Here, digital citizenship is encouraged in the site's creation as a bridge between actively participating in society-- learning about the laws that deeply influence ourselves and our peers--and doing so in the digital language fluently spoken and understood by this generation of learners. 

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Though we exist in a highly digitized society, the dominance of technology does not change the fact that laws are still created by ordinary people simply in powerful places: we may read statutes and articles written about legislative changes online, but the content that comprises our readings arises from the minds of our peers in the government sector.  

At the end of the day, these laws are created by humans, for humans, and for that reason, we should care.

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RELEVANT READINGS:

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"We should not simply have students find an image to insert into a slide deck; they should cite the source, remix the original, and create their own images" (2013, p. 59).
 

Hicks, T., & Turner, K. H. (2013). No Longer a Luxury: Digital Literacy Can’t Wait. The English Journal, 102(6), 58–65. http://www.jstor.org/stable/24484127 

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"As I left the classroom space, I focused on new questions concerning social class and its relationship to issues of difference as they emerge through justice- oriented assignments" (2022, p. 47). 
 

Wargo, J. (2o22). Leveraging Digital Media to Document Social Class Injustice. The English Journal, 111(4), 41-48.

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