The theme of week 4 is: Our critical eye and the Internet. In this last week of National Cyber Security Awareness Month we’re going to tie together the previous weeks' activities with a look at Digital Literacy and Digital Citizenship.
Technology is all around us - it's an essential part of our daily lives. Being good digital citizens and being digitally literate are now more important than ever. So what is digital citizenship and digital literacy?
- Digital citizenship can be defined as the norms of appropriate, responsible behavior with regard to technology use. Read more at Digital Citizenship.net
- According to Media Smarts.ca, Digital Literacy is more than technological know-how; it includes a wide variety of ethical, social and reflective practices that are embedded in work, learning, leisure and daily life.
We've posted a couple of items to kick off this topic:
Check back through the week as we will be posting resources all week long.- "Digital Citizenship" infographic that summarises a few key points
- A graphic novel on social media use - perfect for 'tweens and teens. Feel free to download and share this one!
To wrap up the week we've added a few more items for you:
- .The “Little Black Book of Scams” is a great publication from the Government of Canada. It outlines several of the common Internet scams – how they work, steps you can take to protect yourself, and so on. Oh, and the graphics are quite entertaining!
- Safety Tips for Social Networking is a publication from BC’s Office of the Chief Information Officer. Good, basic information that we hope you’ll find useful.
- Another publication from BC’s Office of the Chief Information Officer, the “Top 8 Things You Shouldn’t Give Social Networking Sites” carries on from the safety tips handout. There’s a couple on this list I’ll bet you aren’t aware of!
Related to the Little Black Book of Scams is the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre. It’s the central agency in Canada for collecting information on a variety of fraudulent activities. If you need help or want more information about a possible fraud, this is the place to start. Here’s the link: http://www.antifraudcentre-centreantifraude.ca/index-eng.htm