Digital Citizenship is having the knowledge, skills and attitudes needed to demonstrate responsible and respectful behaviour when using technology or participating in digital environments. Digital citizenship goes beyond e-mail etiquette and avoiding plagiarism to encompass all elements of digital engagement, including how to find and evaluate information, respecting copyright, protecting private information, staying safe online, and knowing how to deal with potential cyber-bullying.
"Digital citizenship isn't just about recognizing and dealing with online hazards. It's about building safe spaces and communities, [having students] understand how to manage personal information, and about being Internet savvy-- using your online presence to grow and shape your world in a safe, creative way, and inspiring others to do the same."
— Digizen.org
To explore the elements of digital citizenship visit Mike Ribble's website on Digital Citizenship at www.digitalcitizenship.net/Nine_Elements.html
Digital identity is the data that uniquely describes a person or a thing and contains information about the subject's relationships.[1] The social identity that an internet user establishes through digital identities in cyberspace is referred to as online identity.
A critical problem in cyberspace is knowing with whom one is interacting. Currently there are no ways to precisely determine the identity of a person in digital space. Even though there are attributes associated to a person's digital identity, these attributes or even identities can be changed, masked or dumped and new ones created. Despite the fact that there are many authentication systems and digital identifiers that try to address these problems, there is still a need for a unified and verified identification system.[2][not in citation given] Thus, there are issues of privacy and security related to digital identity.
A digital native is a person who was born during or after the general introduction of digital technologies and through interacting with digital technology from an early age, has a greater comfort level using it. Alternatively, this term can describe people born during or after the 2000s, as the Digital Age began at that time; but in most cases, the term focuses on people who grew up with the technology that became prevalent in the latter part of the 20th century and continues to evolve today.[citation needed]
Other discourse identifies a digital native as a person who understands the value of digital technology and uses this to seek out opportunities for implementing it.
This term has been used in several different contexts, such as education (Bennett, Maton & Kervin 2008), higher education (Jones & Shao 2011) and in association with the term New Millennium Learners (OECD 2008). The opposite of digital native is digital immigrant, an individual who was born before the existence of digital technology and adopted it to some extent later in life.
"Digital law is identified as the responsibility of being safe online and following online rules. It is basically know as the law of internet. Being able to follow the rules while using the internet. Abusing laws of the Internet can cause serious consequences. Examples of misusage are like Hacking into people’s computers, pirating software, downloading illegal music and creating viruses. Globally People consider it as " Digital Law: electronic responsibility for actions and deeds which is either ethical or unethical. Digital responsibility deals with the ethics of technology. Unethical use manifests itself in form of theft and/or crime. Ethical use manifests itself in the form of abiding by the laws of society. Students should not be able to steal or cause damage to other people’s work, identity, or property. There are certain rules of society that fall under illegal acts. These laws apply to students as well. "
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Now take a right turn down the road of "digital law."
You probably find it easy to locate and download material from the Internet. It’s second nature to Digital Natives like you! However, you may not know what is appropriate or inappropriate, legal or illegal when using the Internet. Digital Law is defined as the electronic responsibility for actions, deeds which is either ethical or unethical. It deals with the ethics of technology and is concerned with what you are and are not allowed to do while surfing and using the Internet
Ethical use of the Internet means being a law-abiding Digital Citizen. Unethical use of the Internet involves committing theft and/or crime. It’s important for you to understand that stealing or causing damage to other people’s work, identity, or property online is a crime. There are certain rules of our society that we must obey. These laws apply to anyone who works or plays online. Hacking into others information, downloading music or movies illegally, plagiarizing, creating destructive worms, viruses, sending spam, or stealing anyone’s identify or property is unethical."
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