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All aboard for DigiTown!
A learning path for 9 -12 year olds to become smart digital citizens.
Authors: Janice Richardson, Veronica Samara and the European Council for Digital Good,
with the support of graphic designers Charlotte van Roij and Isabelle van Houts.
Concept: Digital Citizenship Education expert group at the Council of Europe.
Design: IddiFix
Copyright © August 2020: Insight S.A. All rights reserved.
ISBN:

978-2-9199640-0-0This book belongs to:

Post your photo or a drawing of yourself here:

@lex

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Acknowledgements

Most of the ideas and content of this publication were created by the European Council for Digital
Good (ECDG) during a 3-day workshop in Athens in July 2019. We would like to thank each of theyoung Council members for their ongoing efforts to help young people in their own country andabroad develop the values, attitudes, skills and knowledge they need to become digital citizens: Doraand Magdalena (Croatia); Danae and Evelina (Cyprus); Philippine (France); Amanda, Nike and Eric
(Germany); Elisavet, Christos and Dimitris (Greece); Valgerður Eyja and Katrin Lilja (Iceland); Daniel andDiego (Italy); Peter and Štefan (Slovakia). Our appreciation also goes to their mentors, Dunja, Nectaria
and Michaela, Jennifer and Dominique, Stefanie, Sigurður, Stéphanne, and Andrea. They motivate
Council members to continue ECDG activities in their own country and schools, and travel with theirteen protegés wherever the next project is taking place – so far in Prague, Brussels, Milan, Athensand Bratislava. Special thanks goes to Charlotte and Isabelle, whose creativity and design ideas helped
transform discussion and ideas into concrete output.
A big thank you to Jaqueline Beauchere, founder of the Council for Digital Good in the USA, for her
continued support of the European CDG's work, and to Dr. Lewis Bernstein of Sesame Street fame forhis invaluable advice on making education fun for children.
As our homes and lives become increasingly digital, each and everyone of us needs to be consciousof the opportunities and challenges digital technology brings. The future of our children and society
depends to a large extent on our capacity to become responsible digital citizens. We are honoured tobe part of the expert group at the Council of Europe that has created a framework concept for digitalcitizenship, built around the 10 domains where digital activity has the most impact in everyday life.
These domains are referred to as Themes in “All Aboard for DigiTown!”. The aim is to ensure that
digital citizenship education becomes an integral part of education at all levels in countries rightacross the European continent.
With this publication, the European Council for Digital Good endeavours to help digital citizenship findits rightful place in the primary school curriculm. They also intend it as a platform of opportunity
for parents to discuss digital activity with their children and support them in becoming responsible
citizens, offline and online.

Janice Richardson, Veronica Samara
Insight, August 2020

Table of Contents

Join us in Digitown, and learn to be a digital citizen .................................................... 5
Exercise 1 - Finding places on the DigiTown map ....................................................................... 6-7
Exercise 2 - Matching tools and words ............................................................................................ 8
Activity 1 - Using digital technology words ...................................................................................... 9
Activity 2 - Ready to travel to DigiTown? What tools and knowledge will you need? ............... 10
Chapter 1: Being Online .................................................................................................... 11
Theme 1 - Access and Inclusion (Moving into DigiTown) ............................................................ 12
Exercise 3 - Activities at school and online ................................................................................... 13
Exercise 4 - Online friends and troublemakers, and what they do ............................................ 14
Activity 3 - Make your own jigsaw: Diﬀerences are fun!........................................................... 15-16
Theme 2 - Learning and Creativity (Wi and Fi, two gods in the online world) ....................... 17
Activity 4 - Creating apps ................................................................................................................. 18
Exercise 5 - Crossword: The internet .............................................................................................. 19
Exercise 6 – Finding hidden numbers.............................................................................................. 20
Activity 5 - Search engines to discover more about people and places ..................................... 21
Exercise 7 - Playing with numbers and symbols ........................................................................... 22
Theme 3 - Media and Information Literacy (Learning about digital media) .......................... 23
Exercise 8 - Tools we find in a media lab ....................................................................................... 23
Exercise 9 - Try the media quiz ....................................................................................................... 24
Exercise 10 - Real of fake? ............................................................................................................... 25
Activity 6 - Search engines - first is not always best!................................................................... 26
Exercise 11 - Online and oﬄine – spot the diﬀerence .................................................................. 27
How are you doing? ............................................................................................................................ 28
Chapter 2: Well-being Online ........................................................................................... 29
Theme 4 - Ethics and Empathy (A lesson from the past) ............................................................ 30
Activity 7 - A story about an upstander ........................................................................................ 31
Activity 8 - Feelings in words and emojis.................................................................................. 32-33
Exercise 12 - Puzzle: Rocketing back to the land of civility.......................................................... 34
Exercise 13 - A cyberbullying maze ................................................................................................ 35
Activity 9 - Play the Empathy Game ................................................................................................ 36
Theme 5 - Health and Well-being (The magic pills) .................................................................... 37
Activity 10 - Troubleshooting ........................................................................................................... 38
Exercise 14 - Putting feelings into words and emojis ................................................................... 39
Activity 11 - Keeping track of time online ................................................................................. 40-41
Activity 12 - Improving our online habits ....................................................................................... 41
Activity 13 - It’s selfie time! ............................................................................................................. 42

Theme 6 - ePresence and Communication (A selfie is worth a thousand words!) ................. 43
Activity 14 - Mapping our digital footprint..................................................................................... 44
Exercise 15 - Comparing oral and written communication .......................................................... 45
Exercise 16 - Netiquette – being polite and respectful online ..................................................... 46
Exercise 17 - No to phishing ............................................................................................................ 47
How are you doing? ........................................................................................................................... 48
Chapter 3: Rights Online .................................................................................................. 49
Theme 7 - Active Participation (A meeting with Hercules) ......................................................... 50
Exercise 18 - Hidden wisdom: Understanding sayings .................................................................. 51
Activity 15 - Putting wisdom into practice ...................................................................................... 52
Exercise 19 - Justice and democracy, what do you think? .......................................................... 53
Activity 16 - Know yourself… and check your self-esteem ............................................................ 53
Activity 17 - Working together on a community project ............................................................. 54
Theme 8 - Rights and Responsibilities (Learning about our rights and responsibilities) ...... 55
Activity 18 - Children’s rights… and what we can do about them .............................................. 56
Activity 19 - People who fought for their rights ............................................................................ 56
Exercise 20 - My rights and responsibilities on the internet ........................................................ 57
Activity 20 - Declaration of Digital Citizens’ Rights....................................................................... 57
Activity 21 - Comparing rights and responsibilities ...................................................................... 58
Theme 9 - Privacy and Security (Banking on security) ............................................................... 59
Exercise 21 - Things we don’t share on the internet .................................................................... 60
Activity 22 - Creating a mega password ........................................................................................ 61
Exercise 22 - Learning about privacy, a precious possession ....................................................... 62
Activity 23 - Rob to the rescue! ....................................................................................................... 62
Exercise 23 - Knowing when you are connected ............................................................................ 63
Activity 24 - Understanding facial recognition............................................................................... 63
Exercise 24 - Privacy quiz ................................................................................................................. 64
Theme 10 - Consumer Awareness (Wise consumers = fairer trade) .......................................... 65
Exercise 25 - Decoding a cryptolex .................................................................................................. 65
Exercise 26 - Is it a want, a need, or a right?................................................................................ 66
Activity 25 - More about rights, wants and needs ........................................................................ 66
Exercise 27 - Values and attitudes shape all of our activities ....................................................... 67
Learning about Artificial Intelligence ............................................................................................... 68
Learning about our carbon footprint ............................................................................................... 69
Exercise 28 - Try the carbon footprint test ................................................................................... 69
How are you doing? ........................................................................................................................... 70
Certificate ................................................................................................................................................. 71
Solutions ........................................................................................................................................... 72-74
For teachers and parents ................................................................................................................. 75-76

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Hi, I’m @nna.
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We are best friends!
We live in DigiTown. This is a special place where people from all over the world
can meet, do things together and share ideas. We play games here, and have lotsof fun. And we get to be creative.
BUT WATCH OUT! There are dangers too.
So come with us, and we will teach you how to become digital citizens.
A digital citizen is someone who uses digital technology wisely, and knows how
to behave respectfully and cooperate meaningfully online. You will learn more
about this in Exercise 1.

Exercise 1

Finding places on the DigiTown map

Write the Theme numbers into the map pins on the next page.
On this page, we have numbered and described the ten main Themes you will be learning about in
DigiTown. In the map on the opposite page, put a Theme number into the matching red map pin toshow where you would go to learn about that Theme. Start with Theme 1 at the town gate, because
the gate gives you access to DigiTown.

Theme 1: Access and Inclusion – A magical gate to the online world that we open by developing
our digital skills, critical thinking and respect for each other.

Theme 2: Learning and Creativity - Digital tools help us find interesting information andcreate awesome things.

Theme 3: Media and Information Literacy – Here we learn to use all diﬀerent types of
media, to understand the meanings hidden behind words and images, and to find and use the mosttrustworthy things we see online.

Theme 4: Ethics and Empathy – We are kind and reach out to people who need our help.
We get to understand the reasons behind the things we do, and how to act more wisely.

Theme 5: Health and Well-being – Here we relax, take time out, take care of our own health,and think about how our actions impact others.

Theme 6: ePresence and Communication – With every step we take and every message wesend on the internet, we are building our digital footprint.

Theme 7: Active Participation – This is cooperating with other people, and sharing and standing
up for our ideas. In DigiTown we can connect and talk with people from all over the world.

Theme 8: Rights and Responsibilities – Rights are things we don’t often think about, but
we all possess. They have to be balanced with responsibilities. These are ways to make sure thateveryone’s rights are respected. We have a right to privacy, for example, and a responsibility to protect
the information of others.

Theme 9: Privacy and Security – There are many tools and strategies we can use to protect

our own digital information and the information of others, to make sure that no one can steal, use or
see it unless we agree.

Theme 10: Consumer Awareness – A consumer is anyone who buys a product or uses a

service, including electricity, water, TV and internet. Careful consumers only use safe sites when
shopping online. They think about where products come from, their impact on the environment, andhow advertising may be influencing them.

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Exercise 2 Matching tools and words
Draw a line to connect items in column A and B.
Before starting on our little journey, let’s get our digital tools together. Every image and every word in
the exercise below is made up of two pieces. Draw a line from the first part of each word in column
A to the correct word ending in column B, and you will discover images of things you may find in
DigiTown. @nna has done the first one for you.

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Activity 1

Using digital technology words

Write your own story about how you can use some of the tools that you have just discovered in
DigiTown. Remember to include in your story at least 6 out of the 10 tools listed in Exercise 2. @lex and@nna have already written theirs:
Today, @nna decided to change the password to her email account. She knows how
important it is to regurlarly change passwords for all the virtual spaces she is using.
This way, she will protect her accounts and all of her personal
data better. She opens her laptop and logs in to her email. @lex,
who knows a lot about passwords, helps her create a really good
password for her email account.
Login

When she has finished, @nna decides that it’s also
time to read all of the emails she has received. Amongthe funny emails full of smileys and emojis that she
receives from friends, she finds an email sent by an
unknown sender. It informs her that she is
the winner of an online lottery, and invites
her to click on a link in the email to accessa special website. There she must fill in
her personal details to receive her prize.

But both @lex and @nna know very well that it is
not wise to trust emails sent by strangers, or emails
informing you about strange lotteries. And they know
very well that they should never clickon links unless they are sure they
are trustworthy. This may open thedoor of their mobile phone or otherdevice, and let a virus enter.

