Digital Citizenship Agreement

During Science class we learned about the Digital Citizenship Agreement. In this class there were five main topics that we learnt about...

1. Respect and Protect Yourself:

• Be careful of your actions. Don't go around writing dumb or hurtful stuff. 
• Only write appropriate information. No inappropriate usernames or images.
• Consider what you share with people on the internet because it may affect you late on in life.
• Don't share ANY personal information online:
• Number, email, address, age, school, passwords, accounts, etc.
• Tell an adult if something bad is going on or you think that something isn't right. 
• Have a good balance between online and offline. 

2. Respect and Protect Others:

• Don't go online bullying people. And don't comment anything mean. Only say something that you would be able to say in public in front of someone's face, because it's way easier to say something rude online than offline.  
• Don't enter other people accounts or private spaces. 
• Don't share/ forward inappropriate materials. Don't post videos or pictures of people online.
• Don't share any personal information of anyone online. 

3. Respect and Protect Property:

• Don't download computer viruses or other odd softwares.
• Don't torrent or peer to peer. 
• Take care of the laptop and make sure that it stays in good shape. 
• Come to school with a fully charged battery, carrying it in the case that was given to us. 
• Don't leave my laptop unattended. Either leave it in my locker or with me in my hands. 
• Back up my data. 

4. Respect and Protect Intellectual Property:

• DON'T steal other people's hard work. 
• If you want pictures for a presentation or something don't just go on google and take any random photo, you have to make sure that the owner of this photo is allowing you to use their photo. 
• Don't just take songs or movies of random websites which give it to you for free, because then your torrenting and soon your computer will have viruses on it. It is also not fair to the owner of these things. 

5. Why the Digital Citizenship Agreement (DCA) is important:

• So that we know how to use our laptops properly and safely. 
• And know the guidelines.