Digital Citizenship

By Malvin De Nunez

Digital Access

The possibility to have access to the internet.

Barriers

• Beliefs

• Economic difficulties

• Infrastructure

Digital Communication

Stands for the share of information through the

web.

Examples

• Social networks (Facebook, Twitter,

MySpace, etc.)

• Email services (Gmail, Yahoo mail, Hotmail,

etc.)

Digital Commerce

Consists of buying, selling and trading products

or services through the web.

Advantages

• Sell used stuff easily

• Don't have to leave home

• Diversity

• Everything is easy to find

Digital Literacy

Stands for teaching how the technology works

and how to use it.

Summary

In the era we live, everyone must know how to

use technology since almost everything has

turned to it.

Digital Security

Means electronic protection.

Dangers of the Web

• Personal information theft

• Credit cards use (there may be a scammer)

• Virus

Digital Law

The internet has something like a constitution

that must be followed.

Summary

Actions like piracy, hacking, spamming,

plagiarizing won't be tolerated in the Web.

Digital Right/Responsibility

Facilities given in the Web.

Summary

• It's needed to achieve peace

• Some rights are privacy and freedom of

speech

Digital Health/Wellness

Excessive digital use can cause physical and/or

psychological disorders.

Dangers

• Vision loss or degradation

• Stress syndromes

• Epilepsy

• Internet addiction

Digital Etiquette

Digital users must have an ethic behavior.

Summary

• Everyone must be a responsible digital

citizen

• Digital bullying (cyberbullying) won't be

tolerated