9 Elements of Digital Citizenship

1. Digital Rights and Responsibilities

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

1.2. An appropriate use would be for a local sports website to cite a picture from a major sports website such as ESPN

1.3. An inappropriate use would be if the local sports website was to take credit for the image without the citing ESPN

2. Digital Communication

2.1. The electronic exchange of information

2.2. An appropriate use would be responding to an email someone sent you at home

2.3. An Inappropriate use would be txting while driving

3. Digital etiquitte

3.1. The standard of conduct expected by other technology users

3.2. An appropriate use would be turning off your phone in a movie theatre

3.3. An Innapropriate use would be talking on the phone loudly while out with a group of friends

4. Digital Literacy

4.1. The capability to use digital technology and knowing when and how to use it

4.2. An appropriate use would be to use and understand how to use a site like mindmeister

4.3. An inappropriate use would be to join a website and not understanding the consequences such as them giving away your email adress to other people

5. Digital Access

5.1. Full electronic participation in society

5.2. Apple donating computers to the poor is an example of appropriate use

5.3. An Inappropriate use would be a teacher not allowing certain groups access to technology

6. Digital Commerce

6.1. The buying and selling of goods online

6.2. An appropriate use would be buying items on the internet with a gift card

6.3. An Inappropriate use would be to buy items while giving away your PIN or credit card numbers on a insecure site

7. Digital Law

7.1. The Legal rights and restrictions governing technology use

7.2. An appropriate use would be to purchase songs from itunes

7.3. An inappropriate use would be to get songs off of a music sharing website

8. Digital Health and Wellness

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

8.2. An appropriate use would be to use the internet to research a paper for an hour or two at a time

8.3. An inappropriate use would be if you spend all night on a research paper due the next day

9. Digital Security

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

9.2. An appropriate use would be to set a lock on facebook limiting who can view your profile

9.3. An inappropriate use would be to post about a family vacation and when you will be leaveing