1. Themes of Digital Citizenship

2. Digital Access Defined as full electronic participation in society
The need to work towards equal digital rights and supporting electronic access
Digital exclusion stifles growth in society
First step to good digital citizenship

3. Digital Commerce The electronic buying and selling of goods
An understanding that a large share of the market economy is being done electronically
However, many illegal and immoral transactions are also being made
Users need to learn how to how to be effective online consumers

4. Digital Communication
Electronic exchange of information
The digital age has exploded with ways for people to communicate
People can now stay in constant contact with one another
Now, people must be taught how to make appropriate decisions concerning this new wave of online communications

5. Digital Literacy
Process of teaching and learning about technology and the use of technology
A renewed focus on what technologies must be taught and how it should be used must be made.
Learners must be taught how to learn in a digital society

6. Digital Etiquette Electronic standards of conduct or procedure
This area is probably where the most pressing issues occur
People must be taught the correct way to act online before they gain unrestricted access to the digital world

7. Digital Law Electronic responsibility for actions and deeds
Deals with the ethics of technology in a society
Users need to understand that stealing or causing damage to other people’s work, identity, or property online is a crime

8. Digital Rights & Responsibilities
Those freedoms extended to everyone in a digital world
Digital citizens are extended the same basic set of rights in the digital world as in the physical one (free speech, right to privacy, etc.)
However, users must also help determine how the technology is to be used in an appropriate manner

9. Digital Health & Wellness
Physical and psychological well-being in a digital technology world
Eye safety, repetitive stress syndrome, and sound ergonomic practices are issues to be addressed in a new technological world
Users must also be taught about the psychological dangers such as Internet addiction

10. Digital Security (self-protection)
Electronic precautions to guarantee safety
In any society, there individuals who steal, deface, or disrupt other people, even in the digital community
Users must take digital security just as seriously as securing their homes
Items like virus protection, data backup, and surge control are necessities in today’s world

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