Digital Citizenship & Internet Safety
by Mrs. Watanabe
We are part of our physical community and our digital community. What do we mean by that?
First, let’s define “community.” It’s where we live, places we go, and people we interact with. It’s also the group of people who participate in similar activities, play on teams, are members of clubs, or students at a school.
We also interact with people on the internet that are interested in similar things.
In our physical community, we have written rules and expectations. Can you think of some of those?
In our digital community, there are also written rules and expectations. What are some of those?
Rules keep us safe in our physical community as well as our cyber community. When we do a good job of following those rules, we are good citizens.
Let’s brainstorm a list of rules that would make good citizens and keep us safe when in our community.
Did your brainstorm include these ideas?:
- Ask permission to go somewhere first.
- Don’t talk to strangers.
- Ask for help when you need it.
- Be polite and use good manners.
Do those same rules apply to our digital community?
If we follow those rules, does that make us good digital citizens? As members of our cyber community, we are expected to be good digital citizens, which is shown through our online behavior.
Let’s create our own rules that reflect good digital citizenship.
Directions: In small groups, create a list that reflects good cyber citizenship. Each group member should choose one of these roles:
- Live Spokesperson: Shares back to the physical class your 5 most important rules for online behavior that would reflect good cyber citizenship.
- Digital Spokesperson: Shares back to our cyber community your 5 most important rules for online behavior that would reflect good cyber citizenship.
- Secretary: Writes down your brainstorm of ideas for important rules for online behavior that would reflect good cyber citizenship and safety.
- Task Master: Help keep your group on task. A great task master will paraphrase (or restate) what someone else said, and then ask a question to continue thinking about what was said. (We’ll go over examples of this in class.)
This blog was inspired by iSafe Inc. and Edublogs Challenge.
Filed under: DIgital Citizenship | Tagged: DIgital Citizenship, Internet Safety
Here are some rules for the internet.
1.Always be safe on the internet.
2.Always be polite by using good manners.
3.Never give away personal information.
4.Never go on unknown sites without permission.
5.Never talk to strangers.
Respect each other on the computer. Be polite to people. Don’t talk to strangers. Report someone if they ask for personal info. Always post appropriate things.
1.To be a good citizen do not give personal information.
2.To be a good citizen do not talk to strangers.
3.To be a good citizen do not trust people you do not know.
4.To be a good citizen do not tell your passwords to anybody!
5.To be a good citizen keep your identity a secret!
Don’t talk to strangers because they may harm you. Keep your personal information away from strangers. Don’t be a cyber bully to someone you don’t know. Don’t look up stuff that’s not good for kids. Block people that sent a you message you don’t know.
Dillon — February 25, 2011 @ 11:10 am Reply
Keep your identity a secret. Ex: It is very important to keep any personal information to yourself because many people take that for granted so the following should show you why it’s important to keep your information safe from harms way. 1. Keep your house and phone number a secret because you never know who you might be talking to. 2. Never give away your address because you never know who might show up at your door. 3. Don’t give up your full name because they might use identity theft against you.
You also should never post anything inappropriate because it is never polite to show mean things on the internet.
Next thing to look out for is strangers. If someone you don’t recognize talks to you tell an adult or don’t post back.
If there is someone you know on the internet and posts you something, it is always polite to post back or say thank you.
If there is a new website or even old, ask parents permission before going on because for all you know it might be inappropriate.
Don’t give away any personal information. Don’t look up any inappropriate things. Ask your parents before going on any websites. Make sure you know who you’re talking to before you post back. Be careful with what you post online.
These are safety comments for the internet. Be nice to other people. Don’t tell them your password. Do not give them your real name. Don’t give them your address, and don’t tell them were you live.
Never type your real name. You should always show polite manners and be nice. Never respond to people you don’t know. Never give your personal information. Do not share your password.
Don’t give away personal information. Do the correct assignments. Don’t talk to strangers. Do be polite. Listen to what your parents say.
Never give your personal information. Ask your guardian or parent before you do something online. Don’t use bad manners. Do not give out passwords for your e-mail. Never talk to strangers.
Respond back if they need help. If it is somebody that you don’t know, don’t respond. Don’t give any personal information. If there’s an ad, X (exit) out of it. If there’s a virus, shut down your computer.
Wow! Mrs Martinez and class,
Your students have learnt very quickly some good rules about being “internet savvy”.
Welcome to the student blogging challenge on your new blog.Think I left the welcome message on your other blog.The first challenge goes up next weekend on this blog.
Thank you very much! We did learn a lot and I know are very excited for the challenge to begin!
Hi Mrs. Martinez’s class!
You have learned a lot about Internet safety and digital citizenship in the past few days. I know you learned a lot from the BrainPOP video you watched. Did you know there is a BrainPOP Jr. for younger kids?
It was a joy to be in your class.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Watanabe
PS I’m just testing out the comments to see what happens when you add an email and a Website. I was curious if it shows up on the screen.