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:
- A "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!
Check back through To wrap up the week as we will be posting resources all week long.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