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I do not remember there being a lot of discussion around digital citizenship throughout my education. In fact, I do not recall hearing that term until I was in university. I grew up in a small town so I got to be a part of technology beginning to be im…

Cyber safety was a topic that really was not discussed or talked about at home or at school. From a young age, I remember having a computer in our home. This was an old computer with dial-up – something most young people know nothing about in today’s age. This eventually evolved into my brother and I receiving a small laptop for Christmas and eventually a our own tablet devices. I would say that I grew up in an era where…

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I remember learning about cyber safety in elementary school by watching educational videos and reading different articles. I vaguely remember watching an interesting video in my grade eight class about the importance of reading the terms and conditions of apps and how easy it is to agree without reading because they’re so long and wordy.…

If I’m being honest, I don’t remember learning a whole lot about cyber safety when I was in school. I just remember being told the typical things of don’t message to strangers, what you post will always be on the internet and don’t go on random websites. My teachers didn’t really teach us much about…

Despite graduating in 2021, my school did touch the subject of cyber safety or digital citizenship. Until this class, I had never even…

When I was in school and computers were introduced, the rule of thumb was to fear everything on the internet. There are predators everywhere trying to lure you somewhere (this location was never disclosed). This was problematic for me because … Continue reading →