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There are also aspects that affect students’ lives outside of the environment at school. Digital commerce, health & wellness and law will follow students and maintain importance in their lives forever. Digital commerce is “the electronic buying and selling of goods” (Ribble, 2015, p. 53). With an increase in digital purchasing, students must understand how to safely buy and sell goods.
Digital law is “the electronic responsibility for actions and deeds” (Ribble, 2015, p.72). Teachers can support students’ understanding of digital law by regularly discussing where teaching materials come from and why we legally can use them. Another area of digital law that can easily be supported is educating students on how to attribute creative commons licensed media. Students frequently use photos in their presentations and we need to teach through modeling and integrated experiences in order for students to understand the all-encompassing nature of digital law. Teachers can also support student understanding of digital law by modeling good digital citizenship and only using resources they legally have the rights to and by citing sources.
Digital health and wellness is the “physical and psychological well-being in a digital technology world” (Ribble, 2015, p. 83). There are “side effects” of being a digital citizen. Students must also recognize the need for boundaries for technology in their lives. After adopting Chromebooks this year in middle school, students are getting exhausted by the constant technology usage. The balance between technology usage and the value of in-person experiences must be modeled for students. We can model this in the classroom with students and have conversations with students as this occurs.
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