SAFE 6-8
Protecting Digital Citizens
Digital Health & Welfare | Digital Security & Privacy | Digital Law
Digital Health & Welfare
At A Glance:
Digital Health & Welfare are the physical and psychological well-being in a digital world. Technology provides many opportunities and enjoyment, but knowing how to segment use with the needs of ourselves and others is key to a healthy, balanced life.
About this Activity:
Students learn about the personal impact of different types of screen time.
Guiding Questions
What are some ways that you use screens for good purposes? What are less good ways that you use screens?
How might good screen time practices be modeled by the adults in your school? How could you model good screen time for your peers?
Subconcepts: Eye Safety, Distracted Driving, Screen Time
Additional Supporting Resources:
Schools Strive for Screen Time Balance in a Complex Equation
Digital Security & Privacy: Phishing
At A Glance:
Digital Security & Privacy are the electronic precautions to guarantee safety. Just like we protect ourselves from viruses and worms in the physical world, it's essential to safeguard our digital devices from cyber threats like phishing scams. Whether at school or home, understanding and being aware of these attacks and how to prevent them are crucial skills for students today and into the future.
About this Activity:
Students learn about phishing scams and how to recognize phishing attempts, protect their personal information online, and help others do the same. how to create passwords and help others to create passwords that will protect them as digital citizens.
Guiding Questions:
How can we recognize and avoid phishing attempts to protect our personal information online?
What tactics might cyber attackers use to trick us into sharing our personal information?
How can we apply what we learn about phishing scams to help keep ourselves and others safe online?
What measures can we take to protect our personal information while using the internet?
How do we ensure we are not unknowingly sharing sensitive information with malicious actors online?
Subconcepts: Phishing, Virus Protection
Additional Supporting Resources:
Digital Security & Privacy: Password
At A Glance:
Digital Security & Privacy are the electronic precautions to guarantee safety. Viruses, worms and other bots can be passed along from one system to another just like an illness. When using devices in school or at home, understanding and being aware of attacks and how to prevent them are important skills for today and into the future.
About this Activity:
Students learn how to create passwords and help others to create passwords that will protect them as digital citizens.
Guiding Questions:
What strategies do you use to protect your login information or authentication credentials?
What might put your login information at risk?
What strategies do you know (or learn) for protecting your login information?
What protections are in place to keep you from downloading viruses?
What steps might you follow to avoid downloading problematic files or content?
Subconcepts: Authentication/Logging In, Virus Protection
Additional Supporting Resources:
Digital Law
At A Glance:
Digital Law refers to the electronic responsibility for actions and deeds and has to do with the creation of rules and policy that address issues related to the online world. Just as in the real world, the online world has had to create structure to protect those using these digital devices from harm.
About this Activity:
Students learn how copyright impacts both creators and consumers online.
Guiding Questions:
Do you see any opportunities for helping prevent (child) identity theft in your school?
Are there any areas that seem vulnerable when it comes to your personal information? How could you secure those?
What is Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA) and how does it impact you?
Subconcepts: Copyright, Digital Worms/Viruses/Trojan Horses, Identity Theft, Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA)
Additional Supporting Resources:
SAFE Backpack Artifact Opportunities
AFTER completing the three SAFE Digital Citizenship lessons above, students will have opportunities to apply their digital citizenship skills to create a backpack artifact to show what they have learned.
How might we protect ourselves and others in order to be SAFE?
The content and activities in the SAFE series provided time to be reflective of your thoughts, ideas and actions while considering how they are influenced by and affect others.
This project is designed for students to leverage their success skills to demonstrate the importance of being SAFE in a digital world.
ABOUT THIS PROJECT:
Students use a technical writing to demonstrate how to protect yourself and others in a digital world. Students will draft, write, and create a clear set of instructions about how to be a SAFE digital citizen in one of those areas (copyright, screen time, passwords).