Digital Citizen Stage 3 Activity Badge (Nominet)

Digital Citizen Stage 3 Activity Badge (Nominet)

Take the digital citizen badge and develop the knowledge you need in all things digital.

How to earn the 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. Show that you know how to:

• use anti-virus software
• set up or adjust settings for accessibility and security

2. 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 
• 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.

3. Plan, make, edit and share a piece of digital media based on your research. Share your research with other people, for example by email, on the web, by Multimedia Messaging Service or social media.

4. Create a multi-page website or social network group with your information. Present your information in a variety of ways. For example, you could use infographics, images or graphs.You should then:

• share your website with a wider audience
• explain your sources of information and why you selected the details you chose
• get some feedback on what you have done and make changes to improve your website based on that feedback

Resources:

• How to set up or adjust your computer’s settings for accessibility and security