Digital citizenship is more than just being nice to others online. Digital Citizenship includes equitable access to the Internet, shopping safety, communicating online, learning and teaching others how to use technology, laws that protect creativity, rights and responsibilities, physical and emotional well-being, and safety for yourself and your devices. My biggest ah-ha moment was that any test that I create while employed by a school belongs to the school according to copyr

Copyright Laws protect intellectual property from illegal copies being made and used in an illegal manner. There are provisions that allow educators to use copyrighted materials in the classroom with limited use. When used effectively, educators can enhance the learning experience by allowing students to view material they may otherwise not have access to through Fair Use. The Technology, Education, and Copyright Harmonization (TEACH) Act addresses the use and storage of digi

Digital Citizenship is important and needs to be taught alongside the curriculum in the classroom in order to prepare our students for the 21st-Century workforce. Ribble defines digital citizenship as “the norms of appropriate, responsible tech use.” (n.d.) on his website and Heick defines it as “the quality of habits, actions, and consumption patterns that impact the ecology of digital content and communities” (2018). Dictionary.com defines a digital citizen as “a person wh