I.Jarman

1. The 9 Elements of Digital Citizenship
By Matariki, Alyssa and Ineen

2. Contents
Digital citizenship can be defined as the norms of appropriate, responsible behavior with
regard to technology use.
1. Digital Access: full electronic participation in society
2. Digital Commerce: electronic buying and selling of goods
3. Digital Communication: electronic exchange of information.
4. Digital Literacy: process of teaching and learning about technology and the use of
technology.
5. Digital Etiquette: electronic standards of conduct or procedure
6. Digital Law: electronic responsibility for actions and deeds
7. Digital Rights & Responsibilities: those freedoms extended to everyone in a digital world
8. Digital Health & Wellness: physical and psychological well-being in a digital technology
world.
9. Digital Security (self-protection): electronic precautions to guarantee safety

3. 1 Digital Access
We need to be aware that all people in the
society of technology have to be able to access
and use technology in a respectful manner to
create the foundation for digital citizenship.
People being excluded will not increase the
growth of users in the system.

4. 2. Digital Commerce
Technology users need to understand that a large
amount of market is being done electronically. Users
need to learn about how to be effective consumers in
a new digital system.

5. 3. Digital Communication
One of the significant changes within the digital
revolution is a person’s ability to communicate
with other people. It has been getting easier and
easier to communicate with people as things like
this were limited in the 1900's. These things
include emailing, texting, calling, skyping,
Facebook, Twitter and many more.
Unfortunately, many users have not been taught
how to make appropriate decisions when faced
with so many different digital communication
options.

6. 4. Digital Literacy
In other words, learners must be taught to learn
anything, anytime, anywhere.
Digital Citizenship involves educating people in a new
way— these individuals need a high degree of
information and literacy skills. While schools have made
great progress in the area of technology in much
remains to be done. A renewed focus must be made on
what technologies must be taught as well as how it
should be used. New technologies are finding their way
into the work place that are not being used in schools
(e.g., videoconferencing, online sharing spaces such as
wikis and cloud day systems)

7. 5. Digital Etiquette
We recognize inappropriate behavior when we see it,
but before people use technology they do not learn digital
behavior. Many people feel uncomfortable talking to
others about their digital behavior.

8. 6. Digital Law
Laws in the real world are just as much the same as
the digital law and if you think that when you go
online on sites like Trade Me , Skype, Facebook and
twitter that you don't have to obey the digital law
then your wrong for example if you buy some thing
from Trade Me as you say buy you as a costumer
must pay the money for the product and same with
the seller after you send them the money they must
deliver or handover the merchandise.

9. 7. Digital Rights and Responsibilities
•Everyone has rights in the real world and in the digital
world so people should have their say especially when their
black-mailing or threatening you. We also have
responsibilities e.g you should never tell anyone your
passwords because if you tell someone and they tell
someone else it's actual your responsibility to handle the
matter.

10. 8. Digital Health and Wellness
•It is healthy for people that are on their
technology to have a perfectly planned balance in
the real world and virtually. Lots of people today
get internet addiction because they don't have a
balance. It is very important to have a balance
because you could lose contact with the real world.
You may have friends virtually but you'll never
have them in real life.

11. 9. Digital Security
•In any society there a groups or individuals that will steal,
cause harm or disturb others. The same is in the digital
world. That is why we have fire alarms and locks on all our
doors. There are similar things on the web that you must
have on your computer to keep you safe, there are virus
protections and a lot more so you need to keep yourself
safe while you are on the Internet.