Digital Citizenship: What Does It Look Like at HMS?

We’re focusing our Digital Citizenship work on the Yarmouth Core Values. We began this year looking at the core value of Responsibility. Responsible people know, understand, consider and accept the impact and consequences of their personal actions and decisions.

How do digital citizens behave responsibly? Teachers are embedding this work into the all content subjects:

5th Grade

Email

Posting appropriately to HMS Student and grade level mail lists

Uses email appropriately

Passwords

Create strong passwords

Never share passwords

Never use someone else's password

Research, Plagiarism and Citing Sources

    Paraphrase when taking notes

    Verify sources for accuracy and bias

    Give proper credit to sources used

    Make completed projects your own (they should not closely resemble other    

people’s work)

Internet Use

No Games without teacher permission (educational games only)

Access appropriate sites at school (only access sites appropriate to share with teachers and parents)

Report Inappropriate Behavior (cyberbullying, inappropriate language, ETC.)

6th Grade

Email

Posting appropriately to HMS Student and grade level mail lists

Uses email appropriately

Passwords

Create strong passwords

Never share passwords

Never use someone else’s password

Research, Plagiarism and Citing Sources

    Paraphrase when taking notes

    Verify sources for accuracy and bias

    Give proper credit to sources used

    Make completed projects your own (they should not closely resemble other    

people’s work)

Internet Use

No Games without teacher permission (educational games only)

Access appropriate sites at school (only access sites appropriate to share with teachers and parents)

Report Inappropriate Behavior (cyberbullying, inappropriate language, ETC.)

7th Grade

Email 

Posting appropriately to HMS Student and grade level mail lists

Uses email appropriately

Check daily as teachers communicate via email a lot

Passwords - Laptop rollout

Create strong passwords

Never share passwords (except with parents)

Never use someone else’s password

Research, Plagiarism and Citing Sources (Research Projects - Science?  Social Studies?)

Paraphrase when taking notes

    Verify sources for accuracy and bias

    Give proper credit to sources used

    Make completed projects your own (they should not closely resemble other    

people’s work)

Internet Use

No games without teacher permission (educational games only)

Accesses appropriate sites at home and at school (only access sites appropriate to share with teachers and parents)

Report inappropriate behavior (cyberbullying, inappropriate language, ETC.)

Laptop Expectations

Adhere to laptop expectations as outlined in HMS MacBook Expectations and Consequences.

Social Networking 

Use privacy settings to protect your information

Communicate and post appropriately (commenting skills)

8th Grade

Email

Post appropriately to HMS Student and grade level mail lists

Use email appropriately

Passwords

Create strong passwords

Never share passwords

Never use someone else’s password

Research, Plagiarism and Citing Sources

    Paraphrase when taking notes

    Verify sources for accuracy and bias

    Give proper credit to sources used

    Make completed projects your own (they should not closely resemble other    

people’s work)

Internet Use

No games without teacher permission (educational games only)

Access appropriate sites at home and at school (only access sites appropriate to share with teachers and parents)

Report inappropriate behavior (cyberbullying, inappropriate language, etc.)

Laptop Expectations

Adhere to laptop expectations as outlined in HMS MacBook Expectations and Consequences.

Social Networking

Use privacy settings to protect your information

                       Communicate and post appropriately