Digital Citizenship

Digital Citizenship and internet safety are topics we address each year with students.

Things to Remember:

• Keep personal information private online:  name, address, phone numbers, age, school, pictures, email address and passwords.

• Never agree to meet anyone in person that you've met online.

• Unfamiliar websites, email messages and apps can cause problems with your devices (tablet, phone, computer...).

• Every time you go online you are leaving a digital footprint.  Be careful about things you post.  Once it's in online it may be there forever.

• Passwords need to be secure.  Use numbers, capital letters and symbols to make passwords hard to crack.  Be sure to keep all passwords private. 

• Find your media balance.  You are a member of many communities (family, school, city and online).  Be sure you are a positive, participating member of each.