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TopicsTopics• What does it mean to be a digital citizen?What does it mean to be a digital citizen?• What are the issues and pitfalls to being a What are the issues and pitfalls to being a

digital citizen?digital citizen?• Are there responsibilities to digital citizenship?Are there responsibilities to digital citizenship?• Who is responsible to prepare a person for Who is responsible to prepare a person for

digital citizenship?digital citizenship?• Who is responsible to protect the digital Who is responsible to protect the digital

citizen?citizen?

What is a Digital Citizen?What is a Digital Citizen?

Is it simply use of the internet?Is it simply use of the internet?• Do text messages count?Do text messages count?• Does it require use of social media?Does it require use of social media?

How do you become a digital citizen?How do you become a digital citizen?• Are you just born into it?Are you just born into it?• Does it require a certain level of Does it require a certain level of

knowledge?knowledge? Do you need to pass a test?Do you need to pass a test?

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Beyond the actual use of the Beyond the actual use of the technology what does a digital technology what does a digital citizen need to know?citizen need to know?• LegalLegal• EthicalEthical• SocialSocial• Potential impactPotential impact• Other???Other???

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When teaching goes beyond the When teaching goes beyond the actual technology whose standards actual technology whose standards do we use?do we use?• Standards by age groupsStandards by age groups• Standards of different legal systemsStandards of different legal systems• Standards of common usageStandards of common usage

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LegalLegal

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Ethical standardsEthical standards• Whose standards do we use?Whose standards do we use?

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Social standardsSocial standards

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Potential impactPotential impact

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Other???Other???

Education of the Digital CitizenEducation of the Digital Citizen

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