0May 29, 2019Written by FARYALYOUSHA
As a human, I am living in a world where so many things are on one’s fingertips. I do not know who coined the term, ‘The world is on the fingertips’. However, I know that this saying has become true because of the digital devices entered in our lives with internet access. These devices accompanied with internet access enable us to connect ourselves to the people far and wide. Internet access helps us to do many tasks on digital devices like business, to be connected to our families and friends, learning, teaching, art, medicine, and other countless things. This connection to the people for different purposes also coined another term, ‘Digital Citizenship’. Whoever is using digital devices and the internet is a digital citizen whether one knows it or does not.
Around the world people have access to digital devices and internet and using it successfully. This is an interesting point that even the people who do not have any degree or higher education or are not technology savvy, they are also using digital devices and internet. The use of these digital devices and internet proves that how easy these thing are to use and how quickly they have become the part of countless people’s lives in the world.
When one joins any organization or becomes the member of any society or country, he/she enjoys the benefits or privileges of that organization or the country. Every society, organization, business, family, and country provides its member many opportunities which come along with some responsibilities
I am the one who is unknowingly the member of this digital world for the last 19 years and due to the course EDU520, I know now that with the advantages of the digital world I also carry responsibilities.
Being a citizen of digital world, one should know and follow the rules and responsibilities of this sphere. In fact these responsibilities are called etiquette. Zerkina, N., Lomakina, Y., Kisel, O., & Lazarou, E. (2019) said,” Netiquette (network etiquette) is the rules of behavior and norms of communication on the Internet, the culture and traditions of the online space, which most Internet users follow.” Zerkina, N., Lomakina, Y., Kisel, O., & Lazarou, E. (2019) also simplified the rules and etiquette of this area of our lives, “Still the basic rules remain common to all Internet users: to show respect for someone else’s opinion, not to become too personal, not to be impolite and not to be rude to other users, not to offend anyone.”
Based on the rules explained by Zerkina, N., Lomakina, Y., Kisel, O., & Lazarou, E. (2019) here is my statement being a digital citizen:
“As a member of digital devices I, Syeda H. Naqvi, will respect other members’ of the digital world’s privacy and their rights. I will not post or use any other person’s work without one’s permission. I will try to contribute to the digital world in a positive way such as teaching, learning and helping the new digital citizens to be more responsible and positive citizens of this world. I will create, collaborate and cooperate with other digital citizens to build a better digital world for our next generations.”
Reference
Zerkina, N., Lomakina, Y., Kisel, O., & Lazarou, E. (2019). Extend Centre’s Resources for Increasing General Digital Literacy. ELearning & Software for Education,3. doi:10.12753/2066-026X-19-156
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