Internet+safety

Students will distinguish between personal vs. private information, then create avatars and pen names for participating in online projects. Students will [|View standards covered] > Watch Video//, Wikis// in Plain English. media type="youtube" key="-dnL00TdmLY" height="270" width="440"
 * Cruise the Internet Safely!!! [[image:http://www.kids-software.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/wild-self.jpg width="287" height="222" align="right"]] **
 * **Curriculum area: ** Internet Safety
 * **Grade level: ** All
 * Overview: **
 * Objective: **
 * 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.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 24px;">NETS-S: National Education Technology Standards for Students **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 28.6667px;">Lesson ****<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 28.6667px;">Overview: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19.3333px;">Whole Group Discussion: **
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Use one in a series of videos, //In Plain English//, created by commoncraft . In this example Intro to wikis is used, but there are plenty of these videos to match your needs.
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Discuss "Live and World Wide" on the web.
 * 2) **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Personal vs. Private **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> information. Get handout from CyberSmart
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">What's an avatar? An avatar is an online identify used to allow users to have a personality while protecting private information.
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Discuss Publishing Safety Guidelines and Web Etiquette (Students will agree to these terms when requesting a user account, at the end of this lesson.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">This wiki is being monitored. Please keep it clean and safe for all. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">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.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 32px;">Publishing Safety Rules and Etiquette **
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Do not reveal any private information when contributing to this project.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">When using the wiki and other online tools associated with this project, identify yourself with your chosen pen name, **never** your real name.
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Do not login as someone else and do not share your password with others.
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Use <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">good writing practices without excessive use of slang. (This is not a text message.)
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Do not fill the space with unnecessary punctuation. Use words instead..
 * 6) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Remember to use your best writing, spelling and grammar. After all, you are publishing for an audience.
 * 7) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Be respectful and considerate when replying to the ideas of others.
 * 8) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">*Use only graphics you have a legal right to. This includes your work and the work of others who have given you written permission.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 24px;">Hands on Activity: **
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Create an avatar
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Use one of the Web 2.0 tools to create an avatar.
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Take a snapshot of your avatar.
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">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.
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Create a pen name. Use something you can remember and spell, but please **do not** use your real name. Be creative!
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 24px;">Next Steps: **
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Assign a writing activity from the avatar's point of view. Allow students to share their writing through Voice Thread, on Glogster, or by creating a podcast.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Introduce your online tool of choice, Blogger, Wikispaces, VoiceThread, etc. Have students use their avatar and pen name every time the contribute an idea online. If they are logging in, have them use their pen name as a username.