Digital Citizenship Student Worksheet

Unit 1: Digital Literacy

Name: _________________________________ Class: ______________ Date: ________

Lesson 1: Our Digital World

1. What is a digital native? ___________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________.

2. What year was the first portable MP3 player launched?

____ 1980 ____ 1990 ____ 2000 ____ 2011

3. How much did the first smartphone cost?

____ $299 ____ $499 ____ $699 ____ $899

4. Wi-Fi was available as a mass consumer product for the first time in ________________.
5. What company introduced the first on-device application store?
_______________________________
6. MySpace was born in ___________________ and revived in ___________________.
7. In 2013, a device called _____________ was created to help people monitor food intake
and pace of consumption.
8. What are 3 positive impacts of technology on society?
______________________________________________________________________.
______________________________________________________________________.
______________________________________________________________________.
9. What are 3 negative impacts of technology on society?
______________________________________________________________________.
______________________________________________________________________.
______________________________________________________________________.
10. Label the following examples of technology’s impact on the workplace as either positive
(P) or negative (N).
____ Dependency ____ Efficiency
____ No downtime ____ Skilled labor force
____ Connectivity ____ Changing technology
11. Define digital divide -______________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________.

12. The "global digital divide" is a digital divide between countries. ____ True ____ False

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Lesson 2: Ethical Use of Digital Resources

1. What is software? _________________________________________________________.

2. Check the items listed below that are considered software programs:
____ Computer games ____ Laptop
____ Apps (Applications) ____ Email

3. A software license in an agreement between you and the owner of a software program that
allows you to perform certain tasks with the software.
____ True
____ False

4. Define the three common types of software licenses below:

Purchased license – _______________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
Shareware – _____________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
Freeware – ______________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________

5. When evaluating online resources, you have to D.E.A.L. with the information. What does
the acronym stand for?
D – ____________________________________________________________________
E – ____________________________________________________________________
A – ____________________________________________________________________
L – ____________________________________________________________________

6. Intellectual property is the works, inventions or creations of an individual, group or

business. ____ True ____ False

7. A copyright gives the _____________ of an ____________ work ___________ right to that

work, usually for a ___________ time.

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8. Check the items below that can be covered by a copyright:

____ Music ____ Computer software
____ Art ____ Movies

9. A copyright can cover facts, ideas, systems, or methods of operation.

____ True
____ False

10. The Fair Use rule of copyright laws explains ____________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________.

11. What are the five general terms of the Fair Use rule:
__________________________________________
__________________________________________
__________________________________________
__________________________________________
__________________________________________

12. The four basics to keep in mind when using the intellectual property of others are:
• Is this creation inspiring something new?
• Is the original source your competition?
• Acknowledging the author does not make your use fair.
• The more you use, the less likely it is to be fair use.
____ True
____ False

13. Public domain represents works whose intellectual property rights have ___________ or
works that have been _______________ by the creator.

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14. Free distribution of copyrighted work WITH the proper credit to the creator is called
________________________________.

15. Plagiarism is the _____________ of someone else’s words or ideas and presenting them as
your own.

16. Piracy is the stealing of copyrighted work by downloading or copying it in order to

__________, _________, or ___________ without permission and without paying.

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