Citizenship [SS]

Digital Citizenship Agreement

In order to participate in the Middle School Laptop Program, you will sign a Digital Citizenship Agreement (DCA). In this lesson, we hope you will gain an understanding of what it means to be a good digital citizen. At the end of the lesson, you will sign the SAS Digital Citizenship Agreement and post a photo to your blog.

The SAS Digital Citizenship agreement is all about RESPECT and PROTECT.

As a class, briefly answer this question:

Do you think someone would really stand up at an assembly and say these things? Would they say it online? What's the difference?

How do you think it feels to be bullied, and why?

Using a Venn diagram on the whiteboard, explore this question:

What are some of the similarities and differences between bullying and cyberbullying?

Your teacher will handout one Why Care? Cyberbullying worksheet per group.

Read the short story about Kevin and José. On your own piece of paper, quickly draw a diagram of this event. Share your drawing with your group.

On the diagram of the event you drew earlier, sketch in your proposed solution. Draw yourself as a character. What would you do?

We all know what the right answers are for situations like Kevin's. If we all know what to do, why does bullying still exist both in person and online?

Experts say that standing up for other kids is the best way to prevent cyberbullying. Let's stand up for each other! Don't be a bystander, be an UPSTANDER!

Respect and Protect Intellectual Property

As a class, ask yourselves:

• • If it's on the internet, is it OK to download, copy or share it? What things might be OK to download or share? What things are definitely not OK to download/share?

  • What is copyright?

We use copyrighted material every day. We enjoy media as consumers. (We watch videos and listen to songs and read websites.) And we also download and use media for our own creations. (We make posts, presentations, and music or art mashups.) On the other hand, everything we produce as creators is also automatically copyrighted material. No one else can take my writing or drawing or music creation and use it without my permission.

Please read the part of the DCA that deals with respect and protection of intellectual property.

The two most important things to remember from this section of the DCA are:

• Only use media you have permission to use and always cite it.

• When you purchase music, movies, software etc, do not give it out freely to other people. (And don't use it in school projects!)

Respect & Protect Property

Much of this section is being discussed in other Boot Camp lessons (charging your battery, keeping your laptop in its case, taking care of your laptop, etc.).

Read the section of the DCA on respect and protection of property.