Digital Citizenship Project By: Brandis Cook

Netiquette Netiquette, also known as “network etiquette”, is designed to facilitate communication over networks including mailing lists, blogs, and forums (Wikipedia 2013).

Do’s and Dont’s With Netiquette Do’s -Identify who you are. -Respect the privacy of others’. -Use appropriate language -Use emotions appropriately. -Be short and to the point. (Roblyer & Doering, 2010) Dont’s -Don’t be sarcastic. -Don’t use inappropriate language. -Don’t contribute to spam or junk mail. (Roblyer & Doering, 2010)

Copyright and Fair Use A copyright protects the form of expression of a creator against someone from copying his or her work. This protection is given to the authors of “original works of authorship”. This includes literary, musical, artistic, and dramatic works (Bellis 2011).

Copyright and Fair Use Click here to watch a brief video explaining fair use in media literacy education (Blip Networks 2013).here

Plagiarism Plagiarism occurs when someone intentionally steals or presents any information, ideas or phrasing of another as if they were his/her own and does not give appropriate credit to the original source (Duke 2012).

Click Here Click Here to learn more about Plagiarism and citing sources. This short video was created by Simone Watson (Trinity '13).

Why is Internet Safety Important? Internet safety is extremely important because children are at risk of being bullied or stalked while being on the internet. According to research, cyber bullying is a huge issue. Many children have developed depression and committed suicide due to the impact of cyber bullying (Chait 2006).

Internet Safety for Children Teachers that have Internet access may use websites that have been specifically designed to teach Internet safety. These sites also have companion teacher guides. Some of the best sites we found include the following (Knorr 2012):

Safety for Your Computer Use a firewall ( a piece of software that sits between your computer and the network and only allows certain types of data to cross. Scan for Viruses. A virus scanner locates and removes viruses from your hard drive. Scan for Spyware (Notenboom, 2013)

Protection from Phishing Phishing is password fishing. It is a process to where others can collect data from users without notifying the owner. The most powerful protection again is the user’s common sense. Here’s how to check if a website is real or a phishing site: Check the url in the address bar. Is it pointing to the right website? Make sure you look close for chars that look similar, e.g. o and 0.Is it a https website? Is the certificate valid?Does the website look different? (Brickmann 2009)

Protection from Trojan Horses In order to protect your computer from Trojan Horses, it is very important to have an up-to- date, reliable malware detection program on your computer. There are some programs that are provided by the operating system manufacturers, such as Microsoft, but there are also commercial programs commonly available (Tanner 2011).

References Brinkmann, M. (2009). Phishing protection tips. Ghacks. Knorr, C. (2012). 10 simple steps to internet safety. Common Sense. Notenboom, L. (2013). Internet safety: 8 steps to keepomg your computer safe on the internet. Ask Leo. leo.com/internet_safety_8_steps_to_keeping_your_computer_safe_on_the_internet.html Roblyer, M. D., & Doering, A. H. (2010). Integrating educational technology into teaching (5th ed.). Boston: Allyn and Bacon. Tanner, J. (2011). Phishing, scams, viruses and trojans-how to protect your computer. Tech Tops. protect-computerhttps://familysearch.org/techtips/2011/10/phishing-scams-viruses-trojan-horses-how-to- protect-computer