Online Safety: Digital Citizenship

Primary Objectives:

• Students avoid posting material that might embarrass or harm themselves.
• Students learn how to convey emotion respectfully online, and how to handle any offensive or insulting material they may receive.
• Students learn that if someone writes them a message that makes them feel bad, they should show it to a teacher or parent before deleting it and not reply.
• Students limit the personal information they share online.
• Students recognize the need to be cautious in making new online connections.
• Students understand that strong emotions can cause them to do or say things they may later regret, and that they should think twice before posting online.
• Students use privacy settings on social networks to restrict who can communicate with them.
• Students use techniques to make their passwords strong and they do not share them with anyone.

Secondary Objectives:

• Students correctly use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively.
• Students demonstrate sound reasoning as they use the Internet.
• Students learn to use emoticons to communicate emotion.
• Students make safe choices with social media.
• Students respond appropriately to online communications.
• Students understand responsibilities within a digital environment.