Digital citizenship consists of understanding rights and responsibilities when online, including safety, etiquette, literacy, ethics, and law relating to technology use. The document outlines six simple rules of digital citizenship: stay safe online; think before posting; respect others' privacy; spread positivity, not hurt; give and get credit for creative work; and contribute to the online world in positive ways. Digital citizens are responsible for respecting both their own and others' creative work and privacy online.

1. DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP
"A digital citizen accepts and understands the rights and
responsibilities of inhabiting cyberspace, including online safety"

2. Digital Citizenship consists of
numerous themes including:
- appropriate online etiquette
- information literacy
- understanding how digital technology works and how
to use it
- understanding ethics and law relating to technology
- knowing how to stay safe online
- looking after your online reputation

3. Simple Rules to Remember
Here are 6 simple rules of digital citizenship to help you create a
world that you can be proud of, and inspire others to do the same.
1. Stay safe online.
Avoid posting personal information.
Keep your profile private, manage your friends list and be careful
who you trust online.
If you ever feel uncomfortable by unwanted contact do not
respond.
Take a screen shot, log off and report it to an adult you trust.

4. Simple Rules to Remember
2. Think before you post or text.
A bad reputation could be just a click away. Before you press
the "send" button, imagine the last person in the world that
you’d want seeing what you post.

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3. What goes around comes around.
If you want your privacy respected, respect others'
privacy. Posting an embarrassing photo or
forwarding a friend’s private text without asking
can cause unintended hurt or damage to others.

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4. Spread heart, not hurt.
If you wouldn’t say it in person, don’t say it online. Stand up for those
who are bullied or harassed, and let them know that you’re there for
them.

7. Simple Rules to Remember
5. Give and get credit.
We’re all proud of what we create. Give credit for your sources.
Illegal downloading, digital cheating, and cutting and pasting
other people’s stuff may be easy, but that doesn’t make it right.
You have the responsibility to respect other people’s creative
work -- and the right to have your own work respected.

8. Simple Rules to Remember
6.Make this a world you want to live in.
Create, share, tag, comment, and
contribute to the online world in positive
ways.

9. References and further Reading
Common Sense Media. (2010) Connected Culture Student Intro Video -- Our Connected
Culture. Retrieved from:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0XQj1anI-E&feature=youtu.be
Common Sense Media (2013) Digital Citizenship Poster for Elementary School Classrooms.
Retrieved from:
http://www.edudemic.com/printable-digital-citizenship-poster/
Cybersmart (2014) Commonwealth of Australia. Retrieved from: http://www.cybersmart.gov.au/
Knorr, C. (2010) Be a Good Digital Citizen: Tips for Teens and Parents. Retrieved
from: https://www.commonsensemedia.org/blog/be-a-good-digital-citizen-tips-for-teens-and-parents
NetSafe (2010) Digital Citizenship in New Zealand Schools Overview. Retrieved from:
http://www.netsafe.org.nz/Doc_Library/Digital_Citizenship_in_New_Zealand_Schools_Overview.pdf
Oxley, C. (2012, August 12). Developing a digital citizenship program [Slideshow]. Retrieved
from http://www.slideshare.net/cathryno/developing-a-digital-citizenship-program.
Ribble, M. (2014). Digital Citizenship. Retrieved from http://www.digitalcitizenship.net
Ribble, M. & Bailey, G. (2014) Digital Citizenship in Schools, Eugene, Oregon, International Society
for Technology in Education