Term | Definition |
Citizenship | Citizenship means being a member of and supporting your community and country. Citizens have both rights and responsibilities.Citizenship means being a member of and supporting your community and country. |
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 |
Fair Use | Fair use is the idea that copyright material may be quoted without the need for permission from or payment to the original source, provided that a citation is clearly given and that the material quoted is reasonably brief. |
Intellectual Property | Intellectual property includes art, books, inventions, magazines, movies, music, performances, reports, software, stories created by you or by others. |
Media Literacy | Media literacy is the ability to access, analyze, evaluate and create media in a variety of forms. |
Netiquette | Courtesy, honesty, and polite behavior practiced on the Internet - key component of digital citizenship! |
Software Patches | A patch can be an upgrade (adding more features), a bug fix, a new hardware driver or update to address new issues such as security or stability problems |
Worm | A computer worm is a type of virus that replicates itself, but does not change any files on your machine. However, worms can multiply so many times that they take up all your computer's available memory or hard disk space. |
PSA | Public Service Announcement: a short 30-90 second video that seeks to inform or educate the public about an important health or safety issue |