For Better or Worse: The Union of Digital Citizenship and Information Literacy

The Internet has made the most enduring and significant impact on civic engagement. It provides a tool to enable us to reach out into the world in continuously expanding networks of information. The Internet allows us to link with new groups, explore new possibilities and understandings of the definition of citizenship. For Better or Worse: The Union of Digital Citizenship & Information Literacy discusses the 9 elements of becoming an upstanding digital citizen. In addition to looking at digital citizenship, there is a need to connect this new online world with the traditional skills of literacy and the need to be information literate. Throughout For Better or Worse, the student will be exposed to varying types of literacy and the impact literacy can have on the role of being a responsible, digital citizen. 9 Elements of Digital Citizenship: Digital Access Digital Commerce Digital Communication Digital Literacy Digital Etiquette Digital Law Digital Rights and Responsibilities Digital health and Wellness Digital Security