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New!
Internet Safety Training Modules from the Illinois Attorney General
Cyberbullying - Trends, Resources, Warnings, Tips, and Reporting
2012 Internet Safety Contest Winners!
Webster Elementary School
To see video, click here.
April is Internet Safety Month in Unit 10!
Parents - download free
ParentCare software. This is a free software program
designed to help you safeguard your teen who may be using a MySpace
account. This software will help you determine if your teen
has a MySpace profile as well as validate the age, username and
location listed by the teen. It is designed to give parents
information about online safety. The software is designed to
track all access to MySpace.com from your computer.
Click here
to download the software and learn more about this free product.
For Grades K-4, here's a
month's worth of activities
and videos created by
Renfro Elementary School! See other ideas for easily
implementing Internet Safety at all grade levels below!
Internet
Safety Awareness in Unit 10!
Internet safety falls under the
umbrella of personal safety. Just as we teach our students to
be safe when crossing the street, we need to teach then to be safe
on the information superhighway! The district continues to
place an emphasis on online safety and responsibility.
Student Internet Safety
Survey Results Released!
Students in grades 5-12 were
surveyed to obtain information that
would help the district educate students and parents about students'
online habits and computer use. The objective of this survey
is to help increase awareness and better prepare instructional
lessons that teach Internet safety.
View the survey
results here.
Build an
age-appropriate curriculum that meets the Illinois Internet Safety
Act!
Download a
lesson
planning template here to help you build age-appropriate lessons
for your school or classroom. Access a
grade-specific matrix (or click on the matrix image above) of ideas and resources here to help you
jump-start your plan. Additional links and ideas can be found
below!
Grades K-2
Who should conduct lessons: Classroom teacher, school social
worker, and/or technology staff member.
1. Watch
McGruff's FauxPaw the
Techno Cat video as a class and discuss.
2. Remind students that they should be with a parent or a
trusted adult when using the Internet.
3. Discuss what "personal information" is with children (name,
age, address, etc.) and why it is important NOT to give personal
information out to strangers.
4.
Use grades K-2 activities from NetSmartz. Watch the
Know the
Rules and
Be Safer
Online videos (both under 2 minutes each) and discuss as a
class. These videos star NetSmartz characters Clicky, Nettie
and Webster and have very catchy tunes!
Download the
Know the Rules Activity and Lesson Plan here.
Download the
Take a Friend Activity and Lesson Plan here.
Download the
Tell People "No" Activity and Lesson Plan here.
Download the
Tell a Trusted Adult Activity and Lesson Plan here.
5. Use any of the great
CyberSmart lesson plans and activity worksheets
found here.
6. Discuss basic copyright rules
with students by visiting
Cyberbee!
7. Send a note home to parents with tips and websites they
might find helpful, including this one! There are some GREAT
resources for parents listed to the left! Encourage parents to
continue Internet Safety discussion at home to reinforce the lessons
learned at school! Print and use
Internet
Safety and
Real World Safety pledges (version for primary grades) from
NetSmartz.
Grades 3-5
Who should conduct lessons:
Classroom teacher, school social worker, and/or technology staff
member.
1. Take the Safe
Kids quiz as a class or individually.
2. Review
McGruff's
Cyberbullying advice and play the Shrink the Cyberbully
game.
3. Watch the Unit 10 2007 winning Cyberbullying multimedia
presentations and discuss as a class.
IS News is a 10-minute video and
The Goalsetters is a video-enhanced PowerPoint presentation;
both were produced by Unit 10 5th graders.
4.
Use grades 3-4 activities from NetSmartz. (Grade
5-6 activities). Watch the following NetSmartz videos
(most are approximately 2 minutes long) and discuss as a class. These videos star characters Clicky, Nettie
and Webster and have very catchy tunes!
The Password Rap: A Lesson in Internet Security
Video
Lesson Plan
Don't Open That File: A Lesson in Computer Viruses
Video
Lesson Plan
The Boy Who Loved IM: A Lesson in IM
Video
Lesson Plan
UYN: The NetSmartz Chat Abbreviation
Video
Lesson Plan
Tell a Trusted Adult
Video
Lesson Plan
Clicky's Stolen Song: A Lesson in Digital Ethics
Video
The Ready, Set, Internet Theme Song
Video
Kids PSA: Be Safer Online
Video
Internet Safety Every Day
Video
Don't Steal Like a Pirate
Video
Rapmania
Video
Router's Rap
Video
5. Send a note home to parents with tips and websites they
might find helpful, including this one! There are some GREAT
resources for parents listed to the left! Encourage parents to
continue Internet Safety discussion at home to reinforce the lessons
learned at school! Print and use
Internet
Safety (version for upper elementary grades)
from NetSmartz.
6. Use the following online activities with your class, using a
central projection device such as a large monitor or projector:
Introducing NetSmartz Web Safety Rules
Meet the WizzyWigs
Name that WizzyWig Part I
Name that WizzyWig Part II
Who's Your Friend on the Internet?
Which WizzyWig is Which?
