Digital Citizen Education Kit: find all the resources

• How do I delete a photo on a social network?
• At what age can my child look at a screen?
• How can I distinguish between legal and unlawful supplies of cultural goods?
• What rights do Internet users have?
• What role do the media play in equality challenges?
• Are there limits to freedom of expression?

Everything you need to know about Internet rights

To better understand their rights and responsibilities in the digital environment, children and youngsters can browse :

• For 6-11 year-olds, the video module "Monde numérique : quels droits?", on cyber-bullying between schoolmates, followed by an online quiz and a "resource sheet" offering the concepts to remember on this subject, browsed in the video, as well as other videos and activities to consult on the subject inventoried in the Educadroit.fr resource center.

Digital world: what rights?" video

• For ages 12 and up, the "Dessine-moi le droit" booklet on the risks of life online, produced in partnership with the Cartooning for Peace association, offers questions and answers on press cartoons addressing the risks of life online: personal data processing, connected objects, exposure to violent content, cyber-harassment.

Draw me the law" booklet.

All you need to know about protecting your privacy online

To inform teenagers about their personal data and raise their awareness of privacy issues, the Incollables "Ta vie privée, c'est secret!" range and the Es-tu vraiment incollable series cover topics such as:

• advertising,
• image rights,
• online pseudonyms,
• video surveillance,
• online scams.

Youngsters will also be able to discover the digital version of the famous Les Incollables game on all these issues: the incowebs!

The "10 tips for staying Net on the web" poster shows the best practices to follow online.

The Cyber Chronix video game raises awareness among youngsters about the General Data Protection Regulation and, more generally, their rights to protect their personal data (RGPD).

Other technical aspects to discover:

• Advice from the French national data protection agency on choosing a good password,
• Tools for controlling cookies
• How I caught a cookie" video

The "La famille tout écran"guide is aimed at parents, and includes advice on adopting responsible uses of the Internet, as part of media and information education.

"The all-screen family

Everything you need to know about respecting creation

Responsible digital practices can be learned.

Tutorial videos help parents explain the technical challenges of digital life.

To summarize these responsible practices in terms of respect for royalties and creation, three reference guides should be browsed:

• Guide "Votre enfant navigue sur internet".
• Guide La Famille et les pratiques culturelles responsables sur Internet.
• Booklet Watching a film, series or documentary on the Internet.

Everything you need to know about the responsible use of screens

To support children in their use of the media, parents can browse the Arcom website:

• Children and screens: advice from Arcom

They can also find out more about the use of television by youngsters, using the "signalétique jeunesse" (youngsters' signs).

• Signs for young people

For educational leaders wishing to tackle the challenges of media representation, the Arcom website features educational modules developed in partnership with the Créteil academy, illustrated by video resources from the archives of the Institut national de l'audiovisuel (INA), enabling them to address issues of equality, representation and citizenship in the audiovisual media.

• Arcom's teaching resources for media, information and digital literacy.
• Freedom of expression and its limits.
• Equality between men and women in the audiovisual media.
• Representation of society and the fight against discrimination.

Finally, parents and trainers can also find resources on :

• Audiovisuel professions
• Behind the scenes in the audiovisuel industry

Teaching children and teenagers about their rights on the Internet

To raise awareness among children and youngsters about the legal issues raised by the digital world, teachers and educators refer to the 11th chapter "Digital world: what rights?" of the legal education handbook, which consists of a theme sheet and a teaching sheet offering essential concepts and activities for ages 6-11 and for ages 12 and up, on the right to personal data protection, cyberbullying, dangerous content, royalties.

• "Digital world: what rights?"
• A rights education manual

Teaching paths have been designed for 6-11 year-olds on cyberbullying, and for 12 year-olds and over, on the main risks of life online.

• Ages 6-11
• Ages 12 and up

Teaching children and teenagers to protect their privacy online

Trainers can draw on a wide range of resources to support their lessons:

• 10 tips to stay Net on the web, Passwords have no secrets for you! and 5 tips to protect my privacy on social networks.
• The video on connected toys explains to parents the precautions to take before buying a connected toy and during its use,
• The video on cookies explains to adults the impact of new cookie regulations on Internet users' rights,
• the booklet Devenir gardien de son Internet, to regain control over digital rights, as well as teacher and classroom resources on the theme of personal data protection;
• the International Data Protection Training Framework, the first module of which has been adapted for Cycle 3 (ages 8-11);
• and finally, more specifically aimed at secondary school teachers, the video produced by the French national data protection agency with the Youtubeur Le Rire Jaune, in partnership with MGEN, which explains how to protect your privacy on the Internet in 6 steps.

Teaching children and teenagers to use screens sensibly and responsibly

To help trainers understand media and information literacy, they can browse the teaching modules for middle and high school classes on this topic, including resource sheets and teaching scenarios.

The all-screen family guide also provides practical advice on digital and media education.

Teaching children and teenagers to respect creativity on the Internet

The kit includes several teaching modules for teachers of cycle 3, 4 and high school students on copyright, access to cultural works, the risks of unlawful sites and the economic model of the audiovisual value chain. A presentation booklet provides further details on the various components of the kit.

To put students in the position of creators and raise their awareness of the need to respect creation, the teacher's guide to the Pocket Documentary project proposes a practical activity for high-school students, getting them to make a documentary themselves using their smartphones.

For more general documentation on the digital cultural practices of children and teenagers, trainers can also browse through various research summaries, whether on the uses of 8-14 year-olds (on how parents can get to grips with this theme) or 15-24 year-olds (on their relationship to thepurchase of cultural products online and to creation).

Who participated in this kit?

• The CNIL (Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés), whose mission is to protect personal data in the digital age, has made digital literacy a strategic priority in its work, particularly with youngsters.
• The French Superior Audiovisual Council (Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel, now Arcom) regulates audiovisual media (radio, television and on-demand video media services) and certain online content platforms. It oversees the application of fundamental freedoms.
• The Rights Defender, which ensures respect for rights and freedoms: relations with public services, compliance with professional ethics by security forces, respect for children's rights, fight agains discrimination, protection of whistle-blowers.
• Hadopi (Haute Autorité pour la diffusion des œuvres et la protection des droits sur internet, now Arcom), guarantor of the protection of creative rights on the Internet.