Grades 4 to 9 Students’ Perceptions of Their Digital Citizenship and Practices (Poster 25)

• In Event: Friday Poster Session 9:35 am
  In Poster Session: Trends and Issues in Technology-Based Environments

Abstract

Students now spend considerable time online. Even so, little is known about their perceptions of their own digital citizenship knowledge and practices. To address this issue. 2005 randomly selected Grades 4 to 9 Chinese students were surveyed about their digital citizenship. They moderately agreed that they used digital tools correctly, balanced their use of digital tools with other activities, and followed good habits of digital privacy. They slightly agreed they did a good job of managing their digital footprint. They were less positive about their digital privacy habits. The strongest predictors of students’ beliefs about digital citizenship were grade-level, internet access, time spent on-line, digital skills, attitudes about digital reading and writing, and social purposes for online activities.

Authors

• Tien Ping Hsiang, University of Macau

• Steve Graham, Arizona State University

• Changchun Lin, Chongqing Normal University

• Chuang Wang, University of North Carolina - Charlotte