1. VIDEO

2. Teaching
Online Safety
Laura Pantin
Sarah Sell
Chelsea Mueller

3. Principles of digital
citizenship
1. Digital Etiquette - standards of conduct and good manners2.
Digital Communication - information exchanged, collaboration
using the Internet3. Digital Literacy - the use of technology in
teaching and learning, decipher and utilize information4. Digital
Law - responsibility for actions and accountability for using
other's work 5. Digital Rights & Responsibilities - everyone in a
digital world is extended freedom and with that freedom must
tak e responsibility for actions6. Digital Security (self-protection)
- electronic precautions to guarantee safety.
http://www.techforteachers.net/internet-safety.html

4. 1. Digital etiquette
• Students need to learn standards of conduct online
• Students need to learn how to use their good manners
online including using appropriate language and images

5. 2. Digital communication
• Students need to learn how to properly relay information
on the internet
• Students need to learn how to properly collaborate online
with others through the use of wik ispaces, blogs, twitter,
etc…

6. 3. Digital literacy
• Students should learn the appropriate internet
terminology

7. 4. Digital law
• Students should be held accountable for their actions
online
• Students should learn to cite other’s work they have
found online, even if it is from sites such as Facebook and
Twitter

8. 5. Digital rights & responsibilities
• Create “Safety Pledges” that students can sign at the
beginning of the year to be accountable for their actions
• Students should follow their safety pledges and contracts

9. 6. Digital security
• It is important that students feel safe on the internet
• Provide children with ways to notify someone if they’ve
encountered an inappropriate website or ad

10. Internet safety topics
• Cyberbullying
• Inappropriate content
• Online predators/strangers
• Scams, inappropriate advertisements
• Revealing too much information/privacy

11. How do we teach this?

12. Tips for safe Internet use
• Ensure the students are using privacy settings
• Encourage children to not post any personal
information such as full names, phone numbers or
school name
• Caution students about posting inappropriate
images or text
• Encourage the students to come to you if anything
on the site mak es them uncomfortable or upset or
anything that needs to be reported

13. Helpful resources
VIDEO ON INTERNET SAFETY TOOL

15. Some useful websites 
www.safek ids.com
http://www.commonsensemedia.org/educators/curriculum/6-
8
http://www.netsmartz.org/
http://www.staysafeonline.org/