The White House has MySpace and FaceBook sites! This is probably not news to you, but I guess I never really took the time to think about socially networking with The White House. I just joined the White House FaceBook page as a Friend and left a comment with suggestions for what kinds of things I would like to see included on the Wall. I was even able to comment on the First Family’s newest family portrait by Annie Leibovitz.
This is just one of many ways to be engaged in Digital Citizenship. A new term growing in popularity, digital citizenship is being defined as “the ability to participate in society online” (see MIT Press synopsis of book entitled Digital Citizenship: The Internet, Society, and Participation -- Chapter 1: Defining Digital Citizenship is available as a PDF).
It also means the responsible (lawful, polite, socially-acceptable, equitable) use of technology – much like the set of rules we have developed over time for the use of professional print media.
What does the term "digital citizenship" mean to you? Are you a digital citizen? How about your learners?
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What a great idea!!!!!
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