Keys to Good Digital Citizenship

As part of the focus for this year will be to use digital tools, such as iPads and computers, to help learning and achievement within Stage 3. In learning to use these tools effectively, it is important to also develop appropriate and wise online habits.

On Friday, we discussed the School's Blogging Guidelines. These were developed to help our school community know the best way to being a good digital citizen.

Keys to Good Digital Citizenship:

• Personal Information needs to be kept private. We encourage the use of first names only, when online. Pictures are only posted after parents have given their consent. Other information such as personal addresses, emails, Passwords etc. are never shared online. 
• Act Appropriately: Comments and blog posts need to be appropriate, reflecting the academic nature of school. Any writing will be monitored and feedback given to students,so that the published writing is of high quality and something to be proud of.
• Be Positive: The comments or blog post that are written are encouraged to be positive. Good feedback helps others to improve in their writing. 
• Proofreading is essential: Taking time to proofread, checking grammar and spelling shows care. It makes the writer more clearly understood. Get someone to help check work.
• Give Credit: other people make a living from their writing and images that are online. Others are willing to share their work. It is important to make sure that people know where the information came from.

Everytime we go online we leave a digital mark called a "footprint". The digital footprint that we make are hard to remove once they are there. Let's make what our footprints positive!

Why do you think it is important to be a good digital citizen? 

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