@nna happily answers the emails from her friends, and deletes thisstrange email. Enough with the computer. It’s time for some outdoor
activities with @lex and Rob!
Rob is a robot and you will meet him soon.

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Ready to travel to DigiTown?
What tools and knowledge will you need?

Draw the ten things you think
you will need for your trip to
DigiTown, where we learn to bea digital citizen. Will you need
an app, a tablet…?

Write here some of the things you will need to know or learn
to be a digital citizen. We have written the first one for you.

To be safe online

On the last page of this activity book you will find your empty backpack. As you complete the activities
and exercises in the following pages, you can collect badges that you need to become a digital citizen.
Cut them out and stick them in your backpack. It will be fun to compare what you thought you would
need at the beginning of your journey with the items that @lex, @nna and Rob have prepared for you.

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Access and Inclusion

Moving into DigiTown
SURPRISE!
You know that @lex and I are
best friends now, but it wasn’t
like that in the beginning.

Hi, I am @nna. I was happy in my old hometown, but then my parents decided to move to DigiTown.
I was really scared to move and afraid that no one would like me. When I arrived I realized that I
was right. Nobody wanted to be my friend. One day I was at home and the doorbell rang. It was theneighbour, @lex. He asked me if I wanted to play with him outside.
@lex taught me how to ride a skateboard and I introduced @lex to Mexican food. @lex and I became best friends.
One day @lex went missing and I looked for him everywhere. I was sad because it was my birthday.
When I finally gave up and went home, SURPRISE! There was @lex throwing a birthday party for me.
He had invited lots of his friends too, and that’s where I met Rob the Robot.
Now I have many new friends in DigiTown. I am learning a lot from them, and hope you will too.

Now answer these 5 questions about @lex, @nna and Rob.
1. What was @nna scared of when she moved to DigiTown?

2. What did @lex do to make @nna feel welcome?

3. Why was @nna especially sad the day @lex went missing?

4. What was the big surprise that @lex prepared for @nna?

5. Where did @nna meet Rob the Robot?

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Exercise 3 Activities at school and online
Draw lines to connect the 12 activities you do at school (column A) with similar things online(Column B). Remember that a lot of the things that we do in the real world are things we should bedoing online too.

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Activities at school

Activities you do online

1. locking the bathroom door

a. reading fake news

2. playing with your friends outsideb. using a search engine to look for interesting
information online

3. listening to gossip

c. using a password to lock your phone or account

4. listening to the point of view of others

d. standing up for someone being bullied online

5. drawing pictures and creating things

e. playing online games

6. knowing how to spend your time usefully

f. texting with your friends

7. going to the library to look things up

g. treating people with respect online

8. standing up for someone that kids aremaking fun ofh. taking care of your own and everyone else’s
private information

9. having a conversation with your friends

i. listening to and sharing opinions with others

10. speaking politely to your teacher andclassmates

j. taking time out from online activities to play
outdoors

11. not shouting out private information to
everyonek. being your true self on your online profile

12. being yourself in your daily life

l. using online tools to create things

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Exercise 4 Online friends and troublemakers,
and what they do
Hi everyone. Here are two of myfriends, and two troublemakers
who aren’t really my friends.
Can you help find the descriptionof what they do?

Online safety

Cyberbullying

B

Fake profileA
I give you a voice
so you can express
your opinions.

I remind you to
be safe online
and to stay awayfrom danger!

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Freedom of expression

C
I try to make you
feel bad.
REPORT ME!

Be careful!
I am not always
who I say I am.

Work with a partner or in group to find other friends and troublemakers you may meet when
you use digital tools. Example: Virus – When I get into your computer I mess things up.
1.
2.
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Activity 3 Make your own jigsaw: Differences are fun!
In DigiTown we are all friends!
Want to have some fun with us?
Cut out this jigsaw puzzle, mix up
the pieces, then see if you can put theworld back together again correctly.

Even though @lex and I arevery different, we are still
best friends forever.

Now turn the pieces over, andstart the jigsaw again. You will
see some of the things that areimportant for citizens of DigiTown.

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Many of the children here are dressed in national dress. It is also how we often think the children
in that country dress. We call this stereotypes. Can you think of any reasons why we need tobe careful of using stereotypes?

In the online world (AKA DigiTown)…
• All children can be a part of the internet.
• All children can say how they feel.
• There is help for all children when they need it.
• Diﬀerent is okay.
• We can make friends from diﬀerent parts of the world.
• It’s NOT okay to say bad things about others.
• We can all learn from each other.
• We are all one big online family.
• Make other people feel comfortable, be respectful.
• Don’t make fun of people when they make a mistake.
• Remember: the online space belongs to all of us!!!

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Learning and Creativity

Wi

Wi and Fi, twogods in the
online world

Fi

Once upon a time, there were two gods who were brothers. They were called Wi and Fi and were very, very
powerful. But Wi, who was the older one, had more experience. He was famous in the gods’ world for hiskindness. This made Fi really, really jealous.
One day Wi created a digital planet, called Data. The people living there were equipped with some very special
skills and attitudes such as empathy, critical thinking, creativity and cooperation. They could use these bothonline and oﬄine. Because of their special skills and attitudes, they became the most famous creaturesthat were ever created by a god. They were called ‘digital citizens’, and almost everyone wanted to be
like them.
Fi was jealous that his brother had created such a great place in the universe.
No god can destroy something that was created by another god, so Fi created Earth.
He transported all the digital citizens from Data to Earth, deleting their memory
and removing their special skills. Everyone had to learn to be digital citizens
DigiTown
again. Only one person kept all of his special skills, and that was @lex. Wi
had a special mission planned for @lex!
@lex and his helper, Rob the Robot, were sent to Earth to a place called
DigiTown to teach everyone all over again about digital skills and attitudes.
Once @lex and Rob have helped everyone in DigiTown to develop all these
special skills again, they will return home to Data.

Now answer these questions.
1. Why was Fi jealous of Wi?

2. What was special about the digital citizens living on Data?

3. Why did Fi create Earth?

4. What happened to the citizens of Data when they were transported to Earth?

5. When will @lex and Rob be able to return home to Data?

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Activity 4 Creating apps
@lex’s diary
Then I thought about adding events,
timetables and local news to theapp, to make sure we won’t evermiss anything important again.

Today is the third day we havebeen working on building an app.
Isn’t this exciting!
@nna got lost on the way homefrom her friend’s house the otherday, and had this amazing idea. When
she left her friend’s place, there
seemed to be so many streets
going in different directions that
she couldn’t find her way backhome. She came up with the idea
of making a map app of DigiTown
that will show every possible path
you can take to every address on
the map.

Rob the Robot is helping us
programme the app. It’s a lot of
work, but we are having fun!
Why don’t you try to design
your own app too?

What app would you create?
Create a logo and a name for your app, and write what it is designed to do.
Name and logo of your app

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Exercise 5 Crossword: The internet
One day, @nna, I’m going toinvent a special social media
platform for kids like us.

Start practising!
Do you know what these symbols
stand for? I’ve made a crossword
for you and given you clues.

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1. Internet connection
3. Protects creations
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4. Starts up music or video

2. You must protect your own p...

5. Save from the internet

6. Blocking attacks on computers

6. To look for

8. A service to watch videos

7. Where data is stored

10. Starting page

9. Post files to the internet

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Exercise 6 Finding hidden numbers
My software managed to code somenumbers from symbols we often use.
You can see the number value next toeach symbol. Can you decode and do each ofthese sums? Write the answers in the boxes.

Here are the codes we use. The value is the number written above
each symbol. But first, a quick test – can you write below each symbol
what it stands for? We have done the first one for you.

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Now test a friend. Use Rob’s symbols to
make up some of your own coded sums,
and get your friends to find the answers!

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Activity 5

Search engines to discover more
about people and places
In the town I live in we all
use the internet. Rob the
Robot also lives there.

I guess you aretalking about
DigiTown.

Name the country or continent that the image and text describe. Then use a search engine tofind some information about that country or continent to put into the box on the right. We’ve done
the first one for you.
My country is the smallest
continent in the world.

I speak French.
I live in Paris.

I live in New Delhi. Do you
know where that is?

I live in New York. My
country is famous formaking movies.
My country is one of themost populated in theworld. Most people here
speak Mandarin.
We have lions, elephants andother wild animals on ourcontinent. It starts with
an “A”.

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Australia
has strange native animals, like the koala, andis in the southern hemisphere.

Exercise 7

Playing with numbers and symbols
OK, Rob. Now I’m going togive you and DigiTown visitors
another coding test.
I love coding and decoding.
But let’s help our DigiTown
visitors with a coding grid.

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Can you code these words?
1. Friend
2. Internet
3. Social media
4. Respect
5. Selfie

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Media and Information Literacy

Learning about digital media
We have a class of children
visiting our town today, @lex.
They want to learn about media.

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Great, @nna.
Why don’t we take them
downtown and get Rob togive them a guided tourof the Digilab.

Digilabs are just like many other media labs. We can create video andaudio files there, as well as projects that contain many diﬀerent typesof media. That is called multimedia, and it can even include films andmusic. Our Digilab has cameras, microphones, video and audio recorders,and screens where we see what we are doing. We havelots of computers too, with diﬀerent types of software
programmes to help us create great projects.
We sometimes use our tablets and mobile phones tomake images and videos of DigiTown, and we put
these into the projects we make in the Digilab. We canalso download things like music, images and othercreations from the internet to include in our projects,
but first we have to check the copyright notice to see
if we are allowed to.

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Exercise 8 Tools we find in a media lab
Look at the images in the circles below, and write what each one is on the line below it.

A.

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D.

E.

Take a large sheet of paper and work with 2 or 3 other children to draw a map of yourschool. You can also add photos of the media tools you have in the classrooms. You could evenget some cardboard and glue to make a 3D model of your school. Then you can stick photos of
all the multimedia tools you see around you onto the 3D model.

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Exercise 9 Try the media quiz
Of course
I am!!

Are you ready to use
the internet, @nna?

I think it’s a good idea totest your knowledge first!
Try the quiz.
Now you try the quiz too
1. How many characters should your password have to be a really strong password?
a. at least 10 b. 6-8 c. less than 5
2. How old do you have to be to create a WhatsApp account in Europe?
a. 8-13 b. 13+ c. 16
3. What can help you see if a website is reliable?
a. it’s very colourful b. there is clear information about the organisation that runs the website
c. it has nice pictures
4. Who can I trust with my passwords?
a. friends b. everyone c. no one (except, for certain things, my parents)
5. What is a computer virus?
a. human disease b. bad software that damages computers c. video game
6. What is a catfishing?
a. when somebody is pretending to be someone else to try to manipulate people
b. fish c. website
7. Can I get banned from a video game for using bad language?
a. yes b. no c. it depends on the video game
Solutions – Check your answers in the box below. Score 3 points for each correct response.
1. a

2. c

3. b

4. c

5. b

6. a

7. a

How did you do?
17 – 21: Congratulations! You are very cautious when using the internet. You know your rights
and responsibilities as a digital citizen.
10 - 16: Nice try, but you still need to learn a bit more about being careful online.
0 – 9: Oops! You still have a way to go. It’s best if you get help from an adult when you use
the internet.

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Exercise 10

Real or fake?

Which of these images could be real?

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Image 1:Real

2

Photoshopped

Image 2:
Real

Photoshopped

Image 3:

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Real

Photoshopped

Image 4:Real

4Image 5:RealNow you draw some real and fake images. Can you trick your friends?

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Activity 6

Search engines - first is not always best!

Answer the questions below by looking them up on the internet or in a library.
Write the answer and the 3 sources
you looked up. Tick the source you think was best.

