Charleston Currents – Pamela Lackey

10/19 issue: Digital citizenship, Tecklenburg, great new book

In the Oct. 19, 2015, issue:
PHOTO: Sunrise on the Chehaw River
FOCUS, Pamela Lackey: On digital citizenship
BRACK: Why I’m voting for John Tecklenburg for mayor
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Morris Financial Concepts, Inc.
GOOD NEWS: Artists for Emanuel, more
FEEDBACK: Our children deserve better than legislators giving them
CALENDAR, Oct. 19+: From a block party to thanking Joe
REVIEW: The Ace Basin: A Lowcountry Legacy, by Pete Laurie
MYSTERY: It’s not Kansas, anyway
S.C. ENCYCLOPEDIA: Edisto Island

by Charleston Currents · 10/19/2015 · Comments are Disabled · Full issue

FOCUS: Citizenship in the brave new – digital – world

By Pamela Lackey | Regardless of where we consider “home,” we are all citizens of a digital world. Advances in communication and computer technology have revolutionized nearly every aspect of life, from how we work and play to how we stay in touch with others.

Some people seem to be completely at home in an online, interconnected community. For example, Beloit University’s “The Mindset List” notes that members of the Class of 2015 have never known a world without the Internet.