Friday, February 21, 2014

Digital citizen

So what is a digital citizen?  We began this afternoon by discussing what a 'citizen' is first and we came up with this definition: 'A citizen is someone who belongs to a group'.  We are all school citizens, Room 4 citizens and New Zealand citizens.  We try hard to be kind citizens who are role models to others.  We are also DIGITAL CITIZENS!  Mrs O produced a digital citizen survival kit which contained alot of unusual items that didn't appear to have anything to do with being a digital citizen.  However, each one reminded us how we should behave when we are online being digital citizens.


Examples included....

Toothpaste - Imagine information that you are putting online is like toothpaste coming out of a tube.  Once it is out, it is almost impossible to get it all back in the tube!

Toothbrush - This is something that you would never want to share with        others—just like your passwords.

Mirror - Imagine this is attached to your computer.  If you looked in it and saw your Mum and Dad or Nana and Grandad in the reflection, would they approve of what you are doing or saying?

Tea strainer - The amount of information on the internet is amazing!  As digital citizens we have to be good at ‘straining’ out the bad stuff and deciding what is real and not real and to find information that is useful.

Soap - Remember to always post information that is appropriate.  Keep it clean!

Tatoo - Our ‘digital tattoo’ is there forever!  It cannot be washed away or got rid of easily.  Make sure yours is a tattoo to be proud of.

Padlock - Always set strong passwords and passcode locks on digital devices.




Anna examines items in the kit.
 Our final task was to match up our own pictures and captions to create our very own digital survival kit.  Mrs O was really pleased with how we all could match up each item.  We found this a really easy way to remember how to behave appropriately online.





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  1. Powerful Learners in Room 7!27 February, 2014

    To Room 4
    Thank you for your comment.
    We have 365 people at our school.
    We have 15 classrooms at our school.
    We do not have a gymnasium but we have a hall.
    We have got 14 classroom teachers and about 23 staff.
    At our school there's soccer,cricket,netball,basketball,swimming and more we also have cross country athletics and tablods sports day.
    Hamilton is really hot.
    We go up to year 6.
    What is a Area school?
    From Tegan

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  2. Anonymous11 March, 2014

    Gidday Room 4 -

    I was lucky enough to be at your first assembly for the year, perhaps you spotted me there among the hundreds of other parents. Well anyway, it was a fun assembly listening to everyone singing along to Mrs Taylor's guitar without having any words to sing along too ....... probably why the songs seemed shorter for some reason! Good Fun !!
    It was fantastic to see you presenting Digital Citizens to the school so they have a reminder of how important it is to be careful and think before putting information on the internet. It is also a good reminder for adults too.
    A great message to spread - well done. - Jeff Barlow

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