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What is ‘Digital Citizen”?
A digital citizen is defined as "those who use the Internet regularly and effectively". In qualifying as a digital citizen, a person generally must have extensive skills and knowledge in using the Internet through computers, mobile phones, and web-ready devices. -
-Wikipedia
Why is Digital Citizenship needed?
Addressing the 21st century skill of digital citizenship is important; to help students to learn, communicate and collaborate safely and responsibly. Being a best digital citizen includes having email etiquette, reporting and preventing cyber bullying, learning how to protect private information, etc.
According to the latest Norton Online Family Report
- 74 percent of users active on social networks say they’ve found themselves in unpleasant situations.
- 4 in 10 children have been involved in serious situations, i.e. cyberbullying or receiving inappropriate photos from strangers.
- 3 out of every 4 kids own a cellphone, yet a quarter of adolescents say parents know little or nothing about what they’re doing.
We must take measures to keep pace with suddenly confusingly fast — advancement. We owe it to ourselves to better prepare kids to greet the many positives and challenges the connected life brings.
Why register for digital citizen certification?
Everyone is embracing technology every day without examining the consequence of implementation. Today, with digitalization, employers judge prospective students or employees for their social media profile. So, it is important to know how to create online personas that project positive and constructive image.
Educators can only prevent cyber-bullying by educating students about it. Information Search and Analysis is an important aspect of Digital Citizenship. There are lots of resources available over the Internet and not all is authentic. Digital citizenship make candidate aware of, how to look out, select, and streamline information and how to choose a real and authentic source of information.
About Vskills
Vskills is the largest certification body of India. We conducts skills testing and certification exam to improve employability. The certifications are quite popular and top companies hire Vskills certified professionals.Companies have benefitted by hiring pre-certified candidates from Vskills and also use the certifications for their in house employee appraisals. Certification helps in distinguishing individuals to demonstrate their domain knowledge or skills needed for a specific profile. So a professional certification offers tangible benefits to both the individual and the employer.
Tests are conducted in a secure and unbiased manner, and certificates are awarded based on merit of the candidates who qualify tests.
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