Learning to be safe and to keep others safe, to be respectful, and act appropriately with information in an online world is as important to young people now as teaching them the road-code and how to keep safe on the road was a generation ago. A significant challenge for educators is it is very difficult (if not impossible) to teach what it means to be a cyber-citizen unless you, as the teacher, have at least some direct experience of the online environment and the things that are considered responsible cyber-behaviour.
Learning to be safe and to keep others safe, to be respectful, and act appropriately with information in an online world is as important to young people now as teaching them the road-code and how to keep safe on the road was a generation ago. A significant challenge for educators is it is very difficult (if not impossible) to teach what it means to be a cyber-citizen unless you, as the teacher, have at least some direct experience of the online environment and the things that are considered responsible cyber-behaviour.
Learning to be safe and to keep others safe, to be respectful, and act appropriately with information in an online world is as important to young people now as teaching them the road-code and how to keep safe on the road was a generation ago. A significant challenge for educators is it is very difficult (if not impossible) to teach what it means to be a cyber-citizen unless you, as the teacher, have at least some direct experience of the online environment and the things that are considered responsible cyber-behaviour.