When we grow up, we idolize our elders such as a sister or a mother. We copy what they wear and how they act but do children these days copy how we act on the internet?
Growing up, I really had no idea about the internet because it wasnt used alot in our household. So i looked up to my sister and how she dressed. I always thought she had the coolest clothes and the best hairstyle but if i was born in this new age of technology, i would try to make myself identical to how she is on the web.
There have been multiple times when i log on to Facebook, and my friend request notification area is lit up and i realize that the kid adding me as a friend is only in Grade 4, how am i suppose to react? I use to babysit some of these kids and well im not to sure if i want them to see me in the embarassing photos that my friend added last week, or my daily status that might have a moody attitude behind it.
So because of this, i believe that the way we act on the internet is controlled by our younger peers. We always have to think twice about uploading pictures and posting statuses because of the people who view it.
If i were to sit down my 5 year old cousin in front of the computer screen, as i scrolled through pictures on Facebook, she would be surprised of how i acted.
So in the same sense of digital citizenship, plain old citizenship is ran the same. How we act of the inside is viewed by the world. To be a citizen in your life is to create a healthy "enviroment" for your peers. In the social aspect of life, you have to be civil to everyone around you. You have to communicate with everyone around you in a pleasent manner, even though you barely know them or you just arent associated with them, you still have to be "nice".
Growing up, I really had no idea about the internet because it wasnt used alot in our household. So i looked up to my sister and how she dressed. I always thought she had the coolest clothes and the best hairstyle but if i was born in this new age of technology, i would try to make myself identical to how she is on the web.
There have been multiple times when i log on to Facebook, and my friend request notification area is lit up and i realize that the kid adding me as a friend is only in Grade 4, how am i suppose to react? I use to babysit some of these kids and well im not to sure if i want them to see me in the embarassing photos that my friend added last week, or my daily status that might have a moody attitude behind it.
So because of this, i believe that the way we act on the internet is controlled by our younger peers. We always have to think twice about uploading pictures and posting statuses because of the people who view it.
If i were to sit down my 5 year old cousin in front of the computer screen, as i scrolled through pictures on Facebook, she would be surprised of how i acted.
So in the same sense of digital citizenship, plain old citizenship is ran the same. How we act of the inside is viewed by the world. To be a citizen in your life is to create a healthy "enviroment" for your peers. In the social aspect of life, you have to be civil to everyone around you. You have to communicate with everyone around you in a pleasent manner, even though you barely know them or you just arent associated with them, you still have to be "nice".
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