1. Digital Citizenship
& Social Media

2. A FEW FACTS FACEBOOK is the most popular social networking site
There are about 1.2 Billion Facebook users worldwide
The average amount of time a person spends monthly on FB is 15 hours and 33 minutes
About 70 billion pieces of content are shared on FB each month
98% of year olds use social media
Over 60% of year olds have at least 1 profile on a social networking site

3. Benefits of Social Networking
Staying connected to friends
Developing new social contacts with peers
with similar interests
Sharing content of self-expression such as art work, music and political views
Developing and expressing your individual identity

4. Potential Risks of Social Networking
Bullying online – “cyber-bullying”
Sharing too much information
Vulnerability to predatory adults
Sharing photos or videos that you later regret
Exposure to large amounts of commercial advertisements which may not be age appropriate
Risk of identity theft
Reduce amount of time for physical activity

5. We must become proper Digital Citizens

6. How can we engage
in proper

7. First, we must understand
What is Digital Citizenship?

8. Digital Citizenship is a concept which helps teachers, technology leaders and parents to understand what students/children/technology users should know to use technology appropriately

9. is more than just a teaching tool;
Digital Citizenship
is more than just a teaching tool;
it is a way to prepare students/technology users for
a society full of technology. 

10. Digital citizenship is the norms of appropriate, responsible technology use.  Too often we are seeing students as well as adults misusing and abusing technology but not sure what to do. The issue is more than what the users do not know but what is considered appropriate technology usage. 
SOURCE:  

11. Elements of Digital Citizenship
Communication
Digital Commerce
& Responsibilities
Digital Etiquette

12. The Connection between
Digital Citizenship,
Social Networking
&
Bullying
Digital Etiquette
“The Electronic standards of conduct or procedure.”
“Be nice on your device”

14. Bullying & Cyber Bullying
BULLYING One Definition: “A person is bullied when he or she is exposed, repeatedly and over time, to negative actions on the part of one or more other persons, and he or she has difficulty defending himself or herself”
CYBER BULLYING
One Definition:
“like traditional bullying, involves an imbalance of
power, aggression,
and a negative action that is often repeated.”

15. Cyber Bullying Can Occur through:
SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES BLOGS SEXTING TEXT MESSAGING ONLINE GAMING VOICEMAL

16. The digital elements of cyber bullyingW

17. DIGITAL ACCESS DIGITAL COMMERCE
Using the internet or social medical networking sites to engage in bullying – recording videos and taking pictures and posting them without permission.
DIGITAL COMMERCE
Forcing someone to provide passwords to accounts where you can download and make purchases. (Like taking someone’s lunch money)

18. DIGITAL COMMUNICATION
Using social medial or social access, , texts or blogs to send offensive, rude and insulting messages.
DIGITAL LITERACY
Understanding what bullying & cyberbullying is. Understanding the consequences of bullying and recognizing when one is being a bully and when one is being bullied.

19. DIGITAL ETIQUETTE DIGITAL LAW
Just as in digital communication, saying mean things and improper things via social networking sites, text and . Also, recording videos of embarrassing moments, fights, arguments and posting them for others to see. Being extremely impolite through social and electronic devices.
DIGITAL LAW
Threatening; Sexting; distributing information about another that is derogatory and untrue true posting in on a web page. These could lead to serious consequences with the law

20. DIGITAL Rights & Responsibilities
Outing & Trickery – Sharing someone’s secrets. Seeing threat messages or inappropriate messages, witnessing harassment and ignoring it.
DIGITAL Health & Wellness
Cyber Stalking that leads to threats or harm that makes a person afraid to the point where a person suffers emotional and physical harm.

21. DIGITAL SECURITY
Impersonation; hacking, breaking into other’s s an sending messages. Pretending to be someone you are not.

22. “Bullying cannot be a rite of passage in our nation’s schools.
Instead, our schools must be safe and nurturing environments that promote
learning and full participation by all students. Bullying, sexual harassment
and gender stereotyping of any student, including LGBT students, have no
Place in our nation’s schools. We must work to stop those abusive behaviors
when they take place, repair the harmful effects and prevent them from
happening in the future. “
…..Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division
Thomas E. Perez at the NSBA Council of School Attorneys. Boston, April 2012
(From the CT Department of Education Site – Bullying and Harassment)

23. WHAT WILL YOU DO TO BECOME A PROPER DIGITAL CITIZEN?

24. RESOURCES
Facts for Families – Children and Social Networking (November 2011) Social Networking Statistics (November 12, 2012) Stopping Bullies: Cyberbullying & Digital Citizenship for Classrooms (2010)