8 Online behaviour
- The Internet is an amazing way of performing many useful and fun activities:
- searching for information and learning
- playing games
- keeping in touch with friends and family
- sharing ideas and pictures
- making new friends.
- But you must remember that the Internet provides a gateway that is open to both you and millions of other people around the world. There is no guarantee that other users of the Internet will be friendly, or that they won’t try to trick you for their own benefit.
- Using the Internet exposes you to risks that you need to be aware of in order to safely use it for your enjoyment. Watch the following video to learn more about these risks:
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- Parents have always told children to be careful around strangers, and this is still good advice when using the Internet. You must also remember that once you have made information or pictures available online, it is very difficult to stop them from being shared.
- It is therefore very important to THINK about what you are posting online before you post it:
- T – is it True?
- H – is it Hurtful?
- I – is it Illegal?
- N – is it Necessary?
- K – is it Kind?
- To enjoy your time online, and to make it a pleasant place for your friends and family, you need to be a good digital citizen:
Activity: Using the Internet
When using the Internet to do the following things, what questions should you consider?
| What should you consider when… | Answer |
|---|---|
| … searching for information and learning? | |
| … playing games? | |
| … keeping in touch/sharing ideas and pictures? | |
| … making new friends? |
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Answer
Read the table below for suggested questions you might have thought of.
| What should you consider when… | Answer |
|---|---|
| … searching for information and learning? | Is the information you found true? Who wrote it? Is it an opinion or a fact? |
| … playing games? | Who are you playing the game with? Do you know them offline (for example, from school) or have you met them online? Are the games appropriate? Some may be designed for adults and could be upsetting to children. |
| … keeping in touch/sharing ideas and pictures? | What information are you giving other people? What can they do with it? Could the information/pictures be used to embarrass you or other people? |
| … making new friends? | Do you really know who you are talking to online? It is very easy to pretend to be someone you are not online. |
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