Make sure you always lookup more than one source of
information. The first info you
find is not always the best!

Here is an
example:Answer: world wide web

1. What is a drone?

1:
2:
3:

Answer:2. What is a robot?

1:
2:
3:

Answer:3. What is spam?

1:
2:
3:

Answer:4. What is my carbon footprint on each email I send?

1:
2:
3:

Answer:Now you make up two questions and look up the answers.
Your question:

Your question:

Answer:Answer:

1:
2:
3:

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1: Wikipedia.org
2: technopedia.org
3: techterms.com

What does ‘www’ mean?

1:
2:
3:

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Online and offline - spot the difference

Exercise 11

Show us that you know the diﬀerence between the online and oﬄine worlds.
Tick the correct answer.

1. You can trust all your internet friends.
True

False

2. When you say hurtful things to your friends online, it doesn’thurt as much as when you say them offline.
True

False

3. You can surely believe something you read online.
True

False

4. When you want to tell someone a secret it is betterto do it online than offline.
True

False

5. Your real friends can be replaced by internet friends.
True

False

6. When you write something online you cannot erase it completely.
True

False

7. When you chat with someone online you cannot be sure

who is behind the screen.
True

False

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27How are you doing?
You have now completed the 3 Themes in Being Online:
Access and Inclusion – Developing our digital skills, critical thinking and respect for each other.
Learning and Creativity – finding interesting information and creating awesome things online.
Media and Information Literacy – better understanding and using diﬀerent types of media.
If you haven’t already done so, go back and cut out and copy the badge that you willfind in the bottom right hand corner on the last page of each Theme. Paste thesebadges on the backpack on the back page of this activity book.

Being Online

Rate yourself! How are you doing so far with the activities and exercises that we have
prepared for you? In the table below, select…
the green traﬃc light, if you think you are doing really well;
the yellow traﬃc light, if you believe you are doing well, but could do better;
the red traﬃc light, if you don’t feel that you have done very well so far! If this is the case, takeanother look at the activities and exercises with a friend or someone in your family.

Activities and exercises
Activities at school and online
Online friends and troublemakers, and what they do
Make your own jigsaw: Diﬀerences are fun!
Creating apps
Crossword: The internet
Finding hidden numbers
Search engines to discover more about people and places
Playing with numbers and symbols
Tools we find in a media lab
Try the media quiz
Real of fake?
Search engines - first is not always best!
Online and oﬄine – spot the diﬀerence

A reminder of the things we need to think about toaccess the internet responsibly and have fun online.
We always treat people respectfully and share opinions politely online.
We take care of our own private information and the private information of others.
Not all information online is real. The first piece of information we find is not always the best.
The internet is for all children. Diﬀerent is okay.
There is help for all children when they need it. When in doubt, speak to a trusted adult.

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2 Well-being Online

ePresence

Ethics andEmpathy

Health andwell-being
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29Ethics and Empathy

A lesson from the past
In a galaxy far, far away, some robots are playing an online game called Cool Worlds. This is a game they playevery afternoon, after their long day at the Robot Academy. Sam the Robot throws his school bag on the groundas he rushes upstairs to join his robot friends. His mother shouts at him to stop running, but he just doesn’tcare. Not today. The latest release of Cool Worlds is out today, and he simply can’t miss it.
He turns on his computer, shuts the door, closes the curtains, and puts on his robo-phones. He is once again
ready to get in a massive but amazing universe of fun and joy. While his friends are waiting for him online,
they are discussing the details of the new game release. Suddenly, they hear a beeeep on their computers, andthey know their wait is over. Sam has joined the chat room, and they can finally play.

A few games later... “You messed up!”, one of Sam’s friends cries. “We lost because you were foolish andcareless! I don’t want to play with you anymore. Just turn your computer oﬀ and go to bed. I wish you a nightfull of errors!”

It isn’t right to speak to Sam like that, and most of Sam’s other friends know it. But before they can do anything
about it, Sam has already switched oﬀ his computer. Huge tears stream down his cheeks as he jumps into bed.
Tossing and turning, he finally falls asleep.

The next day... On the way to the Robot Academy the next morning, Sam tells himself that everything will beokay again and steps up to greet his friends as usual. But once again he is confronted by the robot who bullied
him yesterday: “Because you messed up yesterday, I don’t want you to be friends with us anymore!”, he says.
Then he adds a final nail into poor Sam’s battery, “I’m going to downgrade you!”This really hurts Sam’s feelings, and he is devastated. But then, out of the blue, something happens. Robots
are stepping up to defend Sam. One of them states angrily: “Sam is our friend and he doesn’t deserve to betreated like that just because of some stupid game!”
Other robots join in, saying things like “bullying can never be justified”. Even more robots join in, and Sam
feels huge relief.

Suddenly, the bully freezes. He looks like he’s being reprogrammed. For a split second, there is completesilence in the room at the Robot Academy. Beep, beeeep. After a few seconds, the beeping stops, and the bully
turns from one to the other and says: “I was wrong the whole time… I have unlocked a new ability – EMPATHY.
I’m never going to bully anyone again”. He finally adds, “And I’m going to teach others not to bully as well”.

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Many years later, the bully has finally grown up andis nowadays a very wise robot. He lives in DigiTown
too, and is a good friend of Rob the Robot.

1. What is Cool Worlds?

Now answer these questions.

2. Why does one of Sam’s friends get angry?

3. Why does Sam feel huge relief?

4. What is the big discovery made by the robot bullying Sam?

5. Where does Rob the Robot live?

Make up two more questions about Sam and his robot friends, and get someone in your group to respond.
1.
2.

Activity 7 A story about an upstander
The day after the Cool Worlds release, the other robots stepped up to defend Sam when anotherrobot was mean to him. People who step up to defend someone in a situation like this are called“upstanders”. Work with a partner or friends to make up your own story about an upstander.
Explain what started the bullying, and what the upstander or upstanders did to resolve thesituation.

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Activity 8 Feelings in words and emojis
Can you make up some emojis of your own? An emoji is a small digital image or icon used toexpress an idea or emotion. Check with friends to see if they can guess what your emojis mean, thenwrite the meaning underneath each emoji.

Work in a team of 4 to 6 people for this next activity. Look at the emojis below, and choose
the word from this Feelings list that best matches each. Once you are sure you all agree on whichword corresponds to which emoji, cut out the emojis and write the corresponding feeling word on
the back of it.
Feelings list
cheerful / thoughtful / happy / disappointed / cheeky / angelic / angry / upset / starry-eyed /grumpy / snooty / kind / loving / worried / frowning / crying / winking / sleepy / curious /confused / tired / hot / scared / excited / fed up

excited

angry

kind

confused

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lovingstarry-eyedYou are now ready to play the Emoji Bingo game. @nna and @lex will tell you how to play.
Remember, the game is best when you play it with 4, 5 or 6 players.

First choose a game master. The gamelovingmaster takes a set of the cut-out emojis
and deals them out evenly to the players.
Players keep the emojis on the table face
up. They may take a quick look at theword on the back if they can’t remember
the feeling the emoji expresses.

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The game-master calls out words
randomly from the Feelings list, andthe players turn the emojis facedown when they are called. The first
one to have all the emojis turned
face down is the winner.

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Feelings list
cheerful / thoughtful / happy / disappointed / cheeky / angelic / angry / upset / starry-eyed /grumpy / snooty / kind / loving / worried / frowning / crying / winking / sleepy / curious /confused / tired / hot / scared / excited / fed up

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Exercise 12 Puzzle: Rocketing back to the land of civility

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Help! We are running out of fuel.
Find the 5 keywords written below;
they are hidden in the cryptolex.
Then place them in the spaceship sothat we can fly back to DigiTown.

The words may be placed horizontally or vertically.
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Have you found them? Write next to each word what it means. You can use the internet or a dictionary
if you need to look them up.
1. Diversity
2. Equality
3. Justice
4. Empathy
5. Ethics

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Exercise 13 A cyberbullying mazeStart

Someone is teasing you online… what do you do? Let’s try to navigate the cyberbullying maze
together.

A trusted adultA stranger

IgnoreWhat do youdo?

Who do you
tell?

Strike backDo you continue
to talk to thisperson, or stop
communicating?

Yes

Do you tellsomeone?

FINISH
Congratulations, you made it! You will find a shieldfor your backpack at the bottom of the next page.

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Stop communicating

ContinueNo

Activity 9 Play the Empathy GameSTART

Who cares about
how others feel!

I always treat others
as I would like themto treat me.

Congratulations!

Thanks forunderstanding me.
Min: 2 players

I can see you are upset
but it’s probably yourown fault.

You aren’t really goodat anything.

Thanks for sticking up
for me when others
were being mean.

If people are being
mean to you, youprobably deserve it.

I care, and will always
be there for you.

Why should I help
somebody in need?

Max: 6 players

To play the Empathy Game, you willneed a dice and a token.
1. Each player rolls the dice. The player
with the highest number begins.
2. Players roll the dice in turn and movetheir token forward clockwise counting
the squares. Throwing a 5, for example,
will take the player to tile 5.
3. a) When players land on a green tile,that’s great. Their token can stay onthat tile.
b) When players land on an orange
tile (a negative message), they goback to their previous position. Theyroll the dice on their next turn, buthave to call out a positive message
to counteract the negative one before
moving forward again.
4. The winner is the one who reaches the“Congratulations!” tile first.

I sympathisewith you.

I treat other people
the way I want to.

I don’t feel sorry
for you.

If only everybody would be as
kindhearted as you.

We will solve yourproblem together.

I’m sorry, but I
don’t have timeto help you.

It’s not such a big deal
that you got sick.

TokensChoose one of these objects, copy it onto cardboard and cut around it to create your token.

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Health and Well-being

The magic pills
Today, @nna was very happy when she got home from school.
She had helped her classmate, Nina, to stay healthy!
Nina was not overweight, but she wanted to be really thin, like some models
she had seen online. She couldn’t figure out how to do that, and some ofher friends were a bit concerned to see her looking so sad. But she cameinto the classroom with a big smile on her face this morning. @nna wassurprised and curious. During the lunch break, she went to Nina to ask what
had happened to make her so happy again.
Nina told her that she had found a website that would change her life. It wasadvertising some magic pills and guaranteed that anyone taking them would
lose weight in just two weeks. You could even stop eating while taking thepills, and the results would be even more spectacular. Then you would see abig diﬀerence in just one week! That was what was making Nina so happy.
At last she had found a way to become as thin as she had always wanted.
And in such a short time, too. The only thing she had to do now was to finda way to get those pills…

MAGIC
PILLS

@nna was worried at first, but then she found a way to help Nina stay happy and healthy. How, do
you think she did that? From the below statements, tick the things that you think @nna may havesaid to Nina to help her.
@nna told Nina that it was great she had found the website advertising the pills.
@nna told Nina that she should not believe such websites.
@nna told Nina that she would help her find a way to get those pills.
@nna told Nina that there are no magic pills, and even if they did exist, it would be too dangerous
for her health to take them.
@nna told Nina that she should indeed lose some weight to look really thin.
@nna told Nina that she looked just great, and that she should be very careful about looking
online for information about health.
Work with a partner or in group to decide what’s wrong with each of these ads.

It's magic!
It builds yourmuscles while
you sleep.

LOSE WEIGHT
and earn money

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Activity 10 Troubleshooting“Look @lex,” @nna points upwards.
“I think it’s stuck on that highbranch of the tree.” They call Rob,
“Hey Rob, what shall we do?”SSHH

10 minutes later:“Look,“ Rob points upwards.
“It’s almost down. Showing
kindness and building trust
works in most situations,with people too.”“Sshh” Rob says. “Stop shouting,and go inside to get a saucerof milk. You’ll see, it will findit’s own way down.”@nna and @lex are playing
outside. They hear a catmeowing somewhere nearby.

