Digital citizenship for students involves the amount, medium, and type of digital communication by people generally under the age of 18-22. Their interaction with the internet varies in that they are primarily placing personal information on the internet whenever they do put anything on and primarily drawing out academic information when they are searching for something. Because of the intensely personal nature of most of students’ interactions with the internet, they must be aware of the shortcomings and dangers of the internet so they can be sure to protect themselves and leave a positive digital fingerprint.
Ways to protect themselves involve such things as censuring the pictures and information given out on social networking sites such as Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter. The information they place on the internet is no longer within their control and anyone, even in a private account, can access that information and potentially use it for evil. Also, because anyone can access whatever is posted online, it is imperative that students choose to leave a positive virtual mark that will build people up rather than tear them down, such as cyber-bullying.
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