🎯 What you will learn
- What digital citizenship means
- How to spot cyberbullying
- How to be an upstander
👋 Let’s get started!
Behind every screen is a real person with real feelings 💛. Being a good digital citizen means treating people online the same way you would face to face.
🪜 Step by step
1. 🧑🤝🧑 Real people, real feelings
Messages can hurt even if they’re “just a joke”. Think before you type.
2. 😢 What is cyberbullying?
Cyberbullying is being mean on purpose again and again online — teasing, leaving people out or sharing embarrassing things.
3. 🦸 Be an upstander
If you see bullying, don’t join in. Support the person and tell a trusted adult.
4. 📸 Save, block, report
Take a screenshot, block the bully and report them on the app.
5. 🌈 Spread kindness
Leave nice comments, include others and celebrate your friends!
📖 Key words
Tap a card to flip it over!
- Digital citizen
- Someone who uses technology kindly and responsibly 🌍
- Cyberbullying
- Being mean on purpose online 😢
- Upstander
- Someone who helps when they see bullying 🦸
- Report
- Telling an app about bad behavior 🚩
🎨 Practice activity
💌 Write three kind messages you could send a friend online. Then play “Cyberbullying or Kindness?” to test your skills!
🖐️ Try it yourself
- Think of a time someone was kind to you 💭
- Write a kind comment for a friend ✍️
- Practice what to say to a trusted adult 🗣️
- Find the report button in an app with a grown-up 🚩
Knowledge Check Quiz
- What should you do if you see someone being bullied online?
- Can a “joke” online hurt someone?
- What is a good first step if you are bullied?