What was Rob’s solution, and what lesson did @nna and @lex learn from it?
1.
2.
“See @lex.” @nna says as shehelps him out of it. “To staysafe you have to be watchfuland careful, offline and online.”@lex rushes off ahead, and looks
back at @nna, “Hurry up slowcoach.
I bet you can’t catch me.”

CLACK
“Ow!! My foot! It’s stuck insomething. Help!” @lex
shouts, trying to get his footout of some sort of trap.

@nna invites @lex to go for awalk. “You spend too much time
online, @lex, come for a walkin the forest with me”.

What is the lesson that @lex learnt in the forest?
1.
2.
Create your own comic strip about a problem you recently solved or a lesson you learnt.

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Exercise 14 Putting feelings into words and emojis
Feelings are important, but it’s more diﬃcult to show and understand them online. Choose the emoji
that would best show how you feel in the following situations.

A

E

C
B. surprise,
B

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G. angryF

D

From the group of emojis above, choose the one that best matches how you would feel.
You may use each emoji only once.
1. You receive a contact request from a stranger []2. You have been using an electronic device for too many hours [3. You are chatting with your friend [4. You are reading fake news []]5. You are playing a game outdoors with your family [6. You get hacked [

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]

7. You receive a safety update from your device []Work with a partner or in a group to respond to these questions.

A. Did you both/all choose the same emoji for each sentence?

B. Can emojis express your feelings well? Or can you express them better in face-to-facecommunication?

C. What five feelings do you express the most often when you are communicating on the internet?

1.

2.

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Activity 11 Keeping track of time online
Mum complains that I’m
always online. This week I’mgoing to log the things I spend
time on, to see if mum’s right.
Do I really spend too muchtime on the internet?

I’ll log mine too. At the endof the week we can compare
how much time we spend
online. I bet I spend lesstime than you!

Keep track of the things you spend time on every day for a week. We’ve suggested
some things you probably do. Now it’s up to you to fill in the rest. Each day, record how many hours
and minutes you spend on the things you do, then add them to calculate the total time you spend.
MondayTuesday

WednesdayThursdayFridaySaturday

SundayTotal

Average

In class
With friends outside
Playing offline
Playing online
Doing homeworkofflineDoing homework
onlineEatingWatching TV
Family time
Sleeping
Working on
my hobbies

Divide your total result for each activity by 7, to see the average amount of time you
spend per activity each day. Place the result in the last column, next to each activity.
Discuss your daily averages with a partner or in a group, and think about the following:• The time you spend playing online compared to oﬄine.
• The time you spend doing homework online compared to oﬄine.
• Can you change your habits for a healthier life style? How?

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40You have just filled in your diary for a whole week. Now go back and look at the activities you havespent most time on during the week. Answer yes or no to the 8 things below. Try to be honest
as you think back over what you did last week. Count your points to check your profile below.
I sat with my back straight when I was at my computer – we spend so much time
online that good posture is important!

Yes

/ No

I took breaks from the computer every 15 minutes, to rest my eyes.

Yes

/ No

I did my homework first, before I spent time on my computer.

Yes

/ No

I spent lots of time with my family and friends, away from the computer.

Yes

/ No

If I read something online or got messages that upset, stressed or frustrated me,
I immediately went and discussed it with my parents or family.

Yes

/ No

I spent time on outside activities and took time for my oﬄine hobbies.

Yes

/ No

I never missed or came late for meals because I was too busy playing on my computer.

Yes

/ No

I switched oﬀ or closed my computer well before it was time to go to sleep.

Yes

/ No

Count 1 point for each time you answered YES.

Total score

7-8: Well done! You really know how to surf online in a healthy way. Keep it up!
5-6: Nice try! You try to keep your health in mind when you surf online, but you can certainly
do better!

1-4: Hmm… you need to change your daily habits a little, so that you protect your healthwhen you surf online. You can do it!

POSTER

Activity 12 Improving our online habits
Not everyone knows how to stay healthy and spend a reasonable amount of time online.
Use what you have learnt so far about healthy online habits to create a poster to put
on the wall at home or at school. This should serve as a reminder to everyone that having
healthy habits is an important part of becoming a digital citizen. Don’t forget to discuss yourideas with friends in class. It’s best to work in pairs or a small group when creating posters, two(or more) heads are usually better than one!

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Activity 13 It’s selfie time!

Rob would like to post your image
in the DigiTown Hall of Fame. Drawor paste a picture of yourself in thismobile phone.
Now write 3 facts about yourself
without giving away any private
information.
1.

2.

I’d like to get a better
picture of you. How
about filling in therequested details inthe boxes below.

3.

Creating your profile
A compliment someone
has given you recently.

One good deed that you
have done for someone.

One thing most people
don’t know about you.

Two qualities your friends or family
would choose to describe you.

Two things you like to do for fun.

Two qualities you would most
like to improve this year.

Three words you would
use to describe yourself.

Three things that make you laugh.

Three things you are good at.

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ePresence and Communication

A selfie is worth a thousand words!
Welcome!
DigiTown@lex and @nna are always happy to welcome newcomers to DigiTown. Tony has
recently moved to DigiTown, and last Sunday they invited him to lunch. They
wanted to show him all the amazing things he would be able to do in their town,
and also to introduce him to some of their friends. @lex and @nna were excitedabout spending time with their new friend.
Lunch was delicious, but directly after lunch Tony told everyone he had to gohome because he had promised to help his mum with some housework.

@lex, @nna and their friends were sorry that Tony had to go so soon, but
understood that he had a good reason for that. After all, they could meetagain next Sunday! And anyway, they would see each other at school.
During lunch break the next day, a few of their classmates seemed surprised
at something they were looking at on their tablet. @lex and @nna werecurious, so they walked over to their classmates to investigate. When they
saw the screen they were really surprised! Tony had posted a selfie he hadtaken the previous afternoon. He was not with his mum, as he had said, but
at a party on the other side of DigiTown having fun with other kids. He hada huge piece of chocolate cake in his hand, and was making a funny face
while he was taking the selfie.
@lex and @nna were upset that Tony had lied to them. Why hadn’t he been honest and said that he wanted to
go to a party instead of spending the afternoon with them? As a citizen of DigiTown, Tony should have known
that a selfie can reveal many things about us, and that everyone can see it once it is posted online.
@lex and @nna took the tablet their classmates had been looking at, and went to show Tony his selfie post.
Tony didn’t know what to say. @nna explained to him as kindly as she could that in DigiTown citizens werehonest with each other.
“You have to remember,” she added, “that a picture is said to be worth a thousand words. We are all very
careful when we post something online because an image can reveal much more than we want. It can also leadto embarrassing or unpleasant situations like this one.”
Tony understood that what he had done was not very honest. “I’m really sorry,” he said to his new friends. “I
promise that, from now on, I won’t lie to you. You have taught me an important lesson, and now I’ll be much
more careful about the information I post online!”

Which sentences are true, and which are false?
1. @nna and @lex were cross when Tony said he couldn’t stay with them after lunch.
2. Tony said he had to go home in the afternoon, but went to a party instead.
3. Tony posted a photo of himself helping his mother in the house.
4. @nna and @lex found out that Tony had lied because their classmates saw theselfie online.

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True | False

Activity 14 Mapping our digital footprint
A digital footprint is a trail of data or information about you. You build your footprint every time you
go online. Your “passive” footprint is data that is collected without your knowledge about what you
do online, such as how many times and when you visit a certain website. Your “active” footprint issomething you create when you upload things such as photos, videos, images and texts about yourself,
when you sign up to email services or fill in online forms, and any other way that you post content.
With a partner or in a group, take turns to search your own name using a search engine.
To make your own digital footprint, copy or draw an outline like the one below, then paste
everything you find about yourself onto it. There may be so much information online alreadythat you will need quite a large sheet of paper. Include screen shots, downloaded images andcopy-pasted texts — anything and everything you can find! Are you happy with your footprint?
How can you improve it?

Here are a few facts
about ePresence that you
probably didn’t know.

81% of children in the world now havean online presence before they turn 2(Berkley School of Law, 2019).
In 2013, ‘selfie’ first appeared in the
Oxford Dictionary as the official word
to describe photos people took ofthemselves.
20% of people admit that they photoshop
their selfies.
One out of two children post selfies thatshow their physical location.

Remember, what you post online
stays online!
Online presence, selfies and location tracking (GPS on phones) can show where you are at a
specific time. Think of ways this can save lives. It can also cause problems between
friends. How?

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Exercise 15 Comparing oral and written communication
Many things we say and do in face-to-face conversations could appear rude or hurtful when we arechatting or texting online. Can you think of 3 reasons why this is so?
1.
2.
3.
How did you go?

Let’s look at some of the main diﬀerences between oral and written communication.
Oralcommunication
Writtencommunication

You are looking a little upset.
Are you OK?

Hi @lex. How are you?
kind

No, I’m fine. I look different
because I just had a haircut.

Hello @nna. I’m fine
thanks.
kind

Ha ha! Now I can see thatyou’ve got ears.

Are these 8 things part of oral or written communication? Put the sentence number in the blue or yellow
circle, where you think they belong.
1. You see facial expression

5. You can use abbreviations

2. May stay online forever

6. You see body language

3. No permanent record (unless you record)

7. Tone of voice

4. More easily misunderstood

8. Visible punctuation

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Exercise 16 Netiquette – being polite and respectful online
That’s not really true @nna. You
may be visible to thousands ofpeople. And remember, what you
do online may be there forever.

I love being online because
I can be who I want and do
whatever I want.

Rob the Robot is almost always online. He has created a
puzzle to teach us about some of the basic rules that will
help us keep a positive online presence.
The rules about how to behave properly online are together called“network etiquette”, or just “netiquette”. Some of these rules aremeant to protect our rights, privacy and personal data. I want you tocolour the boxes of this type of rule in blue. Other rules are about ourwell-being, and the well-being of others. Colour these in green.
Some aren’t rules at all, just the opposite! Colour these in red.

1. I shouldn’t share my personal information with everyone.
3. I should use a strong password.

2. I should watch the time I spend online.

4. My digital footprint will stay with me through my whole life.

5. I should always be polite online.

6. I can say what I like online because I’m anonymous.

7. When I send emails to several people at once, if they don’t know each other I hide their addresses.
8. When I receive an unfriendly message, I answer back.

9. It’s not a problem to share personal information.

10. Whenever I post things online, I think about my reputation.

11. I treat others with respect online.

12. I ask for permission before posting photos of others.

13. I avoid making jokes that could be misunderstood.

14. I think before I post, and check if my post could be taken the wrong way.
16. Emojis can be used to help show feelings.

15. I use appropriate language.

17. I check the copyright notice before downloading music.

18. If strangers try to connect with me I block them.

19. When I see someone being bullied I step in to stop it.

20. I don’t forward junk mail or spam.

21. I don’t share information online unless it’s trustworthy.

Work with a partner or in a group to create a poster of 10 top netiquette tips.
You can put it on the classroom wall or take it home to your parents. Adults sometimes need
to be reminded of netiquette too!

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Exercise 17 No to phishing
You probably got it wrong,@lex. I think she wastalking about phishing, witha ‘ph’. Call @nna, and I’ll tell
you both more about it.

Hi Rob. I heard mum talking
about a fishing attack on her
mobile phone. How could afish attack her phone?

