In the space below, draw a map of the digital places you visit. Think of it like a map of an island. What are the big cities (apps you use a lot)? What are the small villages (sites you visit sometimes)? What are the roads that connect them?
Start drawing your digital world here...
Use symbols or colours to show what each place is for. Here are some ideas:
1. Which digital space on your map feels the most like your 'home'? Why?
2. Which space feels the most like a 'public park' where anyone can be? Why?
3. Are there any places on your map where you feel you have to act differently than you do in real life? Why?
4. Look at the connections between your spaces. What information might be travelling along those roads?
Students will engage with this resource to explore digital kaitiakitanga — applying tikanga Māori principles of guardianship, manaakitanga, and whanaungatanga to their digital lives, spaces, and technologies.
Scaffold support: Provide sentence starters and visual frameworks to scaffold access at the entry level. Offer extension tasks that deepen ethical analysis — for example, comparing digital tikanga principles to international AI ethics frameworks.
ELL / ESOL: Pre-teach key kupu (kaitiakitanga, manaakitanga, whanaungatanga, tikanga) with bilingual glossaries. Allow students to express ideas in their home language first before translating to English.
Inclusion: Chunk tasks and provide clear visual instructions. Neurodiverse learners benefit from structured choice in how they demonstrate understanding (e.g., verbal, written, or visual). Affirm diverse digital experiences as valid starting points.
Mātauranga Māori lens: Digital kaitiakitanga frames technology through Te Ao Māori — our digital spaces are extensions of our marae, our data is part of our whakapapa, and our online behaviour reflects our mana. Tikanga Māori provides a powerful ethical compass for navigating the digital world.
Prior knowledge: No specialist digital technology knowledge required for entry-level engagement. Best used after introductory lessons on tikanga Māori or as part of a digital technologies unit.