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Sunday, December 19, 2021

how to be a digital citizen

 how to be a good digital citizen ?

Digital citizen generally refers to a person who utilizes information technology in order to involve in different kinds of activities including society, marketing, politics, entertainment, and all others. Digital citizenship in 21st century denotes the individuals having skills and basic knowledge with good experience in accessing the internet through computers, tablets, mobile phones etc. A digital citizen is nothing but a person who is aware of his technological surroundings. A responsible digital citizen should be respectful and behave appropriately while handling the information in an online world. Digital Citizenship helps teachers, technocrats and parents to identify what students, technology users, and children must know to make use of technology in an appropriate manner.

Digital citizenship is considered as “the norms of appropriate and responsible technology use”. Becoming a better digital citizen in the online world involves having a genuine e-mail etiquette, preventing cyber bullying, protecting private information etc.. We often see people misusing and abusing technology in many ways as they wish. In most cases, we can’t do anything regarding this issue. This type of misconduct need to be corrected and proper technology usage etiquette needs to be established.

 features of Digital Citizenship:

  1.  Digital Access
  2.   Digital Commerce
  3.   Digital Communication
  4.   Digital Literacy
  5.   Digital Etiquette

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