Phishing happens when you click on a risky link or open a fake email. There are more than 3 billion
fake emails sent worldwide every day, and about half of these link to things like viruses and bots.
If you open one of these, you could get locked out of your computer or mobile phone, or suddenly
discover that a weird programme is working in the background. It can steal your data, then send
messages to your online contacts pretending that they are from you. But don’t worry too much, witha little care and a few simple precautions you can avoid becoming a victim of phishing.
Fill in the blanks with these words in the 7 sentences below. These are important words aboutanti-phishing. Some are about ways to prevent it, and others about rules or ways to help detectphishing. You could even make a poster of the rules, to take home to your parents.
password / opening / spelling or grammar / security software / back up /email address / link / automatic updates / personal information
1. Protect your computer, phone or tablet by installing
and accepting
2. Use a strong.

that is diﬀerent for every account and every device you use.

3. If you receive an email from an unknown sender, take a really good look at theand even look it up online beforeit.
4. Never click on asure the organization really exists.

before typing the address into the browser yourself to make5. Look for badsomething is wrong.
6.

, that’s often a sure sign that
all of your files regularly, so that you don’t lose everything if you getcaught out.
7. Never give out
password may have been cracked, change it immediately.

including passwords. If you think yourViruses are called malware. Look up a dictionary or use a search engine to find the meaningof each of these types of malware.
Bot
SpywareTrojan horse
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How are you doing?
You have now completed the 3 Themes in Well-being Online:
Ethics and Empathy – being respectful, and reaching out to others needing our help.
Health and Well-being – living a balanced and healthy life both online and oﬄine.
ePresence and Communication – interacting positively and taking care of ourdigital footprint.

Well-being online

If you haven’t already done so, go back and cut out and copy the badge that you willfind in the bottom right hand corner on the last page of each Theme. Paste thesebadges on the backpack on the back page of this activity book.
Rate yourself! How are you doing so far with the activities and exercises that we have prepared for you? In thetable below, select…
the yellow traﬃc light, if you
believe you are doing well, but
could do better;

the green traﬃc light, if
you think you are doing
really well;

the red traﬃc light, if you don’t feel that you
have done very well so far! If this is the case,take another look at the activities and exerciseswith a friend or someone in your family.

Activities and exercises
A story about an upstander
Feelings in words and emojis
Puzzle: Rocketing back to the land of civility
A cyberbullying maze
Play the Empathy Game
Troubleshooting
Putting feelings into words and emojis
Keeping track of time online
Improving our online habits
It’s selfie time!
Mapping our digital footprint
Comparing oral and written communication
Netiquette – being polite and respectful online
No to phishingSome of the things we need to remember tostay healthy and master our digital footprint
Being online is more fun for all when we are kind and watch out for each other.
Emojis help show feelings online, but not everyone understands them in the same way.
Equality, empathy and ethics – these 3E’s are the keys to well-being online.
Keep track of the time you spend online, and balance it with oﬄine and outside activities.
Digital footprints are too easy to create and almost impossible to delete.

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3 Rights Online
Rights andResponsibilities

ConsumerAwareness
Privacy andSecurity

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Active Participation

A meeting with Hercules
Rob, @lex and @nna love going camping. They have heard that there is a small cave not far from DigiTown, and they would like toexplore it. They pack their sleeping bags, along with some snacks and drinks, and set oﬀ together to walk through the forest. They sooncome across the cave. Rob leads the way inside, switching on his headlamp to light the way. They have taken just a few steps when thepath forks sharply to the right. They can go no further because an odd, closet-like machine is blocking the way.
@nna pulls back, but @lex grabs her arm. “Come on, @nna,” he says.
“Don’t be scared!” Rob reaches out and taps on something thatlooks a bit like a door. Suddenly the closet starts
to rumble and everything starts to shake.
Lights flash. Rob’s headlamp makes a pinging
I AM
noise, then everything goes dark. They blink,
HERCULES!
open their eyes wide, and it seems like they
are in a diﬀerent world. It is a sort of open
marketplace, and people all around arewearing white robes and sandals. @lex walks
up to one of them and asks, “Excuse me sir,
can you tell us what is happening?”
It doesn’t take long to understand thatthese people are too busy to answer
their questions. They all seem to bevery actively discussing a matter ofgreat concern to them. They arelistening to an old man who, fromtime to time, invites people tostand up and voice their opinion. Looking around again, Rob suddenly
says, “Look, I think we have time-travelled into Ancient Greece!”
Next thing a very tall, strong looking man with light brown hair approaches them: “Greetings, visitors,” he says. “I am Hercules, the sonof Zeus, the god of all gods in Greek mythology. You are lucky to be here today, because you will see how our town people are deciding
together where the new city road will be built!”@lex, is really excited to be part of this. He is about to respond when suddenly he sees a huge rock rolling down a hill towards them.
He grabs @nna’s arm and they stare in shock, speechless. Hercules rushes forward, grabs the rock, lifts it onto his shoulders and calmly
carries it to the bottom of the hill.
In a flash, they are back at the mouth of the cave, happy to see that their world has returned to normal. What an adventure! As theywalk back through the forest, @nna turns to @lex and Rob, “Hey, what we saw there shows just what our parents said a couple ofdays ago. About how important it is to be active citizens, and not to be scared to stand up and have our say on matters that aﬀect us.”
“We have to be ready to step in and help each other, too, wherever we are,” Rob adds. “The only way we can help shape our environmentis by being responsible and caring citizens. And that goes for the internet as well!”

Now answer these questions.
1. Where did @lex, @nna and Rob meet Hercules?

2. What did they notice most about him?

3. How did Hercules save them?

4. Why is it important to have our say about things that aﬀect our life?

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Exercise 18 Hidden wisdom: Understanding sayings@lex and @nna found their time-travel to Ancient Greece
so exciting that they decided to visit it again. After all,democracy was born in Ancient Greece, so maybe
they would meet another important person like
Hercules, and learn a few things about it first
hand!
As it’s Sunday today, they have all day to
explore. First they go to pick up Rob, andtogether they walk through the forest to
the small cave, fingers crossed that they will
be lucky this time too. When they reach thecloset-like machine they tap loudly on whatlooks like the door, and…
“It is working again!” @nna squeals in delight.
“We’re back in Ancient Greece!”This time they find themselves in an open theatre built in marble.
There are lots of people standing around in their white robes and sandals listening to someone. Indeed, it is an older
person and he looks like someone very important. He is standing in the middle of the theatre. He seems to be talking aboutsome very interesting things, because they pick up words like active participation and democracy. @nna moves along to
one of the listeners and quietly asks: “Who is this speaker?”
Imagine her surprise when she is told it is Plato!
@lex, @nna and Rob walk a little further into the theatre, and find a big marble rock they can sit on together. This is a oncein a life-time opportunity. To learn about democracy and active participation from one of the greatest philosophers ever!
After another ten minutes or so, Plato finishes his speech and people begin moving quietly towards the exits. Rob lags alittle behind as @nna and @lex walk towards Plato, lots of questions in their mind that they want to ask him. They could
do with a little advice from him too. Plato is delighted to meet the newcomers, even though he has never seen anyone likeRob before. All four of them sit happily down on the white marble floor, and Plato asks them what they would like to know.
He answers their questions and gives them some really great advice that will help @nna, @lex and all of their friends, notonly oﬄine but online too!
They would like to share with you what they learnt today. They invite you to discover some of the important things that
Plato said in the text below. What do you think? Can you find them?

Learning from Plato
In the text below, underline each important thing that @nna, @lex and Rob learned from Plato.

This is Iwel abc iredx of the cir fdsdfs. Ideas are the source of all things. Nobody acr ﬀe ccc bdes,
are a wew fewe. Never discourage anyone who continually makes progress, no matter how slow. But,
Ivwer mxver irs, aebfe pwers of iber oqper mzaw. Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire
good actions in others. This is bceod of we goo are in the brsw. If we don’t actively participate in ourworld and give our opinion with every opportunity we have, then others will always decide for us. If one
wer vaf pobe like us qavce other one mer, georf, qatve. Are of ifer as our bﬀer. We all have equal rights toexpress our opinion and exercise our rights. Pore vrodw, go to awer pow us, other of fwers as. We mver ochw orcawr and gert get to gwer. We all have equal power to shape our world, and we should use it! One foer, if are to
lwred, but gower no; other gawer boer as go ihry zaper.

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Activity 15 Putting wisdom into practice

Rob helped me look up Plato online.
It’s amazing! We still use sayings hemade up more than 2,000 years ago.

That was a really cooladventure, @lex and Rob.

Look at the sayings below from Plato. What do they mean? Work with a partner or in agroup to discuss them, and to find examples for each. We have started with some ideas.
When you have finished, compare your responses with people around you.

“Ideas are the source of all things.”
Think of somebody who came up with a bright idea that has changed the way people communicate
or use the internet. Mark Zuckerberg created Facebook, for example. Bill Gates came up with software
ideas and created Microsoft. You can write one or two sentences about one of them, or describe an
example of your own.

“Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others.”
Have you done a good action recently that triggered a good action from someone else? For example,
helped a friend or someone in your family? How did your action inspire someone else’s good action?

Choose one of the following sayings of Plato, and give an example to show what you thinkit means.
1. Excellence is not a gift but a skill that takes practice.
2. Beauty lies in the eye of the beholder.
3. All men are by nature equal.

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Exercise 19 Justice and democracy, what do you think?
@lex and @nna have been learning about justice and democracy at school, and now they would liketo hear your opinion. Tick the ‘yes’ box if you agree with the following, and the ‘no’ box if you
think it is wrong.
YES | NO
1. It is fine if you fake someone’s profile on internet.
2. It is best to let one person decide everything for you.
3. Only professionals should be able to post on the internet.
4. Everyone should have equal access to the internet.
5. You can say whatever you want online.
6. It is ok to post your password on social media.
7. Everything on the internet is always true.
8. People should report cyberbullying.
9. Think before you post.
10. Everyone should have the right to freedom of expression.

Activity 16 Know yourself... and check your self-esteem“Know yourself” were the words carved on the front of the temple of Delphi
way back in Ancient Greece.
With a partner or in a group think about what these words reallymean and why they are important.
Fill in the 3 tiles in the mirror about yourself. Then check how well others know
you by asking a friend to fill in the tiles in the right mirror with things aboutyou. Do you really know yourself? And does your friend know the real you?
One thing I enjoy doing

One thing you enjoy doing

1.

1.

Two words to describe myself

Two words to describe you

1.

1.

2.

2.

Three things I want to dowhen I grow up

Three things you want to dowhen you grow up

1.

1.

2.

2.

3.

3.

