Digital citizenship for the modern age is often best taught with students researching and learning about the nine aspects of digital citizenship. Presented at GAETC by Vicki Davis @coolcatteacher

1. 9 KEY P’S
FOR
PROACTIVE
KNOWLEDG
ECoolcatteacher.com/ticl
Go there – you’ll need to be ready with handouts in a bit!

2. Digital Citizenship
“…the norms of behavior with
regard to technology use”
Ribble and Bailey

4. Strongest Internet Filter in the
World
The Human Brain

5. We need to be strong against
online threats
 Identity Theft
 Cyberstalking
 Viruses,
 Malware
 Spyware
 Phishing
 Pharming
 Intellectual
Property
Thieves

6. The strongest enemy of cyber
criminals
“Teachers who arm
their students
with knowledge of
common electronic
crime issues of the
day and teach
them the steps to
take if suspicious
activity is noticed
or offenses occur.”
Flat Classroom Book
www.flatclassroombook.com

7. Citizenship
Why did you
delete stuff off
the wiki?
BTW I didn’t
delete
anything
Sorry for
accusing you,
the history
makes it look
like you
OMG I JUST
SAWTHE
HISTORY ON
THEWIKI..Really
sorry for any
problems

8. 1) Introduce
by jigsaw

9. 2) Reinforce
with
bellringers

10. 2) Share
resources &
let them
refine their
answer.

11. Discuss
answers.

12. Let’s try
another
one.

13. Share
resources.
• You can use websites like Snopes or truthorfiction.com
to research things before sharing them.

14. Discuss
answers.

15. Let’s
prepare to
jigsaw:
Look at a
sample

16. Let’s get our
resources
Handouts:
http://www.coolcatteacher.com/gaetc

17. Let’s review
our jigsaw
1. Define the topic.
2. Give an example from real-life.
3. What recommendations do you have that could have
prevented the problem in your real-life example?
4. Do you have any specific recommendations for
people to stay safe in this area from what you’ve
learned?
Handouts:
http://www.coolcatteacher.com/gaetc

18. #1
Passwords
Passwords
• Do students know how to
create a secure password?
• Do students understand that
email and online banking
should have a higher level of
security and not use the same
passwords as other sites?
• Do students understand safe
ways to remember their
passwords?
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19. #2 Privacy Privacy
• Do students know how to
protect their private
information?
• Do student know what private
information is (like address,
email, phone number)?
• Do students understand how
websites track their web usage
habits and how to control their
privacy settings?
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20. #3 Personal
Information
Personal Information
• Do students know what
personal information is?
• Do they know why they should
be selective about sharing
information with others?
• What is “oversharing?” Why
can it be a problem?
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21. #4
Photography
Photography
• Do students understand
geotagging?
• Do students know how to turn
off a geotagging feature in the
websites they use?
• Do students understand how
geotagging can cause privacy
concerns?
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22. #4
Photography
Photography
• Do students understand
geotagging?
• Do students know how to turn
off a geotagging feature in the
websites they use?
• Do students understand how
geotagging can cause privacy
concerns?
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23. #5 Property Property
• Do students understand
copyright, Creative Commons
and how to generate a license
for their own work?
• Do students respect the
intellectual property rights of
those who create works?
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24. #6
Permissions
Permissions
• Do students know how to get
permission for work they use?
• Do students know how to cite
permissions for the work they
use?
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25. #7
Protection
Protection
• Do students understand what
viruses, malware, phishing,
ransomeware, and identity
theft are, and how these things
work?
• Do students understand how to
research the emails and
assertions they find on the
Internet to determine if they
are a hoax or meant to harm
them?
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26. #8
Professionalism
Professionalism
• Do students understand the
professionalism of academics
versus their social lives?
• Do students understand
netiquette and online
grammar?
• Do students know how to
properly cite and forward email
to converse professionally with
others?
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27. #9
Permanence
Permanence
• Have students decided about
their voice and how they want
to be perceived online?
• Do students realize they have a
“digital tattoo” that is almost
impossible to erase?
• Do students know how search
engines cache a copy of web
pages?
• Do students understand what
backups are and that few if any
sites are truly private?
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28. 5 Steps to
Internet
Safety
(going out over
conference email
today) sign up at
coolcatteacher.com/gaetc

29. Citizenship
Why did you
delete stuff off
the wiki?
BTW I didn’t
delete
anything
Sorry for
accusing you,
the history
makes it look
like you
OMG I JUST
SAWTHE
HISTORY ON
THEWIKI..Really
sorry for any
problems

30. SELF: Assess
yourself:
Communications
and your Ability
Inventory
A Living Example.
Brain Storm
And he’s wearing a pink shirt!
Zipper
Johnson
He has a funny name!

31. Chat Room – Day 1 Part 1
Ziiiiiiiiiippppppppppppeeeeeeeeer
Yes?
ZZZZZZZiiiiiiiippppppppeeeeerrrrr
Yes?
ZZZZZiiiiiipppppppppppeeeeeerrr
Yes?What is wrong?
ZZZZZiiiiiipppppppeeeeeerrrrrrrr!
Guys, this isn’t funny. I feel like you’re making fun of me.

32. Chat Room – Day 1 Part 2
Hello, this is Mrs. Smith, Zipper’s teacher. I know that sometimes things seem funny
but a person’s name should be respected.
But Zzzzzziiiiiippppppppeeeerrrrr is such a funny name. Who are you, anyway?
Please be respectful, or I will remove you from the chat.
We’re just saying his name. Besides, our teacher is right here and you’re not our
teacher.
Fine. we’ll just take this over to Facebook,you can’t do anything about it there!
See you there, ZZZiiiiipppppeeer.
You are not to move to Facebook. Do not make fun of Zipper’s name.This is not OK.
You are banned from the chat.

33. Facebook Phase 1–That Night.
Friend Request
Sent
I will ignore
their friend
request!

34. Facebook Phase 2–That Night.
Friend Request
Sent
Already
friends
Cool! I want
as many
friends as I
can get.

35. Facebook Phase 3– Zipper Messes Up
(123) 456-7890
I have a new cell phone. I’ll
update it on Facebook so it
can send me text
messages.
Posts to Zipper’s wall
(123) 456-7890
Zipper has
shared his wall
to friends of friends

36. Cell Phone – Phase 4
(123) 456-7890
We’ve got him now. No
one can stop us!

37. Facebook– Phase 5
We’ve got him now. No
one can stop us!
That’s not
cool! Screenshot

38. Intervention
That’s not
cool! Screenshot
Is this
true?
School Discipline

39. F - alse
E - vidence
A - ppearing
R - eal
How does
FEAR limit
our ability
to move into
online
spaces?

40. What can you do if
“the worst”
happens?
You have more control
than you think.

41. What is “the worst” and
how can you protect
yourself?

42. 5 Steps to
Internet
Safety
(going out over
conference email
today) sign up at
coolcatteacher.com/gaetc