Educating with Technology for Youth’s Civic Engagement

Abstract

Because of technology’s expanded role in society, the concept of citizenship now has to consider the digital society. Technology plays a growing role in civic education. Elements of citizen education are explained, as are factors needed for technology to facilitate civic engagement, focusing on youth. While technology affords access to information more efficiently than ever before, users require additional analytical skills, especially to be an informed citizen. For technology to play out its role effectively for civic engagement and action, educators need to design instruction for citizen curriculum that offers technology-enhanced interactive learning and socially rich learning environments.