Digital Citizenship

As a learner at St Joseph's School and also part of our community, we ask you to help make our school a place that is safe, friendly and fair. This means acting on our school virtues online, or offline and helping to make our school a positive place to learn, connect and play. This is being a ‘Digital Citizen’.

As a Digital Citizen, you will:

• Keep it kind. Think about others online and talk or share in respectful ways.

• Keep it to yourself. Keep passwords and information about yourself and other people private and offline. It can be easily shared, viewed, screenshot or changed by others to mean different things. Nothing is private online.

• Keep it careful. Because things you do or say online can be seen by others, be careful to share the things you can feel proud of or would be happy sharing with someone face to face.

• Keep it positive. Always respect others online and communicate in a positive, respectful way.

• Post with caution. Anything you post or do online can influence what people think of you. Put your best foot forward online.

• Don’t believe everything you see. Always think carefully about the information you see online – not everything is true. If you are unsure of something talk to a teacher.

• Avoid online bullying. Creating or forwarding content that is harmful or hurtful towards someone else is not okay at any time. Sending multiple messages to somebody who doesn’t want them is also considered online bullying and is never okay.

• Be security smart. Keep personal information secure by using strong passwords and not sharing them with other students. Always log out of a site or device. Never download software to without your parents permission.

• Respect others’ rights. Always ask first if you need to use someone else’s image, ideas, creations or work that’s stored online.

• Recognise other’s work. When we use or take others’ work or ideas from the internet, we need to make sure we copy or use these in ways that are okay because there are rules about this. Your teacher can help you to use things you find online in the right ways.

• Use personal devices sensibly. Be aware of of other people working near to you. Keep the volume of your device low so others can continue to work without being distracted. If you have limited devices ensure that you are sharing with other members of your family.

• Seek help. Sometimes you or someone you know will feel unsafe or come across bad or harmful content online. If this happens, talk to a parent or caregiver. Inform the school if school links are connecting you with inappropriate web content - communication@stjopapa.school.nz