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Activity 17 Working together on a community project@lex and @nna thought that it was time foreveryone to be able to read about DigiTown
and the wonderful opportunities it oﬀers
its citizens. After all, everyone is welcome
to come here to learn to be a digital citizen!
So one day during lunch break at school, @lex
and @nna invited all of their classmatesto a meeting to decide the best ways topromote DigiTown to the world. As engaged
citizens of DigiTown, they suggested a voteto choose the best idea.
The outcome of the vote was clear: Wikipedia, the encyclopedia created and edited by volunteers
around the world, would be the tool they would use to start with. @lex and @nna volunteered to createa list of topics to write about, and to pass it around during lunch break the next day. Everyone agreed,because they felt that it was very important for all of them to contribute to such a great project for
their town.
When everyone met again the next day, they all received a topic to write about for the DigiTown entry
in Wikipedia. @lex and @nna had already prepared a Wikipedia login for each person to contribute
their small article. The whole school was very excited. They were not only getting a chance to write
about their own town, they would also all be shaping one small piece of the online encyclopedia!
How about you? Can you think of a project that would require you to take action with your friends?
@lex and @nna invite you to write your own story, including at least 8 of these words:
active – participate (or participation) – vote – contribute – online – democracy (or democratically) –together - decide – shape – equal – opinion
Write your story here

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Rights and Responsibilities

Learning about rights and responsibilities@lex is not very happy today. His mother caught him using his mobile phone in bed when he was supposed to be sleeping.
Now she has taken it away from him for 2 days. He has just complained about it to Rob.
“You already know how important it is to act responsibly, @lex,” Rob says as they walk down the DigiTown street together.
“But let me tell you a story about an alien I once met named Leo. Leo came from another planet a long way from Earth.
When I met him he was sad because he felt that nobody seemed to like him. I watched him for an hour or so, and quickly
realized what his problem was. He just didn’t seem to understand how important it is to respect other people.
I was sorry for Leo, and invited him to dinner with me. He was happy about that because he really wanted to make some friends.
We were walking down the street on our way to dinner, when suddenly a lady on the other side of the street tripped overand fell. She dropped her purse and everything fell out. Leo pointed at her and started laughing. That’s when I said tohim, 'On planet Earth, we respect each other and don’t laugh at people in trouble. We have a responsibility to help andprotect each other.'
Leo looked puzzled for a moment. Then he realized that the lady needed help to get up. He crossed the street and helped
her to her feet. Then he started picking up the things she had dropped, and helping her put them back in her purse. She
thanked him warmly, and Leo felt very proud of himself. He looked around to see if he could find another good deed to do.
As we walked on to dinner, I talked to Leo about our rights and responsibilities
here on Earth. I explained why we try to respect other people’s rights. And I
pointed out that this is especially important when we are online, because
it is more diﬃcult to understand what other people may feel and need.
Using your phone in bed, @lex, is a good example of a right and a
responsibility. You have a right to be protected by your mother.
She knows that using a mobile phone late at night can upset yoursleep… and wake up your brother who sleeps in the same room. It
is your responsibility not to go bothering other people at night, andher responsibility to make sure you get enough rest.”@lex understood that, like Leo, he could learn a lot from Rob. As they continued walking down the street, Rob mentioned
a few more rights and responsibilities that @lex could think about:
Everyone has a right to freedom of speech, and a responsibility not to make fun of other people.
We have a right to have friends, and a responsibility to listen to and respect other people's opinions.
We have a right for people to respect our space, and a responsibility to respect theirs.”@lex is excited about what he has learnt from Rob today. He rushes oﬀ to @nna to ask her to make a list of rights andresponsibilities with him. As for Leo, he was very happy about his life on Earth!

Now answer these questions.
1. Why do you think Leo had no friends when he first moved to planet Earth?

2. What did Leo learn from Rob?

3. Why did Leo decide to change his behaviour?

4. Why did @lex have his phone taken away by his mother?

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Activity 18

Children’s rights... and what
we can do about them

In 1989, the United Nations got almost every country in the world to sign an agreement about therights of children. The full name of the agreement is the United Nations Convention on the Rightsof the Child (UNCRC). It explains to people and governments what they need to do to make sure thatchildren’s rights are respected.
With a partner or in a group, create a children’s rights tree on this page. We’ve filled out acouple of the brown branches with the rights that all children should have no matter where theyare. The green leaves show some of the things necessary to protect these rights on the internet
and oﬄine. Now it’s your turn. Add more branches and leaves if you wish.

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Activity 19 People who fought for their rights
Everyone has rights, not only children, and these rights are written in the Universal Declaration of
Human Rights. Have you ever heard of these four people? Choose one, then look up that name inthe library or on the internet. Which right did that person fight for and how?
Mahatma Ghandi

Emmeline Pankhurst

Nelson Mandela

Malala Yousafzai

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Exercise 20

My rights and responsibilities
on the internet

Use the words and expressions in the list below to fill in the blanks.
protected / respect / permission / bullying / right / be polite /ideas and opinions / responsibility / digital footprint / safe
1. I have the right to befrom all kinds of bullying.

2. I have the responsibility to report.

3. I have the responsibility to treat others with.

4. I have the right to remain

wherever I am, online or oﬄine.

5. I have the responsibility not to take advantages of other people’s creations
without their.
6. I have theto know what is content and what is advertising.

7. I have theto ask for help if I feel frightened or threatened.

8. I have the responsibility to be careful about my
9. I have the right to express my.
freely.

10. I have the responsibility to use correct language andI interact with others.

when

Activity 20 Declaration of Digital Citizens’ Rights
Work with a partner or in a group to create a Declaration that shows the online rights
and responsibilities of young digital citizens like you. You could copy this out on a larger
piece of paper so that you can share your Declaration at home or in school to remind others of
their rights and responsibilities.

Declaration of Digital Citizens’ Rights
1.

2.

3.

4.
5.

6.
7.

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Activity 21 Comparing rights and responsibilities
Our rights are the same online andoffline, @nna. It’s just sometimes
more difficult online to notice thatyou are not acting responsibly.
Let’s ask Rob to help us.

We’ve been learning a lot aboutrights, but how does knowing
about my rights really help me
when I’m on the internet?

Complete the list of 5 rights and 5 responsibilities we should all respect online.
We have done the first 2 for you. If you want to look up more information, think about the keywords
you need to use.
On the internet, I have the right to…
1. Feel safe, and keep learning how to be safe.
2. Stay in control of my personal data.
3.
4.
5.
On the internet, it is my responsibility to…
1. Treat everyone as I want to be treated myself.
2. Keep a good balance between online and real-world activities.
3.
4.
5.

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Privacy and Security
Rob, do you know thestory about the threelittle pigs and the wolf?

Banking on security
No, but I’d love
to hear it.

OK. I’ll tell you.
Here goes…

Once upon a time there were three little pigs who wanted to build their own
houses. One chose to build himself a house of straw, the second decided to use
sticks, and the third to use bricks. All three were very happy in their homes!
But one day a big, bad wolf appeared in the neighbourhood. He wanted to destroy the three little pigs’ houses. He went to the first housemade of straw and he blew with all his strength until the house was torn apart. He then went to the second house made of sticks, and heblew and blew until there was nothing left. He finally made his way to the third house made of bricks and he blew as hard as he could, but
he could not destroy the house. The house was too strong!
The wolf was very frustrated because he couldn’t destroy the last house. He decided to try to get into the house in another way, and todestroy it from the inside. So he disguised himself as little Red Riding Hood. He knew that little Red Riding Hood was a very good friend of
the three little pigs.
In disguise, the wolf went to the house of bricks and knocked at the door. When the door opened, he asked the three little pigs (who were
now staying together in the safe brick house) to let him in. He hoped he could trick them. But the three pigs understood that this was nottheir real friend! They immediately called the hunter for help. The hunter came as soon as he heard what was going on, and trapped thewolf. He put the wolf in a cage and took him far away from the three little pigs, and the little pigs lived happily ever after.
Alex scratches his head, "What do you think, Rob? What does the story tell us?""The story shows that we have to take precautions to protect ourselves from harm. This is true both online and oﬄine, Alex.
The little pig built a brick house because it knew that was the strongest if the bad wolf tried to harm him," Rob continues.
"It also means that we shouldn’t trust just anyone online or oﬄine who pretends to be our friend. If we are not 100% surethat people are who they say they are, then we block them. If we ever feel threatened in the real or the online world, weshould ask for help right away just like the little pigs did when they called the hunter."

Now answer these questions.
1. What were the 3 materials that the pigs used to build their houses?

2. Why do you think two of the pigs’ houses were not safe?

3. How did the wolf try to trick them?

4. Do you think that the pigs did the right thing by calling for help at the end?

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Exercise 21 Things we don’t share on the internet
Circle in red the things you should not share on the internet. Circle the things you can safely share ingreen. Circle in blue the things you need to be careful about sharing. Don’t forget that certain bits of
information about us online can easily be put together, and put our privacy in danger.

PasswordYour full nameYour age

Name of your school
Name of your pet

Colour of your hair

Home address
Parent’s work addressYour hobbies

Private info aboutfamily members

Remember! The things you
share on the internet may
stay on the internet forever.

Family phone
numbers

Photos of where
you are right now
on vacation

Can you think of 3 other bits of information you shouldn’t share on the internet?
1.

2.

3.

Can you name any types of information you can safely share on the internet, even including
information about other people?

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Activity 22 Creating a mega password
A password is a super important key for protecting our privacy. We wouldn’t
think of using the same key for every single thing we want to lock up, andit’s the same when we’re online. Every account should have its own password.
But you can use the same technique to make many diﬀerent passwords.
@lex and @nna would like toshare their perfect password
creation technique with you,to help you create passwords
that are very diﬃcult foranyone to crack. Let’s go!
1. Create a sentence with at least 10 words about something you like very much. Here is @nna’s
example: “I like to eat pizza with tomato, ham and cheese.”Your sentence:
2. Now, take the first letters of each word and put them together. When we do that with @nna's
favourite dish we get: Iltepwthac.
Your first letters:
3. Now, let’s replace some letters with capital letters, numbers and symbols. For example, replace theletter e (eat) with a capital E, replace the word ‘to’ with the number 2, and add one or two symbols:
Il2Epwth&c
New version of your password:
4. And finally, add a 2-digit number at the end. But not your year of birth, that would be giving away
too much information about yourself. @nna chose the date of her birthday: Il2Epwth&c15
Your final password version:
We are sure that you have created a great password that you will easily remember and that others
will not be able to guess.
Did you know that you can find websites online to test how good your password creation technique is?
Just type the words ‘password check’ into a search engine, choose one of the password checker sites,
and type in a false password using your creation technique. The site will show you how long it would
take someone to crack the password you typed in. Remember to change the password a little if you
really plan to use it, now that you have tested it online!
Why is it so important to create strong passwords?
Work with a partner or in a group to write a story about what happened to @lex whensomeone cracked his password. You need to include the following words in your story.
wrote / paper / lost / account / message / help

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Exercise 22

Learning about privacy,
a precious possession

Draw lines to connect the sentences in column A to the correct ending in column B. We allwant to protect the things that are most precious to us, and our private information is more important
than any other possession.
Column A

Column B

1. Giving away our password is like…

a. … thinking that we can trust every person we seein the street.

2. Publishing a photo of ourselves online is like…

b. … giving a stranger on the street our home address.

3. Writing something personal on the internet is like…

c. … leaving the door of our home open all the time,letting anybody come in.

4. Telling someone who we only know online where
d. … giving a photo of ourselves to strangers.
we live is like…
5. Not protecting our computer with security software e. … shouting it out loud in a shopping mall full ofis like…
people.
6. Accepting to meet somebody in the real world when f. … doctors not wearing a mask to treat patients with
we only know them online is like…
a contagious virus.
7. Opening a file we downloaded from the internet,
g. … giving away the keys to our house.
without scanning it for viruses is like…
8. Clicking on links we find without checking them on h. … accepting to follow a stranger we meet on thea link-checker such as scanURL is like…
street.

Activity 23 Rob to the rescue!
Hi Rob. We need your help urgently. My
dad’s friends are complaining that they
are getting crazy emails from him, but hedidn’t send them. Can you come over tohelp him sort out this problem please?

I’ll be right over, @nna. It sounds
like he’s been infected by a virusthat is accessing his contact list.

With a partner or in a group make up a story to present to your friends using the ideas,
words and phrases below.
How did Rob help @nna’s dad solve his problem, reach out to his contact list and secure his accounts?
Look up any words or terms you don’t understand in a dictionary or online.
antivirus / reinstall programs / change passwords / diﬀerent accounts / warn everyone on his contact list

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Exercise 23 Knowing when you are connected
Circle the objects that are connected to the internet in red, circle the objects that cansometimes be connected in blue, and the objects that aren’t connected in green.
Many of the things we buy today are “connected”, which means that they can collect and send
information from you through the internet. It’s fun to get information in real time from our gadgets,but much less fun if we’re giving away information without realising it, and without knowing where it
goes. Which of the objects below are connected, or can exist in connected versions?

