Digital Citizenship

Acceptable Use Policy

Contract students sign pledging that they will be good digital citizens at school.

Browser

Program that allows us to view content on the internet.

Bystander

A person who does nothing when they know about or see bullying

Copyright

Law that protects the rights of authors and creators of their work.

Cyberbully

Someone who is mean, bothers or harasses others online.

Digital Footprint

Trail of data left behind when people use the internet.

Download

Act of getting data from someone else’s computer to yours.

Email

Online method of sending letters and documents to others.

Emojis

Small pictures and smiles used in text messages and email.

Flaming

Term meaning when someone uses mean words to attack another person online.

Hacker

Person who gets in to computer systems to damage them.

Homepage

The first or main page of a website.

Keywords

Specific terms used when narrowing down a search on the internet.

Malware

Programs that are designed to damage computers and networks.

Netiquette

Standards or rules that define how we should behave while online.

Password

Secret combination of letters, numbers and symbols to use to protect one’s data.

Plagiarism

Using someone’s work and claiming them as your own.

Reliable

Websites that have accurate information are known as this.

Social Media

Websites such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

Target

Someone who is a victim of a cyberbully.

Text Messages

Short written communications, usually through cellphones.

Upload

Act of sending data or documents to another computer or server.

Upstander

Someone who supports others and is against bullying.

Website Address

URL (Uniform Resource Locator)