Internet+Safety

=Internet Safety Lesson Plan= =Student Lesson= =Using Avatars to Teach Internet Safety= // Susan Oxnevad, March, 2009 // updated: 1/11/12

**Curriculum area: Internet Safety**

 * Grade level: All**

**Overview:**
Students will create avatars and pen names for participating in the wiki project.

**Objective:**
Students will
 * distinguish between personal vs. private information.
 * create avatars and pen names to protect their identities when publishing and collaborating online.
 * agree to follow publishing safety rules and web etiquette.

**Tool or technology:**
Web 2.0 Tools to create an avatar.
 * (See resources, bottom)**

**NETS-S: National Education Technology Standards for Students**
[|View standards covered]

** Lesson ** ** Overview: **

 * Whole Group Discussion: **
 * 1) Intro to wikis. Watch Video//,//In Plain English
 * 2) Discuss wikis as "Live and WorldWide"
 * 3) **Personal vs. Private** information. Get handout from CyberSmart
 * 4) What's an avatar? An avatar is an online identify used to allow users to have a personality while protecting private information.
 * 5) Discuss Publishing Safety Guidelines and Web Etiquette (Students will agree to these terms when requesting a user account, at the end of this lesson.

Hands on Activity:
If you don't have time or access to computer, please consider assigning this as a fun homework task. BuildYourWildSelf is a very easy tool to use and students should be able to complete it independently.
 * 1) Create an avatar
 * 2) Use one of the Web 2.0 tools to create an avatar. Get avatar resources.
 * 3) Take a snapshot of your avatar
 * 4) Save the avatar as a .jpg in a location for easy retrieval. (Computer desktop, flash drive) If there is no option to save, you can take a snapshot. How do I take a snapshot?
 * 5) Create a pen name. Use something you can remember and spell, but please **do not** use your real name. Be creative!
 * 6) **All Student**s: Complete form: Setup Account **Note to teachers**: You do not need to worry about keeping track of pennames, I will share a spreadsheet with student login information / pen names with you.

Follow Up:
After submitting the form and agreeing to terms, students will receive accounts.

Resources:

 * Video: In Plain English
 * Avatar resources.


 * Handout: Personal vs. Private Information, from CyberSmart


 * Form: Agree to Terms and Setup Account

= = // It’s important to show students an example of the final project first. Please link yours here. // || The activity should be driven by standards-based essential questions. These questions are often so open-ended that projects are wide are varied allowing for student voice and choice. Does this activity provide flexible learning paths and choices so ALL students can succeed, learn and be appropriately challenged? || . ||
 * =Lesson Plan= ||
 * ==Lesson Title: == ||
 * ==Example: ==
 * **Content Standards**: What learning goals or objectives will you set for the project? ||
 * **Essential Question(s): **
 * Connect driving questions with real world if possible
 * Devise question by looking at Common Core Standards, choose multiple to address
 * Cannot be answered by copying and pasting
 * Requires students to create something new something that doesn’t exist
 * Solution is often personalized or localized
 * Begin with Why, What if, How and Which?
 * Sometimes all students answer the same question, not always. ||
 * **Product: **What should the finished product include? ||
 * **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Differentiation, Modifications or Accommodations: **
 * **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Resources Needed: **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Technology equipment, supplies, resources, etc
 * **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Project Timeline: **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What skills and concepts do they need to know before they can attempt the project?
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Before: **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What will students do? List specific tasks for each day OR list the steps required to complete the work.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">During: **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Sharing of tech projects offers an excellent opportunity for another level of learning if students are required to view/share with a purpose or learning goal attached. Comments by peers, if unmonitored, will generally be superficial, but if students are taught to constructively comment to demonstrate their own understanding, this part of the activity can be more than just a showcase. See <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">_The Blooming Orange__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> for verbs to help design this task. ||
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">After: **
 * **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Assessment/Reflection/Evaluation: **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What are your plans for student assessment, reflection of their own work and evaluation of the entire project? ||