The document provides information and guidelines for students on digital citizenship. It discusses proper digital etiquette, staying safe online, protecting private information, avoiding plagiarism, and evaluating websites. The document emphasizes the importance of only sharing information with trusted individuals, telling an adult about anything suspicious or uncomfortable, and logging out of accounts when finished to maintain privacy and security.

1. 5th Grade
Digital Citizenship

2. Digital Citizenship includes:
On all devices at all times
Netiquette Staying Safe
Online
Proper Use
of Digital
Information

3. What is Netiquette?
It is etiquette you should always follow when you are on the internet.

4. Netiquette
• Follow the golden rule
• Do not use rude or unkind language
• Do not hurt other’s feelings
• Be clear in messages, have a subject
• Check your spelling
• Don’t use uppercase letters or too many
!!!!!!!
• Use smileys (emoticons) to help people
understand you better

5. WhyisthisImportant?
Digital Footprints
• Digital
Footprints
• public
• Permanent
• Cyber
bullying

6. Cyber bullying
1. Do not respond to
messages that are
mean or make you
uncomfortable.
2. Do not forward
them to others.
3. Tell a trusted adult
right away.
4. Ask an adult how
to block messages
from that person
5. Save and
document the
messages you
receive.

7. Online Safety
Protecting Our Identity, Keeping our Devices Safe,
Keeping Ourselves Safe

8. What’s Private?
• Your name
• Your Address
• Your School
• Your School Address
• Your email address
• Your Phone Number
• Your Passwords
• Your parent’s names
• Your parent’s work
information
• Your picture
Remember to always
log out of programs in
public places!
When in doubt about
sharing
information, ask a
trusted adult!
Protect Your Identity

9. Keeping Your Devices Safe
• Don’t open attachments that you
aren’t positive are OK even from people
you know.
• Don’t fall for phishing scams. Be
skeptical.
• Don’t click on pop-up windows that tell
you you’ve won a prize or contest.
• Don’t click on links in email that you
aren’t positive are safe.
• Don’t install “free” software without
having an adult review it first
• Don’t download anything off the
internet without permission from an
adult.
• Only use trusted web sites. Look for the
https

10. Some illnesses you could encounter…
• Adware – tracks your browsing habits and then
sends you pop-up advertisements
• Malware – Malicious software that affects your
computer’s operation and allows hackers the
chance to get in and get your personal info
• Spyware – Downloads onto your computer and
scans your hard drive for personal info
• Virus – it is a piece of code which deletes or
corrupts files or can replicate to fill up your
computer memory
• Worms – a virus which can duplicate itself and
spread to others through your email and
messages

11. There are predators
online who will seek your
personal information to
do you or your family
harm
So…
Never agree to get
together with someone
you “meet” online
If you ever see anything
online that makes you
uncomfortable, close the
page and tell an adult
Keeping Ourselves Safe

12. Using Information Wisely
Avoiding Plagiarism, Analyzing Sites

13. • Plagiarism is copying someone else’s work
without giving credit to your source. It is a
form of stealing
• Do not copy and paste material
without using quotations
• Do not just change a word or two
• ALWAYS Use your own words
• Always give credit to the authors of:
• Ideas
• Pictures
• Songs
• Use a Bibliography to “cite your sources”
• The only time you do not need to give
credit is when it is your original thought or
when it is a commonly known fact
Citing Sources

14. » Can you trust everything on the internet?
» Look at their domain suffix: .com, .edu, .gov, .org, .net
» Ask yourself the following questions:
» Does the site have authority? Can you find the author of the page? Is
he/she credible? Is the site sponsored by a legitimate organization?
» Is the site accurate? Does it agree with other sites? Does it cite sources?
Is it free from typos and a lot of ads? Does it look professional?
» Is the site objective? Is it trying to persuade you? Is it trying to sell you
something? Does it only represent one point of view?
» Is the website current? Look for the last time it was updated.
» Is it complete? Is it finished? Doe all the links work and does it have an
index or links to other reputable sites?
» If you are uncertain, ask a teacher or grown-up
» If anything makes you uncomfortable, close the page and tell an
adult.
Evaluating Websites

15. Digital Citizenship includes:
On all devices at all times
Netiquette Staying Safe
Online
Proper Use
of Digital
Information

16. Are you Ready to be a Digital Citizen?
• We the Vichy 5th Graders pledge to:
– Only go online when a parent or adult says it’s O.K.
– Not give out personal information online
– Never let anyone know our passwords, except our parents
– Tell an adult if we see information that makes us uncomfortable
– Never get together with anyone we “meet” online
– Never respond or forward mean or inappropriate messages. If
we get one, we’ll tell an adult.
– Never download anything from the internet without permission
– Never open files, attachments, or links from anyone we don’t
know and trust
– Log off of email and any online programs we are using when we
are done
– Be good online citizens, treating others as we wish to be treated
– Never post or write anything online that we would be
embarrassed to have anyone see