Digital Life 101
Websites and applications that allow users to create and share content or to participate in social networking such as Youtube, snapchat, Instagram and Twitter.
What is social media?
A fake Instagram account used for posting to a specific group of people or to post anonymously
What is a finsta?
Secret data usually used to confirm a user's identity. This will help to keep your private information safe and won’t allow others to access your phone without your permission.
What is a password or passcode?
This is an instant messaging service where you can send text messages, images, videos, and documents; getting delivery and read statuses so only the sender and recipient can read the messages.
What is an imessage or a WhatsApp message?
These are ways to edit video and photo to create the desired appearance, feel, or creative expression.
What is a filter?
This is an online audio and web conferencing platform. People use it to to participate in video conference meetings. Teachers have used it to teach students during remote learning.
What is Zoom?
When you post without anyone knowing who you are
What is Anonymously
This means they won’t be able to find your profile, posts, or story on an app.
What is blocking?
Using electronics to bully a person usually by sending messages of an intimidating or threatening nature. Harmful behavior can include posting rumors, threats, sexual remarks or a victims' personal information.
What is Cyberbullying?
A popular social media app that allows users to create, watch, and share 15-second videos shot on cellphones. Users can create short videos set to music, dancing and sound effects
What is TikTok?
This is a government program that encourages students to participate in safe online practices. The mascot is Cyber Cid.
What is Cybertips?
The gaining of unauthorized access to data in a system or computer.
What is hacking?
Asking others if it is okay to take their picture or video them and post online.
What is consent or permission?
This is a private form of communication between social media users such as Instagram and Snapchat that is only visible to the sender and recipient(s).
What is a direct message, private message, personal message?
You can take a picture or record a video of your phone's screen. After you capture your screen, you can view, edit, and share the image or video.
What is a screenshot or screen recording?
Information about you that can be used to identify you such as your full name and your address and should not be shared online.
What is Private or Personal Information?
This is a game that is either partially or primarily played through the Internet or any other computer network available. The social networking aspect of interacting with thousands of players worldwide frequently overshadows the game content itself.
What is online gaming (Roblox, Fortnight, Minecraft, Friv)?
The age where you can be held accountable for your actions (online) or other behaviors by Bermuda laws?
What is 8 years old?
This is sending, receiving, or forwarding sexually explicit messages, photographs, or videos between phones or some other device to others.
What is sexting?
A setting for your device that allows your phone to use more sources for the most accurate location. Someone can see where you are if you post while this feature is turned on in your phone.
What is Location Setting?
Time spent using a device such as a computer, phone, or games. Something you monitor so that you do not use your phone too long. Paying attention to this particularly in then evening so that you don't stay up late at night and feel tired at school. Too much of this can affect your concentration and make you lose interest in other things in life
What is Screentime?
Where somebody uses someone else's picture or profile to make a social media account to target specific victims
What is catfishing?
When someone uses the internet to trick, force or pressure a young person into doing something sexual - like sending a naked video or image of themselves.
What is online grooming?
This is a messaging service or application that lets users send pictures & videos to one another, in the knowledge that such content will disappear after a set time.
What is snapchat?
Direct requests for information, sexual activity, in-person meeting, or exposure to sexual materials
What is soliciting?