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Activity 24 Understanding facial recognition
I’m sure you’ve often heard this word, but what does it mean in yourlife? Facial recognition is technology that can automatically identify aperson from a digital image or a frame from a video. In some ways,
this can be useful. But it can also be risky, annoying and a threat toour right to privacy.

@nna
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Work with a partner or in a group to give examples of how facial recognition can beused to help us (+), and how it can work against us (-). Tagging on social networks, forexample. Is it useful or a problem?
Facial recognition example

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Exercise 24 Privacy quiz
Bring it on, @nna. I bet
you can’t catch me out!

We’ve been learning a lot about rights, but you arealways telling me to be more careful with my private
information, @lex. Here is a quiz to see how muchyou and our Digitown visitors know about privacy andsecurity on the internet. Choose the best response.

1. I am chatting with my friends and suddenly a stranger sends me a text. What do I do?
a. Reply to the text message.
b. Ignore, and block the sender.
2. I receive an email telling me that I have won a big online contest that I can’t remember
entering. It asks me to send my personal details to receive my prize. What do I do?
a. Ignore it and tell my parents.
b. Send my personal details immediately to get the prize.
3. I see a fake profile using the profile picture of someone I know. What do I do?
a. Nothing. It’s ok to use the picture.
b. Report it to the platform help desk.
4. I receive a friend request from a stranger. What do I do?
a. Refuse, and tell a trusted adult about it.
b. Accept it.
5. A friend made a photo of me cycling in front of my house, and now he wants to post it on
the internet. What do I do?
a. Nothing, it’s ok to post the photo.
b. I ask him not to post it because it shows personal information.
6. I am playing an online game and a stranger asks me for my account details. What do I do?
a. Give the information.
b. Ignore the request.
7. Someone that I don’t know very well asks me for a friend’s contact details. What do I do?
a. Ask the friend’s permission before giving out the contact details.
b. Send the contact details.
Check your answers here, and see how you did. Every correct answer gets 5 points.
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30-35: Excellent, you’re a star! You certainly know how to protect your own privacy and the privacy of your friends.
20-30: You still have a few things to learn, but you are getting there. Keep up the good work!
0-20: Oops! Your privacy and the privacy of your friends are in danger! You should get help from your friends or family
to sharpen your skills.

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Wise consumers = fairer trade
I’ve been shopping with my mother formy birthday present. But she didn’t buyme the sweater I wanted. She says weshould always look where products are
made, something about fair trade, andpeople being exploited.

You don’t look happy,@nna. What’s up?

Oh, that’s interesting. Call@lex, and come and sit down.
I’ll explain some things to you
about being a consumer.

“Very often we want things that we don’t really need, and probably won’t even use very much. We
should try to think about where products come from, if the people who made them are getting a fairsalary, and if we are adding to our carbon footprint. That means the amount of carbon dioxide weeach put into the air through the things we do. It is our impact on the environment.”“How can we know all those things, Rob?”, @nna can’t help but ask.
“Well, first you can look at the tags on products to see the country they come from. You can also go
online to try to understand who made the product, if they were probably paid fairly for their product,or received a correct salary for their work. In some countries, for example, farmers are replacing foodcrops with cotton crops to satisfy our need for cheap clothes. This is all part of what we call ‘fair trade’."Here are the three golden questions to ask yourself next time you go shopping, to see if you
are a wise consumer.
1. Do I really need the product?
2. Have I been influenced by advertising?
3. Where does the product come from, and is it really ‘fair trade’?

Exercise 25 Decoding a cryptolex
There are words in the cryptolex about being a wise consumer. Can you find them? The word patternon the right will help you. Colour is important! Do you know what these words mean?
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Exercise 26 Is it a want, a need, or a right?
@lex and @nna have been learning that it means diﬀerent things to ‘want’ or to ‘need’ something,
and that ‘rights’ are very diﬀerent from our ‘wants’ or our ‘needs’. Do you understand the diﬀerence?
Draw a red frame around the things that are a right, a blue frame around things you need, and agreen frame around things you just want.
new toys
candy

schoolsomewhere to live

going to the movies
sports gear

being safe
health carepocket money

school lunch

ice cream

pen or pencil
hamburger

headphones

bicyclejewelleryfood and water

Activity 25 More about rights, wants and needs
Work with a partner in a group to fill in the table below with a few more things that
we could classify as ‘want’, ‘need’ or ‘right’. Discuss your table with other groups. Do you
all agree?

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Exercise 27

Values and attitudes shape
all of our activities

Values are the golden rules that guide ouractions. Sometimes they are like a little
voice in our head that tells us when we dosomething good and bothers us when we
do something wrong.

But where do ourvalues come from,Rob?

We learn our values from the people around us. When we are babies, the people around us take careof us, play with us and show us how to do things. We watch how they act, and learn what is right andwrong. This shapes our attitude to the world.
Here are some examples of values. Write the matching word below each image.
respect / protection / caring / fairness / equality

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Can you think of more values? Make up some more images and see if a friend or your group
can guess what they mean.

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Learning about artificial intelligence
I am extremely happy today. Some robotfriends of mine are coming to visit me in
DigiTown. I’ve asked them to tell you about
all the great things they have been doing.
Did you know that all of us robots haveartificial intelligence?

Artificial intelligence?
What’s that?

Well, we talk about artificial intelligence when a machine can do something that we used to think only
humans could do. And that’s basically what a robot is, a machine built on artificial intelligence andable to gather information and put it together to carry out a task. There are many diﬀerent sorts ofrobots, able to do many diﬀerent types of tasks. Not all robots look like me!
Drones are an example of robots too. Just think of the many things they can do!
Artificial intelligence is all around us. Many smartphones have a personal assistant, for example, thatwill do certain things for us like telling us what the weather will be like today or finding and starting
up a piece of music we want to listen to. Maybe you have already heard about smart cars that don’t
need a driver.
Can you think of 3 examples of artificial intelligence around you?”
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@nna is looking a little puzzled. “But Rob, does artificial
intelligence know how to protect our privacy when it isgathering information? Does it respect the law when it
serves us?”“@nna, this is a great question,” Rob responds.
“You are right, it is important that your right toprivacy and all your other rights are respected andthat artificial intelligence is used well, according
to the law. Don’t forget though, you are responsible forprotecting your own rights and the rights of other people
too. You can discuss all of this today with my robot friends.
Oh… I see that they have arrived.”

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Learning about our carbon footprint“@nna,” @lex has just been speaking to Rob, and he is looking puzzled.
“Did you know that we leave a carbon footprint every time we use ourcomputer, the internet or our mobile phone, or when we watch TVor use electricity? We also add to our carbon footprint when we
ride in a car, plane or taxi, and by doing many other things, too.”“No, I didn’t! What is a carbon footprint?”“Well,” @lex continues. “Rob has just been explaining to me thata carbon footprint is the amount of carbon dioxide emissions
we create when we use energy. Apparently some types ofenergy produce more than others. I have already heard about the‘greenhouse’ gas emissions or the ‘greenhouse’ eﬀect. This aﬀects
DigiTown, and the whole world too.”“Wow, That is interesting! Is there a way to follow and maybe even reduce
our carbon footprint, to help DigiTown and our planet earth?”“Yes,” @lex says as he starts explaining his ideas. “There are lots of ways. We need to think about the things
we do each day that could be adding to our carbon footprint. Who knows, maybe it will help use the natural
resources of our town and the earth more wisely.”
Here is a small test to start with, let’s do it all together.

Exercise 28 Try the carbon footprint test

YES | NO

1. I unplug my mobile phone as soon as it is charged, and don’t charge it unnecessarily.
2. When I am not using my PC, I switch it oﬀ.
3. I am connected to the internet, only when I need it.
4. I switch the TV oﬀ when I am not watching it.
5. I don’t leave lights on if I don’t need them.
6. I open the fridge only when there is a reason to, and close it rapidly.
7. For short distances, I walk or use my bicycle.
8. I eat lots of things that are produced in DigiTown, so they don’t need to betransported over large distances.
9. I recycle everything that can be recycled.
10. I unplug all my devices, when I’m not using them.
How did you do? Score 1 point each time you answered YES.
8-10: It looks you are already taking care of your carbon footprint. Keep it up!
5-7: You are on the right track in taking care of your carbon footprint. Follow all the steps above, to make yourfootprint even less visible.
0-4: We are sure that you will want to follow the advice above to become a footprint fiend, not only looking after
your own carbon footprint but able to help others look after theirs too!

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How are you doing?
Rights Online

You have now completed the 4 Themes in Rights Online:
Active Participation – cooperating with other people, sharing and standing up for our ideas.
Rights and Responsibilities – learning how to protect and respect them, both online and oﬄine.
Privacy and Security – making sure that no one can steal or use our digital information.

Consumer Awareness – being a wise, smart and green consumer.
If you haven’t already done so, go back and cut out and copy the badge that you will find in
the bottom right hand margin on the last page of each Theme. Paste these badges in the
backpack on the last page of this activity book.
Rate yourself! How are you doing so far with the activities and exercises that we have prepared for you? In the table below, select…
the yellow traﬃc light, if you
believe you are doing well, but
could do better;

the green traﬃc light, if
you think you are doing
really well;

the red traﬃc light, if you don’t feel that you
have done very well so far! If this is the case,take another look at the activities and exerciseswith a friend or someone in your family.

Activities and exercises
Hidden wisdom: Understanding sayings
Putting wisdom into practice
Justice and democracy, what do you think?
Know yourself… and check your self-esteem
Working together on a community projectChildren’s rights… and what we can do about themPeople who fought for their rights
My rights and responsibilities on the internet
Declaration of Digital Citizens’ Rights
Comparing rights and responsibilities
Things we don’t share on the internet
Creating a mega password
Learning about privacy, a precious possession
Rob to the rescue!
Knowing when you are connected
Understanding facial recognition
Privacy quiz
Decoding a cryptolex
Is it a want, a need, or a right?
Values and attitudes shape all of our activities
Try the carbon footprint test

Some of the things we need to remember toenjoy the internet as active and smart users
The internet is a democratic place: we all have equal rights to participate and share our opinion.
We have to know and protect our rights, and protect and respect the rights of others.
We have to be careful about who we share information with, protecting our privacy on/oﬄine.
It is important to be fair consumers, both online and oﬄine.
When we use technology we keep in mind the need to protect our environment.

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has now completed the All Aboard for Digitown!
path of learning for smart digital citizens.

Don't forget to check your backpack to see that you have all of your badges.
You will need them to continue your journey as an active digital citizen.

