How to Become

a Great Digital Citizen

(…in One Easy Lessonin February 2015

at Faith Lutheran College)

This Lesson is NOT about

…Making RULES

Listing

CONSEQUENCES

SCARING you

or even BORING you

(…until you drool)

It’s all about

LEARNING and

making you THINK

The Worst Teacher Ever

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DefinitionsDigital Literacy: refers to the knowledge, skills, and

behaviours used in a broad range of digital devices

such as smartphones, tablets and laptops

Digital Citizenship: is the concept of educating students

about how to use technology appropriately. This

involves not misusing it to disadvantage others.

Cyber Safety: is the ability to act in a safe and

responsible manner on the Internet. These behaviours

protect your personal information and reputation (and

the reputation of others.)

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Reputation

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You Live In Two Worlds

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BUT

…these two

worlds are

rapidly

becoming one

Statistics

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How true are these statistics of you?

How “Big” is the Internet?

• 759 Million - Total number of websites

on the Web

• 510 Million - Total number of Live

websites (active)

• 103 Million - Websites added during

the year i.e 2013

14.3 Trillion Webpages, live on the

Internet

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• Over 1 Yotta-byte - Total data stored on the

Internet (Includes almost everything).

1 Yotta-byte =

1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 Bytes!

What Is the Internet Made

Of?

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NOW … IT’S TIME TO

THINK

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… but not

about giant

donuts!

When There’s No Internet at Home …

HAVE YOU EVER?

Tried to find your neighbour’s WiFi Signal

Gone out especially to access public WiFi

Visited a friend just to use their WiFi

Read a book instead because a book is just as good

Sat in a corner doing this …

11This is NOT my baby photo

Protecting Your Personal

Information

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Social Media

Twitter: Over 140 million

tweets sent per day

Facebook: Over 1 billion

status updates per day

YouTube: Over

36,000 hours of film

added per day

(that’s a little over

four years!)

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Have Your Parents …ever confiscated your phone or another device?

or, have they, at least threatened to?14

Anatomy of a BAD Post

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How many “mistakes” can you see here?

Whatever You Post on Social

Media …is not the tiny digital

footprint of a Rainbow

Butterfly Unicorn Kitten

Instead, it’s a digital

tattoo which is all but

impossible to remove

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T.H.I.N.K.

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Think about your Grandma?

Do you like and love her?

CYBERBULLYING

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According to recently gathered statistics, 463,000

Australian children were victims of cyberbullying in 2013,

and almost three quarters of these were in the age group

between 10 and 15 years. (www.nobullying.com)

In a shock to parents,

Australia has been

ranked number one for

bullying on social

networks with one in

four children bullied

online …

(www.mandurahmail.com.au)

How to Respond to

Cyberbullying

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TELL A TRUSTED ADULT

Take time now to download the app

“Take a Stand Together”

(You will also be sent the link via email along with details of a

competition.)

https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/take-a-stand-together/id507931486?mt=8

USING DEVICES AT SCHOOL

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CompetitionI will be giving away two $20

iTunes cards; one to a Year 8

student and one to a Year 9.

Here’s what to do:

1. Open the email you receive

from me.

2. If you don't already have the

free Glogster app, then

download it.

3. Design a poster which

delivers a Digital Citizenship

message about either

Cyberbullying OR

Protecting your Online

Reputation

Send me your poster via email by

next Monday, February 9. Winners

announced Monday February 16.

REMEMBER1. You can't live your entire life

online.

2. When online, protect your

personal information.

3. T.H.I.N.K. before you post on

Social Media sites.

4. If you should be the victim of

cyberbullying, tell a trusted

adult.

5. When using devices at school

respect others and protect

your own reputation.

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FINALLY,

REMEMBER THAT

THE VERY BEST

INTERNET FILTER

IS IN

YOUR HEAD.

SO,

THINK

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What Can Parents Do?

Develop an understanding of how your child

builds their digital “tattoo.”

Talk with your child not just about cyber

safety but also their responsibilities as digital

citizens.

Learn how to engage online with your son or

daughter.

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Top 3 Tips For Parents(according to Tanya Avrith)

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And, if all else fails … Sto

p! Hammer Time

IMAGE CREDITS

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