Digital Citizenship

Max and Jenna are watching an online video posted by their classmate, Evan. Max does not like Evan. In the video, Evan does a kickflip on his skateboard. Max’s comment about the video is, “Terrible, I give it zero stars.” What should Jenna do?

• Do nothing.

• Make another rude comment.

• Tell Max not to embarrass Evan.

• No longer be friends with Max and Evan.

Parker wants to be the President of the Student Council. He puts up posters all over the school that says, “Parker for Prez.” Vicki is running against Parker. She writes an IM to him that says, “Down with Parker. Loser. Loser. Loser. Watch out at school.” Parker should:

• IM back, “You’re a loser.”

• Get off IM for the moment and talk to his dad about it.

• Get off IM for the moment.

• Block Vicki on his IM.

Ella and Joe are at a party, and Joe takes some photos with his new cell phone. Ella asks Joe not to post the photos online. He doesn’t post them, but one of their friend gets the phone and posts the photos. Ella should:

• Secretly take embarrassing photos of Joe and post them.

• Post under one of the photos, “Joe shares waaay too much. Don’t trust him.”

• Ask Joe how the photo got online.

• No longer be Joe's friend.

Tori takes a picture of Asha making a goofy face and post it online. She leaves a comment, “Asha! You’re so silly!” Asha is a little embarrassed. She should respond by: 

• Post a comment saying she is not friends with Tori anymore.

• Pretending she doesn’t care and telling Tori she thinks it’s funny.

• Ask Tori to delete the photo.

• Telling Tori to ask first before posting photos of her.

You get a link to a website. When you go to the website, you are asked to rate the kids in your class based on how cute and smart they are. You should: 

• Log off, figure who created the site, and ask them to take it down.

• Rate them. You’re anonymous so they’ll never know it was you.

• Rate them and brag about it.

• Shut down your computer immediately.

Jake sends mean texts to his classmate, Mario. They are threats that say things such as, “I’m going to hurt you after school.” Alaina knows about the texts. What should she do?

• 1. Nothing. It’s Mario’s problem. Let him deal with it.

• 1. Tell Mario to tell the teacher about the texts because she is worried about his safety.

• 1. Tell Mario not to worry because everyone gets mean texts sometimes.

• Tell Mario not to tell anyone because Jake will never leave him alone.

Mae is playing her favorite online game. Pirates and Treasures. Suddenly another online player starts stealing all the treasure that Mae has won. The other player says no one should trust Mae. Mae should:

• 1. Tell her friends to post messages making fun of the other player.

• 1. Let her friends know about the thief so they can keep an eye out for her.

• 1. Steal the treasure back from the thief.

• Call the thief a sore looser.

Emma doesn’t get along with Rosa. Rosa has been emailing Emma’s friends saying mean things about her. What should Emma do?

• Talk to Rosa in person and see if they can work things out.

• 1. Say mean things about Rosa to her friends.

• 1. Tell her friends not to be friends with Rosa. 

• Give Rosa a mean look at school the next day.

Annali likes to post her videos online, but recently people have been posting mean comments about them. What should she do?

• Take down her video?

• 1. Block the people making the negative comments.

• Respond to the comments, telling them that they’re wrong.

• Make videos about the people making the mean comments.

You are in a chatroom when a bunch of people you don’t know come in. They start calling you names and making fun of you. You should: 

• 1. Leave the chatroom for a while and try again later.

• 1. Stop going online completely.

• 1. Tell your parents that some people are really mean.

• Respond back with mean comments.