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Digital Literacy
Guidelines for Virtual Behavior
Term | Definition |
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avatar | An avatar is a graphic (picture, image) that you use to represent yourself on the Internet. |
bully | A bully is someone who acts in an aggressive, hostile, or hurtful manner toward others |
bystander | Bystanders are people who witness the actions of the bully and the reactions of the victim(s), without taking action. |
citation | A reference which names the source of specific information which has been used. |
copyright | Copyright is the owner’s legal right to reproduce, display, transmit, perform, and modify a work as well as the right to publicly perform a sound recording by digital transmission |
cyberbullying | Cyberbullying is the use of digital media tools such as the Internet and cell phones to deliberately and repeatedly hurt, harass, or embarrass someone else. |
digital footprint | A digital footprint is all of the information online about a person either posted by that person or others, intentionally or unintentionally. |
flame | A deliberately mean-spirited message sent to others on the Internet. |
grooming | Techniques used by child predators to try to gain your trust. |
harassment | To annoy someone repeatedly. For example, cursing at, following, or mocking someone online. |
jeopardize | To put something at risk or in danger, such as your reputation or digital footprint |
listserve | An online list that allows users to send e-mail to one address, where messages are then copied and sent to all of the people on the list |
malicious | Means to cause harm to someone or something on purpose. |
netiquette | Courtesy, honesty, and polite behavior practiced on the Internet - key component of digital citizenship! |
phishing | A con game that scammers use to collect personal information from unsuspecting users. |
piracy | Theft of intellectual property - in other words, stealing what does not belong to you. |
plagiarism | Using someone else's words or ideas and passing them off as your own. |
search engine | A program that searches information on the Web by looking for specific keywords. |
upstander | Someone who takes action to stop bullying behavior or other inappropriate behaviors. |
worm | A type of virus that replicates itself, but does not change any files on your machine. |