DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP

ABSTRACT

Era in which we live is known and referred as digital age.In this age technology is rapidly changed and developed. In light of these technological advances in 21th century, schools have the responsibility of training “digital citizen” as well as a good citizen. Digital citizens must have extensive skills, knowledge, Internet and technology access and schools must guide the students to be a digital citizens. Ribble and Bailey (2007) described the digital citizens features in schools that need to have in nine touchpoints. Based on these points, this research is aimed to develop a scale about digital citizenship.