This is resource put together to support teachers training students to be safe and successful users of ICTs.

2. INTRODUCTION
• The following are a range of suggested activities
and discussion topics for your Year 9 class. Please
feel free to adapt as needed.
• The Tech Angels will come and see your class to
promote „The big digital citizenship competition‟ in
Week 4. Every Year 9 class is being asked to
design a Digital Citizenship poster campaign based
on one or more of the topics outlined below. Entries
will be due in end of Term 2.

3. ARE YOU BEING A SAFE AND SUCCESSFUL
DIGITAL CITIZEN?
Activity: Brainstorm what ‘being a good Digital Citizen’
means to them

4. DEFINING DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP
• A digital citizen is someone who is able to understand and
fully participate in the digital world characterised by technical
and social skills that enable a person to be successful and
safe in a digital world.
Activity: Come up with a txt or “kid speak” definition for
Digital Citizenship

5. THE EPSOM GIRLS GRAMMAR SCHOOL
DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP CONTRACT
• When enrolling at EGGS you signed the Epsom Girls Grammar School Digital
Citizenship contract which is a policy designed to ensure safe and successful
use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) at all times. This is a
policy that encourages our students to be safe and successful digital citizens.
You have agreed to:
• “be a safe user whenever and wherever I use that technology be responsible
whenever and wherever I use technology and support others by being
respectful in how I talk to and work with them and never write or participate in
online bullying.”
• This includes forwarding messages and supporting others in
harmful, inappropriate or hurtful online behaviour report to an adult if I feel
unsafe or uncomfortable online or see a friend being unsafe or being made to
feel uncomfortable by others.

6. NEED HELP?
If you:
• need help online
• are not sure what I should be doing on the internet
• come across sites that are not suitable
• someone writes something you don‟t like, or makes you and/or your friends
feel uncomfortable or asks me to provide information that I know is private
• you feel that the welfare of you and/or other students at the school is being
threatened
Tell a parent, teacher, dean, guidance counsellor, a peer support leader or
any adult you trust.

7. SHARING PHOTOS AND VIDEOS
Tagged (warning this is 18 mins long, but worth watching!)

8. TAGGED RESOURCES – THERE ARE A LOT!
Watch the Film
Lesson plan – backgrounder (PDF 887KB)
Lesson plan – slideshow (PDF 1.8MB)
Teacher resource - middle secondary (PDF 771KB)
Teacher resource – upper secondary (PDF 844KB)
Student activities – middle secondary (PDF 656KB)
Student activities – upper secondary (PDF 705KB)
Download the Poster (PDF 548MB)
Have a look at resources above and pick one or…

9. TAGGED –
DAMAGING YOUR DIGITAL REPUTATION
What is a digital reputation?
Like any other form of reputation generalised view of a person‟s
identity, beliefs, opinions
„Digital‟ simply refers to the evidence of your interactions, comments and behaviours
online
A digital reputation is as real and important as your general reputation
How long does a digital reputation last?
What you say, do and share online is there forever
It can be impossible to completely „delete‟ or hide posts
Activity: How did the characters in Tagged damage their digital reputations?

10. REMEMBER…
• Only take photos and record sound or video when it is
part of a class or lesson seek permission from
individuals involved PRIOR to taking photos, recording
sound or videoing them (including teachers) seek
written permission from individuals involved PRIOR to
publishing or sending photos, recorded sound or video
to anyone else or to any online space be respectful in
how I talk to and work with others online and never write
or participate in online bullying seek teacher permission
before uploading any content to public websites

11. KNOWING THE LAW
The wording of the new act says it:
• “provides rights owners with a special regime for taking enforcement action against
people who infringe copyright through file sharing”
• It is quite specific because it only applies to infringing material (protected by
copyright) which is uploaded or downloaded via file sharing applications or
networks.
• There are two concepts there – first, the material has to be infringing, second the
infringing material has to be file shared.
Activity: Show them the poster!

12. WHAT WOULD YOU DO?
Get into small groups to discuss one of the following scenarios:
• You found the car picture you were searching for, but on top of it was a naked lady!
• Someone keeps messaging nasty and upsetting comments about you and/or your
friends on your mobile phone and/or online.
• A person you have met online asks you to give them your full name and phone
number and suggests you meet. What if you have chatted with them for a long
time?
• You are sent a message which has been forwarded by someone else. It has
embarrassing comments/image about someone you know.
• A game online will only let you play it if you give your name, address, phone
number, date of birth, etc.
• In an online space/chat someone suggests you all exclude or block someone you
know.
• Your friend has an online profile published (not set to private). You can see their
personal details and photos. Other people you know are in the photos.
• A friend tells you about a great site where there is „free‟ music to download.

13. THINK BEFORE YOU POST
Watch Think before you post
Activity: Discussion Questions
• Who can access photos of you online?
• What are your privacy settings on
Facebook, Bebo etc

14. CLASS RULES
• Activity: Create a class set of rules or values for
being a model Digital Citizen to display on the
wall.

15. YEAR 9 DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP COMPETITION
• All class are being invited to enter „The big digital
citizenship competition!‟ Each class will design and
create a poster campaign about one or more topics
covered during the Digital Citizenship training. You
can create one poster, a series of posters of a
video campaign. Your campaign must be submitted
to the Tech Angels by the end of Term 2.
Activity: Design a Digital Citizenship campaign

16. REFERENCES
1. http://www.cybersmart.gov.au/tagged/
2. http://www.netsafe.org.nz/the-copyright-infringing-file-sharing-
amendment-act-what-schools-should-know/
3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4w4_Hrwh2XI&feature=related
4. Department of Education, Victoria, Australia