Digital Citizen

109th Scout Group

Lowe Memorial Presbyterian Church, Finaghy

 

Part of South Belfast District

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Digital Citizen Staged Activity Badge

 

Digital Citizen – stage 1

 

How to earn your badge

Complete every task to achieve Stage 1, showing that you have thought about the potential risks and how to stay safe for each activity.

 

  1. Show that you can:

 

  • turn on and log into a computer
  • use a piece of software, for example email or a game
  • name the main parts of a computer system
  • connect a peripheral (for example a scanner or printer) to your computer and use it.

 

  1. Create a piece of digital media. It could be artwork, a photograph, music or animation.

 

  1. Use the internet for research:

 

  • decide on an area of interest
  • find three websites with content that matches your area of interest
  • collect relevant information by printing or saving as files.

Digital Citizen – stage 2

 

How to earn your badge

Complete every task to achieve Stage 2, showing that you have thought about the potential risks and how to stay safe for each activity.

 

  1. Plan and then create a piece of digital media. It could be artwork or a photograph that you alter using creative tools, music, animation, CAD (Computer Aided Design) or a 3D sculpture.

 

  1. Show that you can:

 

  • send or reply to someone with a short email and include an attachment
  • download photos or other media from a camera or smart card
  • open and save a document then share it using a cloud service (like Google Docs or Microsoft Sharepoint) or a USB stick
  • create a document that includes media that you’ve downloaded or copied from another source.

 

  1. Use the internet for research:

 

  • decide on an area of interest
  • use two different search engines to find three websites you think are reliable
  • collect information by printing the pages or saving as PDF documents
  • select relevant information by copying text or an image and pasting into a document
  • display your findings as a poster or a short report.

Digital Citizen – stage 3

 

How to earn your badge

Complete every task to achieve Stage 3, showing that you have thought about the potential risks and how to stay safe for each activity.

 

  1. Plan, make, edit and share a piece of digital media. It could be artwork or a photograph that you alter using creative tools, music, animation, CAD (Computer Aided Design) or a 3D sculpture.

 

  1. Explore social networking sites that are appropriate for your age, then create an example of a good social network profile. Show that you know how to:

 

  • use anti-virus software
  • set up or adjust settings for accessibility
  • recover from a frozen programme or screen.

 

  1. Use the internet for research:

 

  • decide on a specific area of interest
  • use at least two different search engines, using operators like AND, NOT and OR in the search box
  • collect information by using bookmarks or favourites. Save URLs or use a social bookmarking tool like Diigo, Reddit, StumbleUpon, del.icio.us or digg.
  • select specific, reliable information relevant to your area of research
  • create a structured display of the information you have gathered. You could do this in a document, on a website or using a social tool such as Pinterest.
  • share your research with other people, for example by email, on the web, by MMS or social media.

 

Digital Citizen – stage 4

 

How to earn your badge

Complete every task to achieve Stage 4, showing that you have thought about the potential risks and how to stay safe for each activity.

 

  1. Create a portfolio of digital media. It might include artwork or a photograph that you alter using creative tools, music, animation, CAD (Computer Aided Design) or 3D sculpture.

 

  1. Create a film, video, stop-motion animation or podcast and share it using a suitable media sharing tool.

 

  1. Create a social network profile for your section, a band, local interest group or something similar. Alternatively you could make a small website that can host content, like the film you made in step 2, photos, poetry or information about your local area.

 

  1. Use the internet for research:

 

  • Choose a local, national, community or Scouting issue, or something from the news or current affairs.
  • Collect information from different sources, such as spreadsheets, databases, online news services and ‘open access’ data sources.
  • Put your information together in a structured way, for example grouping similar information. Make sure you know where each
  • piece of information comes from.
  • Select the information you think is most appropriate and reliable.
  • Create a multi-page website with your information and make it public. Present your information in a variety of ways – you could
  • use infographics, images or graphs.
  • Share your website with a wide audience.
  • Explain your sources of information and why you picked out what you did.
  • Get some feedback on what you have done and make changes to
  • improve your website based on that feedback.

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