Be a Super Digital Citizen (UK)

How can we be upstanders when we see cyberbullying?

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Online tools are empowering for children and young people, and they also come with big responsibilities. But do children and young people always know what to do when they encounter cyberbullying? Show your learners appropriate ways to take action and resolve conflicts, from being upstanders to helping others in need.

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Learning Objectives:

Reflect on the characteristics that make someone an upstanding digital citizen.
Recognise what cyberbullying is.
Show ways to be an upstander by creating a digital citizenship superhero comic strip.

Key Vocabulary: digital citizen · cyberbullying · upstander Show definitions

digital citizen:

someone who uses technology responsibly to learn, create and participate

cyberbullying:

using digital devices, sites and apps to intimidate, harm and upset someone

upstander:

a person who supports and stands up for someone else

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What Would a Super Digital Citizen Do?

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Be a Super Digital Citizen (UK)

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Warm-Up: Secret Superhero

Learn: Being an Upstander

Create: Your Digital Citizen Superhero

Wrap-Up: Save the Day! Comic Strip

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