Digital Citizenship: PSA

Your safe and ethical use of technology for school, work, and everyday life will help you become a responsible citizen and avoid risky
situations.

After reading current examples of how unethical, illegal, or unsafe online behavior resulted in serious consequences, talk with your group about whether you think some students in our school misuse or abuse technology. What are some examples of positive or negative uses of technology? What kinds of rules do you think our school should make regarding technology use by students?

Select resources from our lessons to develop codes of conduct that highlight appropriate social, legal, ethical, and safe behaviors when using personal devices and social media.

You will create a Public Service Announcement (PSA) to educate RHS students about how they can be good digital citizens. Your PSA will be read on the morning announcements.

A public service announcement (PSA) or public service ad, are messages in the public interest disseminated by the media without charge, with the objective of raising awareness, changing public attitudes and behavior towards a social issue.(Wikipedia)

Reflect:

1. What piece of research was most surprising? Why?
2. What category of digital citizenship (e.g., social, legal, ethical, or safety) did I find to be the most difficult to research? What did I do to make sure I was successful in my research?
3. What visual or oral component of my public service announcement makes me most proud? Why?