Digital Citizenship
Demonstrating Netiquette and Professionalism
Protecting your Information (and internet safety)
Managing your Digital Footprint
Knowing and Following the Law
Netiquette Rules
Be clear in messages
No acronyms or abbreviations unless the recipient knows their meaning
No sarcasm
No CAPS- unless you want to make it seem like you are yelling
Sending attachments
Make sure it’s compatible with recipients device
Compress if over 5 mb
Obtain consent before sharing people’s contact information
Use bcc in an email
Put a subject in emails
Don’t share personal information publicly
Be respectful online
Online Reputation
Rethink msgs and posts
Offensive
Respect people’s boundaries
Stop negativity
Think about your privacy settings
Especially location info
Follow community guidelines
Be an upstander
Help those being subject to cyberbullying
Bullying over technology
Don’t respond to bullies
Looking for a reaction from you
Save evidence
Contact an adult
Definitions
Identifying
Avoiding Becoming a Victim
Virus: A kind of malware that replicates itself with the goal of infecting as many devices as possible.
Malware: As said in Lifehacker.com, "[Examples of malware include] viruses, spyware, adware, nagware, trojans, worms, and more.”
Phishing: "An attack that attempts to steal your money, or your identity, by getting you to divulge personal information on websites that pretend to be legitimate sites."- Microsoft
This personal information ranges from passwords and usernames, to credit card info, and your social security number.
Phishing
This email is disguised as the US Bank to get credit card information.
Viruses
As you can see there is a lot of replication going on which overwhelms a device.
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Signs
Request immediate action
(can encourage one to click/open/enter information by giving an insentive (free iPhone) or punishment)
Bad grammer/spelling
Inconsistent information
(for example you might get a fake pop up from microsoft but you receive an email with a yahoo address- Microsoft example)
Filtering
Download Google adblocking extensions
(adblockplus, blocksi, and adblock)
Enable safe searches for Google
Turn on restricted mode on Youtube
Browser Security Features
Many times if you are on a legitimate site the main site section of the url is highlighted or just easily identifiable with a padlock
Warning pop ups if the browser detected malicious content
- make sure to always update your browser to the most recent one *
Passwords
Create strong password(s)
Use different passwords for different sites so if someone is able to get one of your passwords they can't get into all your accounts
Never share your password(s)
Make a two step verification for sites
Google Settings
Turn off email images
(prevents spammers from knowing that your email is functional which makes it less likely that you'll be contacted by them again)
Use spam folder
(a lot of email services have built in systems to identify spam. They redirect these emails to your spam folder instead of your inbox)
Digital Tracking
Cookies
Sites can make a "profile" of you for
What sites use to track users' likes
Settings
Social Media Accounts
Online Settings
Search History
Private Browsing
Incognito
Public vs. Private
Social media behavior
This information is used for personal advertising
Employeers look at your online behavior
Think before sharing
Laws
Children's Internet Protection Act
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
Made it mandatory for inaporpriate content to be filtered for students
Personal information of students is protected
Definitions
Plagarism
Stealing someone else's work and claiming it as your own
Copyright
“a legal right created by the law of a country that grants the creator of an original work exclusive rights for its use and distribution.[1] This is usually only for a limited time.”
Wikipedia
Violates copyright law
Citations
Use easybib.com