Topic outline

  • Unit 23: Digital Citizenship and Netiquette


    • Topic 1

    • Unit Introduction

      The Internet and Internet-enabled technologies continue to develop very fast. This has many benefits, but it changes to the way in which learners learn, communicate and interact.

      Learners are keen and avid users of the Internet and mobile technologies. They are seen as ‘digital natives’, always surrounded by technologies. There are many social, educational and economic benefits for learners in using ICTs. Learners need to understand what is acceptable and appropriate behaviour in an online society.

      By the end of this unit you will be able to: 


    • Assessment instructions


      Imagine you are trying to coach your class to be good cyber citizens. Create a PPT presentation or a lesson plan that you can use to teach them about netiquette, being a good digital citizen and the 6 tenets of digital citizenship. 

      Once you have created your presentation or lesson plan, use the upload function below to upload your document for marking. 

    • Attribution and References

      Attribution:


       References


      • License


        This unit on Digital Citizenship and Netiquette, part of the Teachers' ICT Integration Course by Matthew Goniwe School of Leadership and Governance is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License with the exception of the following resources:

        Mike Ribble. (2017). The Nine Elements. 
        Childnet International. (2017). Digizen.org. 
        Common Sense. (2017). Digital Citizenship. 
        Learning First Alliance. (2017). Bullying. 

        All content not licensed under a Creative Commons license is all rights reserved, and you must request permission from the copyright owner to use this material.