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An avatar is a graphic (picture, image) that you use to represent yourself on the Internet. | Avatar |
Boundaries are physical, emotional and mental limits we set to protect ourselves from being manipulated, used, or harmed by others. | boundaries |
A bully is someone who acts in an aggressive, hostile, or hurtful manner toward others. | Bully |
Bystanders are people who witness the actions of the bully and the reactions of the victim(s), without taking action. | Bystanders |
Citizenship means being a member of and supporting your community and country. Citizens have both rights and responsibilities. | Citizenship |
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. | Cyber-Bullying |
A digital footprint is all of the information online about a person either posted by that person or others, intentionally or unintentionally. | digital identity/footprint |
A simple face, sometimes animated, that expresses an emotion. Emoticons let you show someone online how you are feeling. | emoticon |
A deliberately mean-spirited message sent to others on the Internet. | Flame |
A hacker is someone who accesses computer information without permission. | Hacker |
To annoy someone repeatedly. For example, cursing at, following, or mocking someone online. | harassment |
Intellectual property includes art, books, inventions, magazines, movies, music, performances, reports, software, stories created by you or by others. | intellectual property |
Means to cause harm to someone or something on purpose. | malicious |
Courtesy, honesty, and polite behavior practiced on the Internet - key component of digital citizenship! | netiquette |
Perpetrator is another word for bully. | perpetrator |
Piracy is theft of intellectual property - in other words, stealing what does not belong to you. | piracy, pirating |
One who stalks or uses lies, secrecy, or stealth, to get close enough to another person in order to easily hurt or harm them. Usually an adult. | predator |
Tolerance is respecting those who are different from you. | tolerance |
A victim is someone who is harmed by another person or persons. | victim |
An upstander is someone who takes action to stop bullying behavior or other inappropriate behaviors | upstander |