Safety Safety on the Internet

 Topic(s):

For students to be able to determine how to be safe when using the internet.

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Scenario

The Los Fresnos School District is trying to implement a creative way to reach the students of the 9th grade campus on the importance of internet safety.  Your job is to create a lesson going over internet safety for high school students. The lesson should cover why internet safety is important for teens, what type of personal information should you never give out, what types of threats are possible on the internet and how to protect yourself on the internet. The district would like the lesson to incorporate new Web 2.0 tools that will help engage the learners.

Task

Sample Investigations/Teacher Resources

You will need to create a lesson that can be used to teach the importance of Internet Safety to the 9th grade students of the Los Fresnos school district. You will need to create the lesson using a Web 2.0 tool that will engage the learners through the use of the new technologies available. 

Scenarios for Discussion(1).docx

Internet Safety Quiz.docx

Student Resources

http://www.netsmartz.org/Teens

http://kidshealth.org/teen/safety/safebasics/internet_safety.html

http://www.pamf.org/teen/life/risktaking/internet.html

http://its.leesummit.k12.mo.us/internet_safety.htm

http://www.wiredteens.org/

http://www.chatdanger.com/

Student Work

Standards

1. List your personal understanding, ideas or hunches.

 With your team use all the information available in the scenario to list everything that you know about Internet Safety. You do not have to conduct any research yet. Just use the information given and write the facts that you already know about Internet Safety.

With your team, make a list about what you do not know and would like to learn. List all the questions you will need to answer to solve the problem.  
   

5. List what needs to be done.
"What should we do?" List actions to be taken, e.g., question an expert, conduct research, go to a board meeting about topic. List possible actions. 

6. Develop a problem statement.

You will be responsible for thinking and choosing one of the questions to solve the problem.  A problem statement should come from your analysis of what you know. In one or two sentences, you should be able to describe what it is that your group is trying to solve, produce, respond to, or find out. The problem statement may have to be revised as new information is discovered and brought to bear on the situation.

Use all the resources available (Internet, library, etc) to research about Internet Safety and find a solution.

8. Present Findings

You will need to present your findings using a multimedia presentation using a new Web 2.0 tool ex. Prezi, SpicyNode, Slideshare, etc. 

§126.22. Computer Science I

(3) Foundations. The student complies with the laws and examines the issues regarding the use of technology in society. The student is expected to:

(A) discuss copyright laws/issues and model ethical acquisition and use of digital information, citing sources using established methods;

(B) demonstrate proper etiquette and knowledge of acceptable use policies when using networks, especially resources on the Internet and intranet;

(C) investigate measures, such as passwords or virus detection/prevention, to protect computer systems and databases from unauthorized use and tampering; and

(D) discuss the impact of computer programming on the World Wide Web (WWW) community.

Youtube Video 10 Tips to Stay Safe Online retrieve from:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdLIgHf-RI4

Internet Safety Documents: retreeived from: http://cnets.iste.org

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