Scott Nickel - Garfields ® Guide to Digital Citizenship

Scott Nickel, Pat Craven, Ciera Lovitt, and Jim Davis Illustrated by Glenn Zimmerman, Jeff Wesley, Lynette Nuding, Larry Fentz, and Tom Howard Lerner Publications Minneapolis Contents Say hello to Bisby, my cybersafety bot. Thats B.I.S.B. Basic Internet Safety Botat your service! Pause Before You Post Hey, Garfield. Hey, Garfield? Huh?! Wha?! Who?! Hey, Garfield. Guess what? Huh?... Im having pancakes for breakfast! Just in case you missed my status update on Catbook.

Im having pancakes with blueberry syrup. See? You woke me up for that?! Ooh, ooh! I forgot the milk.

Gotta change my status on all my profiles. Also... having... with... pancakes... and... blueberry... syrup. #gotsyrup. #gotsyrup.

Sweet! And heres my report on giraffes, which I got an A-plus on!

Giraffes! Giraffes are not small Giraffes are quite tall With legs that are long And necks that are strong And also quite long, long, long... Giraffes! Oh yeah! Gotta post that too! Another post? Can I help it if everyone wants to know... what the Worlds Cutest Kitten is doing? Thats why Im on Catbook, Facechat, Instablurb, and Chatter! Thats a lot of social media. Thats a lot of Nermal. Too much, if you ask me. Garfield, dont be jealous that I have oodles and oodles of online friends and you dont! Who needs online friends? Id rather have oodles and oodles of noodles.

I bet youll want to come to my pizza party, celebrating the A-plus I got on my giraffe report! Pizza? You just said the magic word.

Status update: Cant wait for the big backyard pizza party this afternoon celebrating my good grade! Woot? Oh yeah! Cool! Nermal, what are you doing?! Check out these cool pics! Pizza party here today. Pizza delivery guy, dont forget to ring doorbell and bring cheese bread. This is where the worlds cutest kitten lives!? Isnt it awesome???!! Um, Garfield...maybe this isnt such a good idea. You should call Dr. Dr. Dr.

Cybrina, we need your help! Hold on a sec, Garfield. Just about to beat my high score...

So, Garfield, whats up? Its about online safety. Perfect! As a C.I.S.S.P. Certified Information Systems Security Professional Im always on the job! I think Nermal posted too much info on social media. Thats a big concern.

Kids should never post their age, gender, school, addresses, phone numbers, or other personal information online where people they dont know can see it. Your full name, address, phone number, passwords, age, gender, and plans or location... ...This is all personal information that should stay private. PERSONAL INFORMATION Full namefirst and last Addressany home, place you go, or school Phone numberhome or mobile number Passwordsyour login and secret codes Agehow old you are Genderboy or girl Plans or locationwhere youre going to be, who youre going with, when youre doing something, and what youre going to be doing.