DIGITAL LITERACY CURRICULUM...DIGITAL LITERACY NETIQUETTE CURRICULUM The way you act and behave is a reflection of how you were raised. Could have a great impact on a . person’s
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DIGITAL LITERACY CURRICULUM STUDENT’S WORKSHOP NETIQUETTE
Introduce yourself and the program. Say that the Ministry of Transport and Communications developed it to meet the need to spread cyber safety messages at schools and to serve Students, Parents and Teachers. Highlight the need to spread the knowledge about safe and unsafe behavior online in school communities. Make it a brief introduction. Talk about the different habits of communications. Teenagers talk in a specific way and have their specific code of behavior. People have their own language and their specific code of dos and don’ts. Teachers behave in a specific way. All professional and social groups have their own unwritten rules of language and behavior. And so do the internet users. The internet users also have a specific name for their code of behavior online. Their code is called… (Let the participants finish the sentence). Change the slide.
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Don't accept rides from friends without telling a guardian first.
Always say no if a friend offers you drugs or cigarettes, especially if you're underage.
Do the smart thing. Using drugs puts your health, education, family ties and social life at risk.
Netiquette – How to be Safe in Reality?
Is it also important to keep safe online and why?
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Notes
Here talk about safety from health and society perspective and try to make the relation with today’s topic like talking about drugs and addiction in real world. After you demonstrate a couple of ways that could keep you and your family safe in the real world and talking about safety from an addiction perspective, you can now highlight the importance of safety in the internet world and seek their answers and ask them would they think it is important.
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Cyber Safety refers to practices and precautions you should observe and consider doing when using
the Internet, so as to ensure your personal safety.
Netiquette – What is Cyber Safety?
MOTC
Notes
Introduce the term. Wait for their answers first.
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Activity 2 (group work) – List 8 online threats.
Netiquette – Is Cyber Safety Important? (ACT 2)
MOTC
Notes
Let’s define and list the major online threats in today’s world. Divide them in groups and ask them to list most of the online threats. Expectations: Cyber Bullying Internet Addiction Cyber Stalking Cyber Harassment Spamming Phishing …
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Netiquette – definition.
Highlighting the Importance of Good Etiquette.
Netiquette Rules.
How to be a Good Online Citizen (ACT 3)?
How to react to unethical behavior.
Who should follow Netiquette.
Wrap Up (ACT 4).
Netiquette – Workshop Objectives
MOTC
Notes
Walk them through the agenda very quickly.
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Netiquette is a combination of two words ‘net’ (derived from the Internet) and etiquette. Netiquette is about practicing polite behavior while communicating on the Internet. It is about respecting other online user’s views and opinions on the Internet.
This is a slide where you have an opportunity to explain what netiquette means. Tell the participants that the word “netiquette” is derived from the real life word “etiquette” and so are the rules. Ask participants what rules of real life they know. They will probably say that you have to respect others, you shouldn’t lie, you have to think of consequences when you do something. Highlight the fact that all of those rules are also valid online. There are some additional rules specific for online environments. For example on Twitter when you want to post someone else’s thoughts you have to put RT before it to indicate that you are “retweeting”. In chatrooms you shouldn’t use capital letters as it is equal to shouting offline. Unlike in reality you can use a lot of abbreviations and symbols that would be a bit to colloquial to use in real life. In cyber space they make life easier and the communication quicker. Change the slide.
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The way you act and behave is a reflection of how you were raised.
Could have a great impact on a person’s future.
A person’s actions show the environment prevalent at home.
Help you respect others online.
Netiquette – Importance of Good Etiquette
MOTC
Notes
Highlight its effect on your life where it will help you respect and be respected by others. Change slide.
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Netiquette – Rules
Always remember the following in all your online activities:
Would you say it to the person’s face?
Don’t be offensive online.
Don’t use someone’s information without consent.
Be honest: a person who is truthful is trustworthy and blissful.
Don’t respond to inflammatory messages.
MOTC
Notes
Walk them through the slide. Elaborate more if needed.
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Netiquette – Rules
Common rule and sense: “Do to others what you would expect them to do to you”.
Avoid writing the entire content of an email or chat messages using capital letters as it is considered as ‘shouting’.
Remember to provide a subject heading in all your emails, not having one can be considered as spam.
MOTC
Notes
Walk them through the slide. Elaborate more if needed.
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Netiquette – How to be a Good Online Citizen (ACT 3)
Activity 3 (Group Work)
List Good Online Practices.
MOTC
Notes
Here you divide them in groups and ask them to list a number of practices and behaviors that would keep them respected and help them respect others online. Use the internet in studies and research related activities. Utilize the internet and make sure to use it more effectively.
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Netiquette – How to react to unethical behavior
Ostracism
Blocking
Legal proceedings
Being told off by others
Users’ Attack
MOTC
Notes
Give your ideas and examples. OSTRACISM – when other users avoid contact with someone, do not involve with activities with him/her. For example: a person asks some questions and everyone else ignores it. BLOCKING – common practice of using a “block” button. When someone is breaking rules of netiquette, others might decide to click “block” button which results in not seeing the person’s posts and disabling posting, commenting and other actions on the persons who used- use- the block profile. It might be also administered by the administrator and involve blocking from the entire community. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS – variety of actions undertaken when breaking the netiquette involves violation of law. BEING TOLD OFF BY OTHERS – other users can simply tell the person his/her behavior is inappropriate and sometimes also ridicule it. Also, there is no harm in verifying your understanding of the received message with the other user. Sometimes when all other means are insufficient other users decide to ATTACK the person breaking the rules and you don’t want to do this as it doesn’t solve the problem but it may even increase the probability of the conflict getting out of control. You may consult your parents or someone elder. Change the slide.
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Netiquette – Who should follow Netiquette?
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Notes
Encourage discussion. The answer is everyone but do not answer for the participants. All users of internet have to follow the netiquette. It’s exactly like with the law – it’s no excuse if you don’t know it. It is your responsibility to get to know the rules and then to follow them. Of course if we are new to some internet community and we commit a minor faux pas, no one would punish us for this but we have to keep in mind that netiquette is for everyone and it is meant to regulate social interactions to make it more safe and beneficial to all users. Change the slide.
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Netiquette – Wrap up (ACT 4)
Activity 4 (Mind mapping) Brain storm Netiquette.
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Netiquette – Any Questions?
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