Cyber-Safety

I. Overview of the Lesson A. March 7, 2010 B. Three or Four Periods C. Ms/Mr/Mrs (insert name) D. Third-Fifth Grade

II. General Objective A. We will begin a new unit where students will learn the basics of cyber safety. This lesson is meant to act as a base or foundation and is open to changes according the students and instructor's interests.

III. Behavioral Objective A. Given the above basics of cyber safety, students will then share and teach their parents/family member the ins and outs of internet safety by creating their own wiki pages as a culminating experience.

IV. Instructional Materials A. Personal Computers B. Internet Access C. Creativity D. Imagination

V. Motivation and Introduction A. Begin the class with a discussion: brainstorm ideas of uses for the internet put them into a wordle or on the board whatever feels right. But be sure to allow students to work through their thinking. A sample introduction might go something like this (but by no means needs to sound rehearsed): "Today's we will begin to focus on the internet and how to use it. Now can anyone help me brainstorm ideas as to how you as (blank) graders use the internet? (Somehow record all the ideas down.) These are all really wonderful ideas. So can anybody give me a good reason as to why we would need to not only learn how to use the internet but how to use it safely? (entertain some ideas) Right, the internet and all of its marvelous uses, as you brainstormed, can sometimes be a little confusing to navigate through. It's kind of like living in a different world and over the course of today I want you to explore the do's and don'ts of the internet as much as possible."

VI. Development A. Use the Prezi presentation to jumpstart the lesson. For each segment be sure to allow for questions, or prompt the questions yourself. The prezi is the springboard for the rest of this mini unit.

B. In order to create a supervised environment for students to try out their new internet skills, have them each create an account on [|Woogi World]. 1. Each day in class, the student must log in and spend ten-fifteen minutes interacting with their peers. 2. Directly after, they must record their experiences; the good the bad and the ugly. Most importantly, they should try and focus on how to improve their internet interaction skills. If needed, review netiquette rules: - Never publish any personal information on the web. This includes last name, address, password, phone number, school name, hometown, photos of yourself, your location at a given time or day - If someone tries to contact you on the web, notify a parent or adult immediately - Share with your parents what websites you visit and tell them why you visit them - Nothing you write on the Internet is private - Never meet your “online” friends in person - Make sure to think before you post. You always want to posts to be appropriate and non-offensive - Only use websites that your teacher tells you to use - Do not use bad words
 * [|Netiquette Rules]**

3. They are to continue this for one week, or until they are comfortable enough to be able to teach proper cyber-safety to a third party.

C. Week Two/Part Two: 1. Students will now, with the help of their teamates, create a wiki page about cyber-safety. Feel free to develop a skeleton format for the students to fill in, or to let nature take its course so to speak. Remind them that it is public and therefore the WHOLE WORLD will be able to see it.

VII. Summary and Closure A. Students will invite their parents/family members to view their newly created wiki page. Making sure they take careful note of each piece of information. When they have visited the wiki, they will then complete the following survey about the wiki's usefulness:

http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=t_hpmyzoG5gYSDrS48dl-zw&output=html

VIII. Assessment A. Wiki's created by the students will be graded according to usefulness and helpfulness. But the truly important assessment will be the one the students self evaluation. They will each make a before and after

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