The 9 Elements of Digital Citizenship

1. Digital Law

1.1. The legal rights and restrictions governing technology use

1.2. Appropriate: Downloading music from a site that allows you to

1.3. Inappropriate: Using limewire

2. Digital Literacy

2.1. Capability to use digital technology and knowing when and how to use it.

2.2. Appropriate: Being able to access Moodle or Mindmeister from home.

2.3. Inappropriate: Not being able to access Moodle or Mindmeister from home.

3. Digtal Access

3.1. Full eletronic participation in society

3.2. Appropriate: having technology in all of my classes

3.3. Inappropriate: not having internet access at home or any other place in the community

4. Digital Communication

4.1. The electronic exchange of information

4.2. Appropriate: giving your phone to someone else in the car while you're driving so that they can text or call someone for you

4.3. Inappropriate: using your phone while driving

5. Digital Rights and Responsibily

5.1. The privileges and freedoms extended to all digital technology users, and the behavioral expextations that come with them.

5.2. Appropriate: Reblogging a picture on Tumblr and giving the person who posted it credit

5.3. Inappropriate: Plagiarism

6. Digital Health and Wellness

6.1. The elements of physical and psychological well-being related to digital technology use.

6.2. Appropriate: Someone teaching you the ways that digital health and welness relates to technology

6.3. Inappropriate: Some getting harmed by this

7. Digital Commerce

7.1. The buying and selling of goods online

7.2. Appropriate: buying clothes from an online website you've used before

7.3. Inappropriate: buying an item from a website that you've never used before and not having any backround infromation about it

8. Digital Security

8.1. The precautions that all technology users must take to guarantee their personal safety and the security of their network.

8.2. Appropriate: Not opening any emails from people you don't know

8.3. Inappropriate: Opening emails from people you don't know

9. Digital Etiquette

9.1. The standards of conduct expected by other digital technology users

9.2. Appropriate: When buying or using a new piece of technology you read the information and rules that you need to know before using it.

9.3. Inappropriate: when buying or using a new piece of technology you don't know the rules or information about it before you do so