Digital Citizenship

Being a good digital citizen means to be an ethical and responsible member of the online community. Digital citizenship is the practice and teaching to help individuals, particularly young people, know how to navigate, create, communicate and protect themselves online. As more and more technology is used in personal lives and schools, the need for digital citizenship grows.Digital Citizenship: Research and Practice from the Field provides research-based strategies that can help any educator working with technology and youth. Through experience and data collected by teaching in-depth digital citizenship classes with K-12 students, special populations and educator trainings, this book can provide real-life advice on what works, and what doesn't. The models and advice in this title are based on prevention science. Prevention Science is the application of scientific method to prevent dysfunctional human behavior before it even starts. In addition, this book will give its readers worksheets, activity sheets, lesson plans and assessment tools for implementing digital citizenship instruction in their organization. Digital citizenship is a growing, multi-faceted, interdisciplinary subject in need of research and practical and applicable advice. This book brings together past studies, independent research and knowledge from other disciplines to provide solutions.

With the pivotal roles technology and the Internet have come to play in education and in our lives, helping young people learn to navigate the online world and establish positive digital identities continues to become increasingly important. In her book, Digital Citizenship: Teaching Strategies and Practice from the Field, Carrie Rogers-Whitehead provides a comprehensive look at the need for digital citizenship education and offers many practical and sound ideas for teaching digital citizenship. The wealth of knowledge she has gained from her work with teaching digital citizenship skills, both as a librarian and digcit advocate, is shared in this wonderful reference., In our continually-expanding digital environment, the need for digital citizenship education has never been greater. As educators, technology specialists, school librarians, and other influencers of students collaborate and share ideas and best practices, they can be better prepared to help students navigate their complex world. Carrie Rogers-Whitehead combines her years of experience as a librarian as well as her passion for digital citizenship education, providing provide a research-rich book that can be very helpful for such influencers.

Carrie Rogers-Whitehead is the founder of Digital Respons-Ability, a mission-based company that works with educators, parents and students to teach digital citizenship. She has led and collaborated across government, academia,, nonprofit and business and brings that multidisciplinary approach to her work in digital citizenship.