DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP
Digital citizenship can be identified as a way of understanding the complexity of digital citizenship and the issues of technology use, abuse, and misuse, we have identified nine general areas of behavior that make up digital citizenship. Digital citizenship can be a way of expressing behavior through technology. Technology is a way of communicating to others, but if used in the wrong way like adults looking at inappropriate sites, kids who witness this could think this behavior is normal and do it themselves. Citizenship is formally defined as “the quality of an individual’s response to membership in a community.”
HOW TO BE A GOOD DIGITAL CITIZEN
- Encourage critical thinking—- if you are a teacher or adult you should teach your students or kids to be responsible with how they interact with one another online. Teach them to think before they post a photo that might have consequences, or to think about what they say to others, and if it will hurt them if they say it. If you are talking to a student or child about this, make sure to keep an open dialogue. It is important that child and or student feels safe and comfortable speaking about this. Make sure the child or student knows too always come too you or an adult if they see something online that isn’t appropriate.
- Connect with your community—- Kids Help Phone, is a great place for you or your child/student too get helpful guidelines that would be very helpful when you and your child or on the internet. These tips will help your child use the internet safely, positively, and productively. Some other places that would be good to get advice/guidelines for internet safety would be community centers, school networks, and a local police department.
- Refer to resources for further assistance—- if something bad happens while you or your child are on the internet you should contact CyberCops for assistance. CyberCops is a lesson plan for grads varying from 7-8. CyberCops teaches teachers and students how to respond to online issues. They also teach you how to respond to conflicts. Another good place to contact for assistance is Connect[ED]. Connect[ED] is another resource you can contact to receive help with online safety. Connect[ED] provides service to grades 4-6 and not too mention that both these great contacts are bilingual, available through Opheas Teaching tools, and its FREE.
Online safety
Online safety is very important to keeping you and your students/children safe. If you turn your privacy settings on, on your web browsers and mobile operating systems you can help prevent hackers from getting access to your personal information on your mobile device/devices. Another thing you can do to prevent online hackers from getting personal information is use strong passwords. If you use strong passwords, it makes getting your personal information a lot harder to access, and if you use different passwords then even if a hacker accesses your social media plat form, they wouldn’t have the passwords for other accounts. One last thing you can do to prevent online hacking is practice safe browsing. Its common sense to not go into an unsafe neighborhood, right? So why would you visit and unsafe website. By practicing being cautious about what you look up and what sites you visit, you will be over all be safer in real life and online.
https://www.ophea.net/blog/4-ways-you-can-become-good-digital-citizen#.XjMyVPZFyiM
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