital citizen, I found many common themes with what the characteristics of being a good digital citizen is. DC says that there are three overarching themes in being a good digital citizen which include Respect, Educate, and Protect. As a teacher, I feel that these overarching themes which are mode up of nine distinct elements really encompass what it means to be a good digital citizen from a teacher's perspective.

After reading the themes and the elements on the  Digital Citizenship website I can summarize these characteristics from the lens of a teacher in the following way:

Respect

As a teacher for me to be a good citizen in the digital world I need to have respect for my self and others.  The most important element to me under this theme is law. Teaching students copyright law and when you can and can not use material is key. 

Educate

As a teacher within the digital learning community I need to be able to educate students and also myself. One of the most important elements under this there is literacy. As an online teacher, I need to be able to help students with technology and teach them how to use it properly. In order to be able to do this, I need to educate myself and then educate my students how to use that technology quickly and appropriately.

Protect

As a teacher in the digital world, I feel a responsibility in helping to protect my students. Just as in the real world there is a basic set of right stat extend to people in the real world including but limited to privacy, freedom of speech etc. Many young people feel that they can post EVERYTHING - but I feel it is It is my job to protect them and to teach them how to protect themselves in this digital world by teaching what is appropriate and safe to post and what is not.