SMART CH 10: Digital Citizenship

Introducing Jane, a model for digital citizenship. Jane knows how to conduct herself in a very ethical and responsible nature while living in this digital age. For one, she understands and knows what copyright is and understands how to distinguish between copyrighted material and not and how to use them. I have to say that I don't even know the full extent of copyright. I hope I'm not using anything against copyright but I do take pictures from the internet and print them out and use them in various ways. I'm looking forward to Dr. Krug's class in the fall where I can better get an understanding of that. Another characteristic is that Jane understands respect when it comes to a digital world. Jane respects herself when it comes to posting pictures and information and understands that nothing is private on the internet. She also respects the privacy of other by not posting pictures of others without their consent or not disrespecting others with her comments. Jane also understands rules and laws in her digital world. She understands the COPPA and the CIPA for children under 13 and understands the rules for her school. Jane is very internet savvy and still uses social networking but at the same time, she knows how to behave herself and has a high standard for codes of conduct for herself and others. 

When I first heard the word "sexting", I was shocked that our society has so much misused our recent technology that a new word had to be created to describe it. I can see the downfall to where these kind of acts are going on more and more. With the use of technology for people to communicate there is less face to face communication. When there isn't someone there right in front of you, an audience starts to disappear and what you say and do is not as significant if done face to face. People are loosing this integral part of society of face to face and falling behind a screen in which they act in perverse ways. I think sexting is utterly gross and I am so sad to see that students are falling into this act and getting in trouble. I do see it as a felony especially of child pornography. Students need to be shaken up to the fact that what they are doing is wrong and maybe if enough people realize it or get caught then this act will stop