What 2 Do on the World Wide Web (starring Clicky)
The Webville Outlaws
Clicky's Challenge: Name that Outlaw
7. Have students play the
NetSmartz
Internet Safety games on the classroom computers or in the
computer lab. Games include:
Clicky's Quest
Puzzle Palooza
Printer Panic
Nettie's Chalkboard Challenge
Router's Bone Toss
The Password Rap (A Computer Virus Game)
UYN: The Internet Safety Game
Inbox Defender
NetSmartz Comic Book
Clicky Creation
Clicky's Comic Book
NetSmartz Coloring Book
The Webville Roundup
NetSmartz Picture Puzzle
Clicky's Coloring Book
Make-A-Match
Where's Clicky?
Clicky's Picture Puzzle
8. Discuss basic copyright
rules with students by visiting
Cyberbee!
9. Use any of the great
CyberSmart lesson plans and activity worksheets found here.
Grades 6-8
Who should conduct lessons:
Classroom teacher (school may determine which subject would insure
all students are included such as English class), school social
worker, health/PE teacher, media specialist/librarian and/or
technology staff member.
1. Complete the
Students
Online: How Much Do You Know (be patient...you will be
downloading a 2003 PowerPoint presentation) quiz as a starting point
for yourself or your class!
2. Watch these two short
Cyberbullying
videos and discuss as a class. Powerful!
3. Print and discuss
Cyberbullying: Tips for Taking Action.
4. Have your students take the
Internet Safety Survey to gauge their current online practices
or use the survey (and the posted results) to start a class discussion
.
5. Play the ID the
Creep game as a class or individually.
6.
Use grades 6-8 activities from NetSmartz. Watch the following online videos, download the activity
cards and discuss:
Cyberbullying: Feathers in the Wind
Cyberbullying: You Can't Take it Back
Cyberbullying: Broken Friendship
7. Use the CyberSmart!
lesson entitled
Dealing with Online Bullies. There's even a great
downloadable activity sheet you can copy for your class!
8. Play
Internet Safety Jeopardy with your class!
9. Use the "Cyberspace Users Manual: A Newspapers in Education
Series" articles to discuss the following topics with your class
(contact your building technology staff member for copies of these
materials):
CyberBullies
MYOB (Blogging)
Blog Safety
Social Networking Sites (www.me&u.com)
Evaluating Online Information
Using What You Find Online
Shopping Online
10. Order and play
Missing with your class.
11. Use any of the great
CyberSmart lesson plans and activity worksheets found here.
12. Discuss and have students sign
Internet
Safety and
Real World pledges (version for middle and high school grades).
Grades 9-12
Who should conduct lessons:
Classroom teacher (school may determine which subject would insure
all students are included such as English class or a specific time
such as homeroom), school social worker, health/PE teacher, media
specialist/librarian and/or technology staff member.
1. Complete the
Students
Online: How Much Do You Know (be patient...you will be
downloading a 2003 PowerPoint presentation) quiz as a starting point
for yourself or your class!
2. Print and discuss
Cyberbullying: Tips for Taking Action.
3. Have your students take the
Internet Safety Survey to gauge their current online practices
or use the survey (and the posted results) to start a class discussion.
4. Share some safety tips with your students from the
Safe Teens website
5.
Use grades 9-12 activities from NetSmartz. Watch the following online videos, download the activity
cards and discuss:
Cyberbullying: Feathers in the Wind
Cyberbullying: You Can't Take it Back
Cyberbullying: Broken Friendship
6. Have students take the
SonicWall Phishing IQ test online to see if they know how to tell
real email messages from phishing messages. Alternatively,
take the test as a class and discuss each question. These
real-life examples help illustrate how difficult it is at times to
tell when you are being "scammed."
7. Have students take the
Copyright Self-Quiz from the University of Colorado.
Discuss as a class. Or:
The Copyright
Challenge. Here's another:
CopyRight - CopyWrong Quiz.
8. Use the high school's subscription to Turnitin.com to
discuss plagiarism and copyright rules with students during media
center time and English classes.
9. Review the techniques for evaluating websites. A
great resource can be found on
UC-Berkeley's Library website.
10. Show
examples of bogus websites (scroll to the bottom of the site) to
students and discuss how easily it is to be fooled on the Internet.
11. Have students complete activities found on the
ICYouSee: T is for Thinking website, developed by Ithaca College
Library staff.
12. Invite a local law enforcement officer or ICAC speaker to
discuss online safety with the school.
13. Invite students to form an Internet Safety team to speak
to younger students about staying safe online.
14. Discuss with students the process for reporting abuse,
including the CyperTip
Hotline and the Internet Crime
Complaint Center.
15. Use the following i-Safe lesson plans and webcasts (requires i-Safe
certification and a school implementation plan):
Cyber Relationships (key words--harassment, grooming,
staying safe, cyber stalking)
Intellectual Property (key words--file sharing,
copyright)
Privacy and the Internet (key words--personal privacy)
Social Issues (key words--cyber dating, cyber
relationships, cyber stalking, grooming)
Cyber Security: Malicious Code (key words--computer
safety, viruses, worms, Trojan horse)
Cyber Harassment: Bullying and Stalking Online (key
words--reporting cyber stalking and harassment)
Security: Cyber Citizenship (key words--hacking,
steganography, cyber terrorism)
16. Have students research and write reports about online safety
topics in English class.
17. Use library time to reinforce safety tips and intellectual
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