1. Cyber citizenship/safety
HOW TO STAY SAFE AND
BEHAVE PROPERLY ONLINE

2. Objectives
•What is Netiquette?
•How to keep yourself safe online
•Sharing personal information

3. Netiquette
What does it mean to do the right thing online?
• Ethics: A set of principles and morals governing
people’s behavior, including honesty and respect
toward others
• Online Ethics: A set of principles and morals
governing people’s behavior as it relates to the
Internet and digital devices
• Digital Citizenship: A safe, responsible, and
ethical approach to functioning in the digital
world

4. Netiquette
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5. Netiquette
Think of someone you believe is very
ethical.
• In what ways is the person you identified
ethical?
• What are examples of ways that people behave
unethically in their dealings with others?
• What are examples of ways that people behave
unethically online?

6. Keeping yourself safe online
How can you tell when an online relationship is
risky?
• Online Predator: A commonly used term for
someone who uses the Internet to develop
inappropriate relationships with kids or teens
• Stereotype: A popular belief about a group of
people, based on assumptions that are often false
• Risky: Potentially harmful to one’s emotional or
physical well-being
• Manipulate: Trying to influence somebody to do
something they might not otherwise do, for one’s
own benefit

7. Keeping yourself safe online
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8. Keeping yourself safe
• What are some examples of positive interactions
between strangers online?
• What are some examples of uncomfortable
interactions between strangers online?

9. Personal information
How can you respect the privacy of others
online?
• Reputation: The general impression of a
person held by others and the public
• Persist: To continue and endure
• Context: Different factors that surround a piece
of information that help determine its meaning
• Tag: To add a descriptive word, label, or phrase
to a photo or video

10. Personal information
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11. Personal information
• Why do you think things posted online tend to
persist, even when you prefer they didn’t?
• What kinds of things might be good for your
reputation in the future if they are posted online
now? What kinds of things might be harmful?

12. Wrap it up
• What are some of your responsibilities to
yourself, your friends and family, and your
community when you are online?
• How can you avoid getting involved in risky
online relationships?
• How can people’s reputations be affected by
what is posted about them online? What impact
could this have on their future?

13. Credits
• "Digital Literacy and Citizenship Curriculum for
Grades 9-12 | Common Sense Media." Reviews
and Ratings for Family Movies, TV Shows,
Websites, Video Games, Books and Music. N.p.,
n.d. Web. 6 July 2012.
<http://www.commonsensemedia.org/educator
s/curriculum/9-12>.