Following Google Apps, Digital Citizenship Training is Up Next

The majority of you have completed the initial Google Apps assessment, with over 30% of you “testing out” of the training. Many others have completed the Google Apps training modules and are wondering “what’s next?” Digital citizenship training is next! Digital citizenship is a broad and sometimes complex topic that’s becoming increasingly important in our technologically-based world.

Our digital citizenship training will be organized around the work of Mike Ribble, a national expert in digital citizenship, and his nine elements or themes. These elements are:

1.    Digital access
2.    Digital commerce
3.    Digital communication
4.    Digital literacy
5.    Digital etiquette
6.    Digital law
7.    Digital rights & responsibilities
8.    Digital health & wellness
9.    Digital security

This year the Agency will focus on three elements: digital literacy, digital security and digital etiquette. Some of the topics we will cover within these elements will be searching for and evaluating online information and protecting your computer and data.

In the coming weeks, we will provide more details about the digital citizenship training, which should be available by mid- to late November.