Internet Safety and Digital Citizenship

Evaluate:

Lesson Plan:

Our lesson plan flowed smoothly. It was of appropriate length and suitable for 6th grade students. It included all the information and delivered it in a fun and educational way. It was very visually pleasing, included a way to check what the students learnt (jeopardy) and evaluation sheets.

Impact on Students:

I think they were very happy to have us present to them, they were more interested and respectful since they view us as older and maybe more important. We taught them a lot and they learnt most of it. They were a great audience and our impact on them was only in matters of education. We impacted their future, now they are more aware of those topics and the dagerous internet world and will be safer in life.

Improvement:

I really believe our presentation was very close to perfection and there is no improvement to make. All the design specifications were met and everyone loved our presentation (except one person that said he already knew everything.) There's one little thing, we didn't stress the word bibliography enough and they got questions wrong because of that. Also I could have been more calm and understanding towards some of them.

Design Cycle:

On my written design cycle I believe I could have added more information, obviously it's not even close to 15 pages and it's not perfect. It doesn't show maximum effort, more could be added here and there but I believe it's relatively well.

Create:

Final Lesson Plan:

Because we all had brilliant ideas we decided to combine them together in order to come up with the best lesson plan. It will ace at all categories in the design specification because it is fun, educational, and hopefully respects the time limits. It contains all of the requested elements such as a feedback sheet and a quiz. It will be interested full of activities in which they can participate as well.

1. Introduce ourselves and our purpose
2. Acting with Wix  (for each topic)
3. Who wants to be a millionaire quiz (3 people per turn 4 questions)
4. Ask whether they have questions or comments
5. Feed back Sheets 
6. Say goodbye

We made no modifications in our lesson plan, everything worked out perfectly.

Link to Presentation: 
http://www.wix.com/skrstajic/dt-presentation
Link to Jeopardy:
http://www.superteachertools.com/jeopardy/usergames/Nov201145/game1320840093.php

Design Cycle Presentation

Plan:

We will combine all our plans, make a Wix and jeopardy and act for each one of the sections. Together all activities should be about 40 minutes

Materials:

• Laptop, printer, speakers and projector
• Wix
• Videos
• Who wants to be a millionaire quiz
• Evaluation sheet
• Paper copy of question response
• Paper copy of different sites
• Props for acting (plastic knife, black bag, laptop, signs that determine time and place: 1 at home, 1 in the park, 1 next day, 1 in school sign, tabs that need to be opened: Gmail, Google, Word Document, blank paper)

Work Division:

Ana: Will write the scripts for the plays (as well as bringing all props) and present her part of the Wix (Cyber bullying and digital etiquette)

Svetlana: Will make the Wix and present her part (Safety)

Annie: Will make millionaire quiz and present her part (Plagiarism)

Design Cycle Presentation

Design:

Design Specification:

• Under 40 minutes long must be over 30 minutes
• Appropriate for grade 6
• Dynamic and interesting of Grade 6
• Informative 
• Fun and Educational at the same time 
• Visually appealing
• Include a Video
• Quiz at the end
• Feedback Sheet 
• Site on good research techniques

3 Lesson Plans:

1. Ana: After we introduce what we are doing I think it would be really fun to act out what each on of the topics, briefly explaining what each is. After wards we would do our Wix presentation in an entertaining and educational manner. We can show them some videos from BrainPOP and even take some of their quizzes together. In then end we should give them the feedback sheet, ask them for their comments, if they have any questions or other wishes. 
2. Annie: First we will introduce ourselves and tell them about what we will be presenting and say what the topics are.  I think we should use a Wix presentation to guide the information, show the main ideas, while include images and video. Then we should present about Safety and Security online. We should identify how you know sites are safe and discuss when it is safe and unsafe to give personal details and use plenty of images and examples to ensure their understanding. The next topic we discuss is Cyberbullying. To introduce this topic we should show a video showing the effects and and example of cyber bullying. When the video is over, we clearly state the definition of cyberbullying  and then discuss how to prevent and stop it. Next, we will move on to teach them about Digital Etiquette. Using visuals and small texts we will instruct them on how to behave online, the importance of it, and ways to make sure they are always polite and respectful, while explaining the consequences of misbehaving online. Then we will discuss researching online and properly citing sources. In addition to text and images on the presentation, we should print out a paper for each of them with good, reliable research sites and techniques, in addition to how to format bibliographies. Finally, we give the students a quick quiz to see what they learned and feedback sheets to see what they thought of our presentation.
3. Svetlana: We start of with introducing ourselves and why we are here. While we are introducing ourselves are our purpose we could have our Wix presentation open and show them the topics we are going to cover during the 40 minute lesson. Then, we can ask them if they have any questions they want us to go over or any other information they possibly want to know. After the Wix, we can show them a short videos, that would be fun and make them more interested in the lesson. After the video we can hand them a worksheet or a fun assignment that would educate them further on, but also be fun at the same time. After the fun activity we can give them a quiz to see what they learned, but the quiz should also be fun so they don't lose interest. At last, to wrap it up we will give them a evaluation sheet so they can state their opinion on how we presented to them and if we were good.

