Digital Citizenship
Our lessons are based on the curriculum provided by Common Sense Media. The following topics will be covered:
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Study Guides for the digital citizenship quizzes
Study Guide for Digital Life 101 Assessment:
- What does 24/7 mean?
- Things that are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week - always available.
- What does interactive mean?
- Having "friends" on the internet
- Communicating with others through digital media
- What are some examples of activities that involve digital media:
- IM
- Texting
- Interacting in social media like facebook
- Playing video games on line with others
Study Guide for My Media Assessment:
- What does habit mean?
- a regular behavior or practice
- What is a downside of always being online and only interacting with digital media?
- People will miss out having fun with other people and actually being with them.
- What are some examples of ways we interact with digital media?
- Texting
- IM
- Playing games online
- Online chat
- Interacting on social media
Study Guide for Which Me Should I Be Assessment:
- What is an example of risky behavior when communicating online?
- Pretending to be someone you're not that leads to miscommunication with other people.
- Leading people on.
- Older, or younger, people trying to communicate with you.
- Having to pretend you are actually interested in something you're not.
- What does deceive mean?
- to mislead or falsely persuade others
Study Guide for Digital Footprint Assessment:
- Define digital footprint:
- all of the information online about a person either posted by that person or other, intentionally or unintentionally
- What are some examples that would present a positive digital footprint?
- Photos showing someone participating in a community service project
- Newspaper/online articles about someone's sports achievements
- Postings about someone's academic successes
- Web site or blog that shows someone's art work, poems or other artistic work
Study Guide for Cyberbullying: Be Upstanding Assessment:
- What does an "upstander" try to do for someone who is being bullied?
- Support them
- Talk to the bully
- What is an "upstander?"
- someone who helps when they see cyberbullying occur
- What is empathy?
- to imagine the feelings that someone else is experiencing
Study Guide for Cyberbullying: Crossing the Line Assessment:
- When does someone's "words" become cyberbullying?
- When the "words" hurt someone's feelings. Everyone can have opinions, but it is never right to hurt someone's feeling or intentionally make them feel bad.
- What are some examples of cyberbullying?
- Making physical threats to someone.
- Telling someone that you "like" or do not "like" them.
- Saying mean things about someone's race, gender, ability, religion, or sexual orientation
- What does flaming mean?
- saying mean things, usually in ALL CAPS, and often in a public forum with the intention to humiliate
Study Guide for The Reality of Digital Drama Assessment:
- What does generalization mean?
- an assumption made about a whole group of people based upon your experiences with a few
- TV reality shows are always "real?"
- False. These shows are staged, scripted and the people often perform for the camera. The drama is often edited to make the show more interesting.
- Online drama and reality TV show drama are often the same.
- True. Both keep in mind that there is an audience and play to that audience.
Study Guide for Safe Online Talk Assessment:
- Flirting online is safe behavior.
- False. Flirting on line is considered risky behavior even if you initiated the flirting.
- It is OK to meet someone you have only met online in person.
- False. You should NEVER meet with someone you do not know personally. Not everyone has your best interests in mind, no matter what they tell you when you're on line.
- What are some "red flag" questions your should tell an adult about when communicating with someone you only know online?
- Would you like to meet?
- What is you address/phone number?
- Is you mom/dad home?
- Are you home alone?
- Remember to keep our friendship a secret.
- Send me a picture.
Study Guide for Scams and Schemes Assessment:
- What is identity theft?
- a type of crime in which your private information is stolen and used for criminal activity
- You get what you believe to be a scam text, email or voice message. What should you do with it?
- Delete it. NEVER reply.
- What are some warning signs you have received a scam?
- Asking for personal information.
- The information provided is too goo to be true.
- They ask for cash for your "free" gift or future loan.
Study Guide for Gender Stereotypes Online Assessment:
- What does gender mean?
- social ideas about what it means to be masculine or feminine
- What is a stereotype?
- a popular belief about a group of people, based on assumptions that are often extreme and inaccurate
- We can tell whether a person is a male or female by the avatar they use?
- False. Many people will experiment with avatars and use avatars different from what they actually look like.