My rights and responsibilities online
In a school, every child has rights, and every child also has duties. It is the same online. A digital citizen has five rights: privacy, which means keeping personal details safe; protection from copying and piracy of your own work; taking part with others online; giving and finding information; and using the internet when you need it. Each right comes with a responsibility. If I have privacy, I must respect the privacy of others. If I can find information, I must respect the sources and say where it came from. If I can take part, I must behave well. If I can share, I must share safely. Notice the secret: my right is also your right, so we all look after each other.
| My right | My responsibility |
|---|---|
| Privacy | Respect the privacy of others |
| Find and give information | Respect sources and say where they came from |
| Take part with others | Behave kindly and well |
| Protection from copying | Do not copy or pirate other people’s work |
| Use the internet when needed | Share safely |
Rights and duties cards. Make ten small cards: five with a right and five with the matching responsibility. Shuffle them face down. Take turns turning two cards. If they match, keep the pair and say a short example of your own. The player with most pairs wins. Check the pairs with the table in this lesson.