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What is Digital Citizenship?
Digital citizenship includes knowledge, skills and
practices to engage safely and responsibly in a digital
environment. This is considered an important skill for
students to protect them from harmful content,
cyberbullying, privacy risks, scams, viruses and more.
Why is Digital Citizenship Important?
Digital citizenship in education is an important way to
ensure students, regardless of their level of access or
knowledge at home, have the ability to learn how to use
technology safely and effectively. Cyberthreats abound,
with an online attack happening every 39 seconds. 59%
of U.S. teens have been cyberbullied or threatened
online, one in seven children is contacted online by
someone with sexual intentions, and most children are
likely to have seen pornographic content online by the
age of 15.
Digital citizenship provides skills to avoid, mitigate and
communicate about these threats in a safe and