Internet Safety and Digital Citizenship

Investigation:

Guiding Question: How can I make others in my community aware of the importance of being a conscientious digital citizen and behaving appropriately when using technology and online resources?

Internet safety is a very serious problem affecting people from all over the world. The internet is a great invention, helping us communicate limitless, find answers and have fun. But everything has a flaw. Although compared to a wonderland that provides homework, is also very unsafe, especially for children and young adults, who have just started discovering it. With lack of knowledge and responsibility, new users are endangered. Our objective is to learn and teach the four most important topics regarding internet safety and digital citizenship. We will then pick one to make a Wix presentation on it and show it to the 6^th graders, who just got their own laptops from school. They are all enumerated and explained below:



Design specification 

• lesson should be between 30-40 min long
• you should use at least 2 different teaching strategies
• should be age appropriate
• fun and educational

Possible Teaching Techniques:

1. Video
2. Online Survey to see what they know or what they don't.
3. Prezi/Wix/Glogster/Powepoint
4. Interview on what they know
5. Mini Quiz
6. Make Posters
7. Make mini-plays
8. Interactive online program
9. Play educational games

Testing Techniques:

1. Feedback Sheets
2. Short recap after lesson ended to see what children understood
3. Test it on our peers first
4. Ask teachers for their opinion and advice
5. Send out the online survey again to see if their answers have developed.

Safety and Security Online: 

When it comes to internet safety, younglings should be very careful in order to fully protect themselves. You shouldn’t share passwords, addresses or any valuable information that can be used against you. By giving that information you can be stalked, hacked and more, therefore it’s very dangerous. You should know if a website is safe so it won’t steal your information. You can check that by seeing whether it has a padlock next to the web address. Be careful when buying things online! Your money is very important and might be stolen if the website is a scam or not secure.

Cyber Bullying: 

Cyber bullying is a very serious topic although many people take it as a joke. Many people are affected by it. If you don’t know, well it’s when a person is bullied (harassed) online by another one. What people don’t know is that it still breaks hearts. People cyber bully because it’s easier than ganging up on a person in real life. If a person is being cyber bullied they should report the bully to a teacher, a parent or the website you are using. You can also block them on the social network that they are using.

Digital Etiquette: 

Digital etiquette is the way one acts and talks to other people on the internet. If you aren’t sure what is acceptable, you should follow the proverb “Treat the others the way you want to be treated,” that will guarantee you a good digital etiquette. Treat people with respect and don’t say anything you wouldn’t have the courage to say in real life. Cyber bullying on the other hand, is an example of bad etiquette. Remember, it’s not only the way you speak, but also what you do. Copying or downloading movies illegally is considered bad etiquette as well.

Search Strategies, Plagiarism and Website Credibility: 

Let’s start with plagiarism. It is when you steal one’s work off the internet by copy pasting and pretend it is yours. It seems easy and innocent but the consequences are massive. You can be kicked out of college and you can lose your job, so plagiarism isn’t a joke at all. As mentioned before, website credibility is very important as well. You don’t want your money or information stolen and used against you. If you feel suspicious and the website doesn’t give enough information, doesn’t have a lock sign next to the URL and just by appearance, it doesn’t seem safe, don’t use it. When it comes to search strategies this template should be self explanatory:

Operator	Description	Example
	use a keyword or idea, be specific	wildflower
	use a phrase, question, or string of ideas.	growing wildflower*
	use capitals only for proper nouns. Avoid plurals.	Indiana
AND, +, &	include both words	sand AND sculpture
OR, |	include either word	ice OR sand AND sculpture
NOT, -	exclude this word	ice NOT sand AND sculpture
AND NOT, !	all, but this word	weed AND NOT marijuana
NEAR, ~	similiar to this word, good for misspellings	NEAR sculpture
*	wildcard, include plurals and close matches	sculpt*
" "	looks for things in quotations	"statue of liberty"
use lowercase letters	upper case can limit your search	"statue of liberty"
title:, t:	to find the word in the title of the page	title: sand sculpture
url:, u:	the word in URL	u: eduscapes

Bibliography:
"Safety and Security Online." Cyber Smart Curriculum. Common Sense Media. Web. 27 Sept. 2011. <http://cybersmartcurriculum.org/>.
"Search Strategies." EduScapes: A Site for Life-long Learners. Web. 27 Sept. 2011. <http://eduscapes.com/tap/topic74.htm>.
"BrainPOP | Cyberbullying." BrainPOP - Animated Educational Site for Kids - Science, Social Studies, English, Math, Arts. Web. 27 Sept. 2011. <http://www.brainpop.com/technology/computersandinternet/cyberbullying/>.

Design Cycle Presentation

http://www.wix.com/skrstajic/design-cycle