Digital Rights

 Every day there is a growing need for something to be digitalized, and personal information is getting harder and harder to keep secure. We live in a world that no longer needs cash to pay for things or mail when we can email or chat on social media. Due to the widespread use of digital media and the development of internet technologies, access to information is easier than ever and behaviors of sharing information increase day-by-day (Emali et al., 2020). Digital rights implore rights to those who publish and construct projects and ideas in social media, blogs, projects, phones, and personal computers for individual or professional use. Students and teachers should understand that with technology comes great responsibility. Putting something on the internet makes it visible to anyone. As educators, we should understand the risks of sharing things and posting our opinions, but also maintaining privacy for a personal life digitally.  

Digital Citizen provides education to teachers, students, and parents that keep everyone safe and secure on the internet. This program gives materials and instructions about safe passwords, factual information on the internet, cyberbullying, digital footprints, and media balance. Students use technology intensively on daily basis, and the need for training these students in a way to establish safe online communication and collaboration has put the concept of digital citizenship on the agenda (Ozturk, 2021). It is imperative that we as educators pursue knowledge in this area and understand that these issues will continue to grow and be important because adolescents are overusing technology. Educating ourselves means better educating the students.

 

Elmalı, F. , Tekın, A. & Polat, E. (2020). A STUDY ON DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP: PRESCHOOL TEACHER CANDIDATES VS. COMPUTER EDUCATION AND INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY TEACHER CANDIDATES. Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 21 (4), 251-269. DOI: 10.17718/tojde.803423

Öztürk, G. (2021). Digital citizenship and its teaching: A literature review. Journal of Educational Technology & Online Learning, 4(1), 31-45.

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