Digital Citizenship Worksheets

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As technology grows and infinitely expands, we find ourselves immersed in a mixture of the real world and online culture. The need to understand the proper use and interpretation of this virtual world is vital for all citizens of the world. When we use computers, digital devices, and the data that flows freely across the Internet appropriately and responsibly we refer to this as proactive digital citizenship. The spill over between online culture and the real world is certainly blurred to put it mildly. To have a chance to thrive in today’s world youngsters need to fully understand the power of these and positive and negative uses of this newly developed technology. What makes digital citizenship such a challenge for educators is the rapid pace of shifts that technology goes. When I began teaching Friendster was all the rage, 5 years later it was Twitter and Facebook. That lasted another 5 years and then Snap Chat and Instagram came out. Today Tik Tok is where all the kids are. It seems like every time the High School gets a whole new crop of kids, they bring a new Social Network with them. These worksheets will help students identify positive and proactive uses of technology and help them maintain a sense of privacy.

Digital Citizenship Worksheets To Print:

Thoughts - Before sharing something online, ask yourself these questions.

Staying Safe Online - Staying safe online is similar to staying safe in real life. There are things that you should and should not do. One way you can stay safe online is to pay attention to how things make you feel.

Rule of Thumb - A good rule of thumb when trying to decide whether or not you should share something online is that anything you share online could potentially be seen by anyone and everyone.

Questions to Answer - What is the most important thing to consider as a digital citizenship? Why?

Your Digital Footprint - Your digital footprint is the information about you that exists on the internet as a result of your online activity.

Be Responsible - While digital citizenship offers a convenient way to participate in the world, it also requires behaving in a responsible way.

Safe and Unsafe - Complete the entire table to bring this thing to light.

Big Shoes - In the space below, write down as much as you can about your own digital footprint.

What's It Mean? - Circle the word that matches the definition.

Things I Like to Do - Do you live your life more offline or online?

Digital Relationships - Think about who you are connected to online - people that you communicate with regularly, share things with, etc. Complete the graphic organizer. How many of these people are you also connected to offline?

Keeping Things Private - When something is private, that means that you should keep it to yourself. You should only share things that are private with someone that you really trust.

Staying Private Online - Draw an X through everything on the form below that is asking for private information. Complete the rest of the form.

Four Things - Identify instances of good behavior.

Elements Are In - Briefly discuss why each element of digital citizenship is important.

The Habits of Quality Digital Citizens

Our students have a much tougher situation than most of use had growing up. That is because we only had to focus on the real world for the most part. While texting and cell phone calls were a distraction it was something that was usually very manageable. Today students are overwhelmed with all the different ways in which they are able to communicate and receive messages. This requires them to not only have to learn how to behave and carry themselves in the real, but online as well. There are several habits we have identified that may help your students maintain a positive mental health and proactively transverse this digital world.


It all starts with realizing that while social networks are valuable communication tool, they are often a curated or staged view of life. While every picture that person posts looks like they are having so much fun, they are just like us. They have good and bad days. The basic message here is to realize that this person is not much different from you. A good pattern to build into your daily routine is to limit the amount of time you spend on these social networks. I find 20 minutes per day is a great starting point. When we limit our time, we often find the best uses of that technology. The goal is finding a balance between being the online and real world.


Good digital citizens also understand that there is a great deal of value in their own privacy. They do not freely share all their information with unknown others or any random pop-up that may ask for that type of information. We never share our mailing address or phone numbers with anyone that we do not physically know. We also do not ask others for that information because it would compromise the privacy of other people.


Solid digital citizens understand that these tools have real world consequences, and our behavior should mimic that of the real world. We should cooperate, respect others, and treat others the way in which we would like to be treated ourselves. We should not threaten, mock, threaten, or taunt others. This type of behavior often is met with real world consequences. When we do see this type of pattern out of others we should block their ability to do this type of thing.