DIGITAL CITIZENSHIPAt Cambridge High School

An orientation day activity

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KNOW HOW TO STAY SAFE AND MANAGE

RISK.

• What could this look like?

• What can you do to stay safe online?

• Eg. Keep yourself and your friends safe by not giving out personal details, including full names, telephone numbers, addresses and images…

• Protecting your password

ARE RESPONSIBLE AND ETHICAL

• What does this mean and what could it look like?

• Eg. Be respectful in how you talk to and work with others.

• Never instigate (start) or participate in online bullying (this includes forwarding messages, carrying on hurtful or inappropriate conversations).

• Always seek permission from individuals prior to taking photos, recordings and uploading any material to public websites.

PROMOTE CIVILITY AND RESPECT

• What could this look like?

• What could you do to not only conduct yourself in this way, but to promote these values?

• Eg. Consciously post positive stories, clips, comments on social media, never use put-downs or tolerate them from others…

• Keep your phone on silent during class times and only make / answer messages and calls outside class times

UNDERSTAND RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• What are your rights online?

• What could be your responsibilities?

• Eg right to freedom of speech.

• To not be harassed for any reason by anyone.

• To feel safe, unthreatened at all times.

• You should act with honesty and integrity at all times.

• Report any unsafe or inappropriate behaviour you come across

USE TECHNOLOGY IN POSITIVE AND MEANINGFUL WAYS

• What are some examples you could think of to demonstrate this?

• Eg. Participating in voluntary organisations.

• Blogging about topics you enjoy.

• Using social media to affect positive change…

ARE CAPABLE USERS OF ICT

• What does this mean to you?

• What skills does this imply?

• Eg. Familiar with common programmes used at school eg. Microsoft suite

• Familiar with the devices you use / own and their capabilities eg software, battery life…

• Can use your device to produce work and engage in the act of learning independently…

• Are responsible for the security of the device at all times.

APPLY CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS

• What does it mean to think critically about what you see, read, hear etc?

• How could you demonstrate this online?

• Eg. Carefully evaluating the content of websites you visit.

• Cross-check facts in multiple places.

• Enter into dialogue with content creators to ask questions about their work…

USE TECHNOLOGY TO CONNECT WITH THE WORLD OUTSIDE THEIR

SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES

• By what means can you connect and interact with the outside world online?

• What are some reasons for doing this?

• Eg. Social media; FB, twitter, Instagram,

• Blogging, forums

• News sites

• To keep up to date with world events, make connections with like-minded people around the world…

USE TECHNOLOGY TO PARTICIPATE IN EDUCATIONAL, CULTURAL AND

ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES.

• In what ways could you participate in educational activities?

• Cultural activities?

• Economic activities?

• Eg. Online learning teams, skype / google hangout discussions…take charge of what, when, how, where, why you want to learn…

• Online shopping…

LET’S GET CREATIVE!

• Now you’ve thought about what each of the aspects of being a good digital citizen is all about, it’s time for you to get creative.

• You are to design a visual product which includes each of the Digital Citizen category headings and a visual representation / example of what each of these attributes looks like in practice.

• You will need to be able to save a copy of this product into your student drive, and if possible, print it out if it is in poster form.

• There will be prizes for the most engaging, creative, stylish and thoughtful products!