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This is because a successful digital literacy curriculum
requires students to think beneath the face-value text that
they’re reading online. Instead, they need empathy to
truly understand the information they’re absorbing.

This makes students question a writer’s motivations
behind something they see posted on social media. It
may also prompt students to reach out with words of
comfort to someone who they see in distress online.

Regardless of how it’s applied, there’s no wrong way to
go when you’re teaching empathy.

Incidentally, empathy is also key to the next element of
digital citizenship for students.

5. Acknowledging the Digital Divide

The digital divide is the disparity between those who
have access to modern digital tools (like computers
and the internet) and those who don’t.

This is important to recognize because the internet is still
very much a luxury in the world, even in the United
States!