Digital Citizenship Scenarios

Helen took photos at a party last week. She posts the photos she thinks she looks great in on Instagram. She tagged other friends who are in it without discussing it with them first.

• Good Digital Citizen

• Bad Digital Citizen

Matt is doing research on a famous author for his English class paper. In his online search, he finds some interesting information and facts on Wikipedia and a blog. He’s not a great writer so he copies and pastes the parts he likes from both websites into his paper. After adding some of his own words, he hands it in to his teacher. 

• Good Digital Citizen

• Bad Digital Citizen

Sybel has a hard time taking notes and listening to her teacher’s lecture at the same time. She records Mr. Smith's lecture with her phone so she can use it as a study aid later on. She posts it online on YouTube. 

• Good Digital Citizen

• Bad Digital Citizen

Andre is on an online gaming site playing with his friends. He knows who his friends are by their user names. A new user name pops up and starts chatting with him. After some time, the new user asks Andre his name and what school he goes to. Andre does not answer the questions asked.

• Good Digital Citizen

• Bad Digital Citizen

Zane needs to print his homework in the computer lab. He inserts his USB drive from home into the computer. A message pops up that the security scan has detected a virus. He really needs his homework, so he opens and prints it anyway.

• Good Digital Citizen

• Bad Digital Citizen

James takes a photo of his test in science class. At lunch, he talks his friend Kai who is taking the same test the next period. He shows him the photo.

• Good Digital Citizen

• Bad Digital Citizen

Toni doesn't have many friends. She decides to make a new Instagram page. Instead of using a general photo as her profile picture, she uses a picture of someone she found online that she thinks is attractive and that other people will like.

• Good Digital Citizen

• Bad Digital Citizen

Brooke’s best friend Kim lives in Oklahoma where a tornado damaged her home and school. Brooke decides to raise money to help Kim, her family, and her community rebuild. With the help of Kim, Kim's parents, and her parent, she starts a GoFundMe page to raise awareness and spread the word. She keeps track of all the donations to the family in a Google Spreadsheet.

• Good Digital Citizen

• Bad Digital Citizen

Kiki is bored during class. She’s already finished her homework and doesn’t feel like talking to anyone. She pulls out her cell phone and starts scrolling through Snapchat. 

• Good Digital Citizen

• Bad Digital Citizen

Pat is creating a presentation for history class. He found some great photos online on Google and Flickr to add to his presentation. He includes the source for each photo in his presentation.

• Good Digital Citizen

• Bad Digital Citizen