NINE P'S OF DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP
QUESTIONS FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS TO CONSIDER
(adapted from Vicki Davis, http://www.edutopia.org/blog/digital-citizenship-need-to-know-vicki-davis)
1. Passwords: Do you know how to create a secure password? Do you know that email and online banking should have a higher level of security and never use the same passwords as other sites? Do you have a system like LastPass for remembering passwords, or a secure app where they store this information?
2. Privacy: Do you know how to protect their private information like address, email, and phone number? Private information can be used to identify you. (I recommend the Common Sense Media Curriculum on this.)
3. Personal Information: While this information (like the number of brothers and sisters you have or your favorite food) can't be used to identify you, you need to choose who you will share it with.
4. Photographs: Are you aware that some private things may show up in photographs (license plates or street signs), and that you may not want to post those pictures? Do you know how to turn off a geotagging feature? Do you know that some facial recognition software can find them by inserting their latitude and longitude in the picture -- even if you aren't tagged?
5. Property: Do you understand copyright, Creative Commons, and how to generate a license for their own work? Do you respect property rights of those who create intellectual property? Some students will search Google Images and copy anything they see, assuming they have the rights. Sometimes they'll even cite "Google Images" as the source. You need to know that Google Images compiles content from a variety of sources. You have to go to the source, see if you have permission to use the graphic, and then cite that source.
6. Permission: Do you know how to get permission for work they use, and do they know how to cite it?
7. Protection: Do you understand what viruses, malware, phishing, ransomware, and identity theft are, and how these things work?
8. Professionalism: Do you understand the professionalism of academics versus the informality of social media? Do you know about netiquette and online grammar? Are you globally competent? Do you understand cultural taboos and recognize cultural disconnects when they happen, and do you have skills for working out problems?
9. Personal Brand: Have you decided about your voice and how you want to be perceived online? Do you realize you have a "digital tattoo" that is almost impossible to erase? Are you intentional about what they share?
QUESTIONS FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS TO CONSIDER
(adapted from Vicki Davis, http://www.edutopia.org/blog/digital-citizenship-need-to-know-vicki-davis)
1. Passwords: Do you know how to create a secure password? Do you know that email and online banking should have a higher level of security and never use the same passwords as other sites? Do you have a system like LastPass for remembering passwords, or a secure app where they store this information?
2. Privacy: Do you know how to protect their private information like address, email, and phone number? Private information can be used to identify you. (I recommend the Common Sense Media Curriculum on this.)
3. Personal Information: While this information (like the number of brothers and sisters you have or your favorite food) can't be used to identify you, you need to choose who you will share it with.
4. Photographs: Are you aware that some private things may show up in photographs (license plates or street signs), and that you may not want to post those pictures? Do you know how to turn off a geotagging feature? Do you know that some facial recognition software can find them by inserting their latitude and longitude in the picture -- even if you aren't tagged?
5. Property: Do you understand copyright, Creative Commons, and how to generate a license for their own work? Do you respect property rights of those who create intellectual property? Some students will search Google Images and copy anything they see, assuming they have the rights. Sometimes they'll even cite "Google Images" as the source. You need to know that Google Images compiles content from a variety of sources. You have to go to the source, see if you have permission to use the graphic, and then cite that source.
6. Permission: Do you know how to get permission for work they use, and do they know how to cite it?
7. Protection: Do you understand what viruses, malware, phishing, ransomware, and identity theft are, and how these things work?
8. Professionalism: Do you understand the professionalism of academics versus the informality of social media? Do you know about netiquette and online grammar? Are you globally competent? Do you understand cultural taboos and recognize cultural disconnects when they happen, and do you have skills for working out problems?
9. Personal Brand: Have you decided about your voice and how you want to be perceived online? Do you realize you have a "digital tattoo" that is almost impossible to erase? Are you intentional about what they share?