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DIGITAL LITERACY
• Citizenship is an old value that is now applied to new medium, the Internet.
• Cyber citizenship refers to being responsible when using the Internet. Doing
online when no one is looking speaks a lot about one’s character and morals.
The power of this digital world is associated with responsibilities and
consequences.
WAYS ON HOW TO BE A GOOD CYBER
CITIZEN
1. Be careful and critical for whatever you post online that could be visible to the public even if on a “private” page
through tagging by a friend.
2. If you have a problem with someone, go to that person or an adult to help work it out, instead of posting your
expression online.
3. Use the internet to help you with your schoolwork, but give credit to the sources you use and critically analyze
everything you search online.
4. Use the internet purposefully to learn more about anything you are interested in, to help you research relevant
and needed data or information and to stay connected with friends throughout the world.
5. Make sure you verify an information before you share it or use it in a project and check on accuracy and truth in
the information you search on the web.
6. Give out certain information only.
7. Don’t answer question that make you uncomfortable.
8. Always make sure you have told a reliable adult if you decide to meet someone you knew through the internet.
9. Always be aware of copyright laws and give credit to whom an article or a part of it is due.
10.Use only the computers that you are allowed to use. Avoid hacking.
IMPORTANCE OF CYBER CITIZENSHIP