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Solutions to exercises and suggestions for certain activities
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Exercise 5 (page 19) - Crossword: The internet
Down: 1. Wifi; 3. Copyright; 4. Play; 5. Download; 6. Search; 7. Cloud; 9. Upload.
Across: 2. Privacy; 6. Security; 8. Youtube; 10. Home.
Exercise 6 (page 20) - Finding hidden numbers
B - 10; C - 1; D - 7; E - 3; F - 7; G - 8.
Exercise 7 (page 22) – Playing with numbers and symbols
A - password; B - profile; C - report; D - fake news.
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5. Selfie = ↓ 4 * 5 8 4Exercise 8 (page 23) – Tools we find in a media lab
A. camera; B. microphone; C. tablet; D. mobile phone; E. computer.
Exercise 9 (page 24) - Try the media quiz1 - a; 2 - c; 3 - b; 4 - c; 5 - b; 6 - a; 7 - a.
Exercise 10 (page 25) – Real or fake?
Image 1: real; Image 2: photoshopped; Image 3: photoshopped; Image 4: real; Image 5: photoshopped.
Exercise 11 (page 27) – Online and oﬄine - spot the diﬀerence
1. False; 2. False; 3. False; 4. False; 5. False; 6. True; 7. True (Maybe it’s ME!)
How are you doing? (page 28)
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Chapter 2 - Well-being Online
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Exercise 13 (page 35) - A cyberbullying mazeThis is a simple maze that reminds children how to respond to bullying incidents.
Exercise 14 (page 39) - Putting feelings into words and emojis
1 - G; 2 - F; 3 - A; 4 - B ; 5 - E ; 6 - C ; 7 - D.
Children’s responses may vary as they reflect on how they feel in given situations (see Activities 9 and 10).
Exercise 15 (page 45) - Comparing oral and written communication
Understanding diﬀerences and how things can be more hurtful when sent online. Possible responses
are indicated in the 8 points at the bottom of the page. Oral communication: 1, 3, 6, 7. Written
communication: 2, 4, 5, 8. If children’s responses vary, they should explain their response.
Exercise 16 (page 46) - Netiquette – being polite and respectful online
Discussing moral and social rules of behaviour, and reasons behind the rules. Responses from children
may vary. They should be encouraged to explain their reasoning: Blue: 1, 3, 7, 12, 17, 18, 20, 21.
Green: 2, 4, 5, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 19. Red: 6, 8, 9.
Exercise 17 (Page 47) - No to phishing
1. security software, automatic updates; 2. password; 3. email address, opening; 4. link; 5. spelling or
grammar; 6. back up; 7. personal information.
How are you doing? (Page 48)

Chapter 3 – Rights Online
Exercise 18 (page 51) - Hidden wisdom: Understanding sayings
This is Iwel abc iredx of the cir fdsdfs. Ideas are the source of all things. Nobody acr ﬀe ccc bdes, area wew fewe. Never discourage anyone who continually makes progress, no matter how slow. But,
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good actions in others. This is bceod of we goo are in the brsw. If we don’t actively participate in
our world and give our opinion with every opportunity we have, then others will always decide forus. If one wer vaf pobe like us qavce other one mer, georf, qatve. Are of ifer as our bﬀer. We all haveequal rights to express our opinion and exercise our rights. Pore vrodw, go to awer pow us, other offwers as. We mver ochw or cawr and gert get to gwer. We all have equal power to shape our world,
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Exercise 19 (Page 53) - Justice and democracy, what do you think?
1. No; 2. No; 3. No; 4. Yes; 5. No; 6. No; 7. No; 8. Yes; 9. Yes; 10. Yes.
Exercise 20 (Page 57) - My rights and responsibilities on the internet
1. protected; 2. bullying; 3. respect; 4. safe; 5. permission; 6. responsibility; 7. right;
8. digital footprint; 9. ideas and opinions; 10. be polite.
Exercise 21 (Page 60) - Things we don’t share on the internet
Red: home address; parents’ work address; password; family phone numbers; private information
about family members. Green: your age; name of your pet; colour of your hair; your hobbies. Blue:
your full name; photos of where you are right now on vacation; name of your school. NB: children
should be aware of the diﬀerence of sending information to a trusted contact, and ‘sharing’ whereothers may be able to see the information.
Exercise 22 (Page 62) - Learning about privacy, a precious possession
1 - g; 2 - d; 3 - e; 4 - b; 5 - f; 6 - h; 7 - c; 8 - a.
Exercise 23 (Page 63) - Knowing when you are connected
3. robot, 5. i-watch, and 6. autonomous drone are usually connected.
2. interacting teddy and 8. baby minder can be connected.
1. tree, 4. chair, and 7. glass of water aren’t normally connected… but it is not impossible if children
give specific examples e.g. in a scientific experiment.
Exercise 24 (Page 64) - Privacy quiz1 - b; 2 - a; 3 - b; 4 - a; 5 - b; 6 - b; 7 - a.
Exercise 25 (Page 65) - Decoding a cryptolex
1. Fair trade; 2. Environment; 3. Product; 4. Advertising.
Exercise 26 (Page 66) - Is it a want, a need, or a right?
Red (right): school, being safe, somewhere to live, health care, food and water. Blue (need): penor pencil, school lunch. Green (want): new toys, ice cream, candy, going to the movies, hamburger,
jewellery, headphones. Sports gear, pocket money and bicycle could appear in green or blue, if children
give adequate reasons.
Exercise 27 (Page 67) - Values and attitudes shape all of our activities
1. equality; 2. fairness; 3. protection; 4. respect ; 5. caring.
Exercise 28 (Page 69) - Try the carbon footprint test
The environment-friendly response is YES to each of the questions.
How are you doing? (page 70)

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For teachers and parents
The Activity Table below presents a brief overview of the Activities present in All Aboard for DigiTown!,
the competences each aims to develop, and a summary of the skills involved.
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Using digitaltechnology words

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Reading, writing, understanding texts.
Creativity, learning and writing about technical tools.

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Ready to travel
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Manipulating symbolic and abstract representations; expressing and communicating
opinions.
Reflecting on digital citizenship, defining needs and anticipated outcomes.

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Make your own
jigsaw: Diﬀerences
are fun!

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Developing civic and social values; understanding and respecting diﬀerent cultures anddiversity. Asking questions about the world, and the impact of climate and resources
on dress, food, traditions, etc; civic awareness.

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Creating apps

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Understanding function, purpose and process; critical thinking.
Designing and creating; comparing things we do and what technology makes possible.

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Search engines todiscover more about
people and places

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Searching for valid information on- and oﬄine; understanding use of keywords;
reading, understanding and communicating resullts.
Learning about countries and their inhabitants.

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Search engines first is not always
best!

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Critical thinking; extracting and comparing information from online sources; learning
to cross-check information found online (and oﬄine); measuring limits and risks ofdigital tools.
This activity is easily transferable to other topics and subject areas.

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A story about
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Developing moral, civic and social values through concrete situations; reflecting onbullying; standing up for others and interacting respectfully.
Encouraging children to be upstanders through better insight into how and when tointervene.

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Feelings in words
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Building emotional awareness; expressing feelings and emotions; thinking and talking
about emotions; confronting perceptions with those of others; experimenting withsymbolic and abstract representations.

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Play the Empathy
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Understanding and expressing feelings and reactions and learning to control them;using language forms to favorise social interactions; experimenting with social rules.
A board game for 2-6 players that can be played in class or at home. The game canbe used to sensitively trigger discussion about bullying and other behavioural incidents
that children may have been confronted with.

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Troubleshooting

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Problem solving; analysing situations, and using appropriate and precise words to
explain them; creating solutions and predicting outcomes.

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Keeping trackof time online

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Keeping a daily log to reflect on personal activity; looking at repetitive events andrecognising personal patterns; developing a reasoned attitude towards time spent
online; exchanging with peers about daily activities.
Practising mathematical skills (adding and averaging).

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Improving ouronline habits

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Developing responsible behaviour towards health; reflecting on relevance and impact ofdaily activities; using creative skills to share ideas.
Reflecting on and advocating a healthy lifestyle.

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It’s selfie time!

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Developing respect of self and others; reflecting on and expressing personal strengths
as a form of meta-cognition; sharing information about one’s self and experimenting
with self-disclosure limits.
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Mapping our digital
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Using an investigative process to search for information about one’s self;
understanding risks and limits of digital tools; developing awareness about privacy,
and sharing and protecting personal information.
For younger children, the activity could be modified to map the digital footprint of apublic figure, for example, or a person children admire.

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Putting wisdom
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Learning about history, literature and culture; developing moral, civic and social values;
understanding formal language; explaining theoretical ideas in everyday language;
turning theory into practice.
Using creative skills to share ideas and advocate respectful behaviour towards eachother.

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Know yourself…
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Transposing theoretical ideas into daily life; confronting perceptions about one’s selfwith those of others; understanding self-disclosure limits when sharing personal
information.
Using appropriate and precise words to explain sensitive ideas.

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Working together
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Developing civic and social values through concrete situations; being involved incommunity life; understanding equality, collaboration and cooperation; turning abstract
ideas into concrete situations; creativity.
Story writing to reflect on active, democratic participation.

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Children’s rights…
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Developing a knowledge base on notions of rights and responsibilities, protection,
freedom, justice, respect; understanding purpose, process and outcomes; hypothesising.
Learning about the world; turning theory into practice.

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People who foughtfor their rights

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Understanding history and culture; searching for information; standing up for opinions
and learning about commitment; reflecting on the world from diﬀerent perspectives.
Learning about historical and contemporary figures, and their combats.

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Declaration of
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Formulating rights, understanding responsibilities; advocacy; practising use of theformal language terms introduced throughout the Rights and Responsibilities theme.
Expressing ideas, communicating rules, cooperating in a creative activity.

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Comparing rights
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Understanding social rules, practices, conventions in relation to online activities;
communicating rules; extracting and applying keywords to find information.
Children analyse and compare online practices with accepted standards.

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Creating a megapassword

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Observing and creating symbolic representations; practising problem solving skills;
developing critical judgment related to personal data and privacy; collaborative storywriting.
Building understanding of the digital world: a password is a key to security.

23.

Rob to the rescue!

62

Problem solving; learning about digital skills; using technical words in collaborative
story writing.
Developing technical understanding about malware, protective software, private data.

24.

Understanding
facial recognition

63

Understanding impact of artificial intelligence and importance of critical judgment
about technical applications; recognising digital technology in everyday tools andobjects; reflecting on social practices and conventions; analysing information andreasoning to express an opinion.
Developing arguments to practice critical judgment.

25.

More about rights,
wants and needs

66

Exploring and reflecting on social conventions; classifying information; explaining,
expressing an opinion; making decisions collaboratively.
Collaborative searching and categorising everyday objects and practices.

76

Your digital citizen’s backpack
Did you collect all your badges? You are now ready to continue your journey as an informed citizen andconsumer able to make a positive diﬀerence in society, both online and oﬄine.

Your backp
ackChildren live out much of their childhood and teenage
years online nowadays, often far fromthe watchful eyes of their parents,
teachers and carers. While they are
acting and interacting, learningand playing in the online world, they
are also building the values, attitudes, skills and knowledge that are meant
to carry them through life and that will influence their future well-being.
But are they getting suﬃcient opportunities and support to hone their criticalthinking skills, and develop the skills they will need to become resourceful
citizens able to play an active role in society? Are they learning how to behave
ethically and empathetically online and oﬄine, and building a positive
digital footprint? And are they developing a suﬃcient understandingof rights and responsibilities to be able to protect privacy andpersonal data, and to become responsible consumers?
“All Aboard for DigiTown!”is a fun, entertaining learning journey foryoung digital citizens through 10 digital themes centred on ‘Being online’,‘Well-being online’ and ‘Rights online’. These are based on the Council of Europe’s successful
Digital Citizenship Education model. As children progress through the stories, exercises andindividual and group activities in the book, they will learn about using digital technology wisely,
behaving respectfully and responsibly, and cooperating meaningfully online and oﬄine. They end
their journey with a backpack of badges to remind them of what being a digital citizen reallymeans. A final section provides solutions, and oﬀers teachers and parents a detailed overview
of the competences their children are developing in order to better guide them on their path
towards digital citizenship.
The book can be used both in class, at home and in distance learning. It is adapted to thelearning needs of children in the final years of elementary school (age around 9-12 years).