Tool #11

Digital citizenship seems to me the same as manners. Just like we teach in our classrooms and at home about getting along, sharing, working together, respectful and just good holesome citizens, etc, and how to be good citizens in our world. Our children need to do the same while using technology. Having a teenager myself, I try to explain to him that you must be very careful when it comes to looking and writing things on the web. because there is no way to go back. I tell him all the time that no matter how hard it is to hide things, it can always be found, just ask any famous person out there where they think that they are doing just something so innocent and then that ends up no being so. That goes along the same lines as not giving out information, that others should not know. Being careful who you "talk" to is also so important. Just like we teach our children not to talk to strangers. It is our responsibilities as teachers and parents that we provide a safe technological world for our children, and give them the tools to be able use this WONDERFUL technology, but in a safe manner, for themselves and for others.