Internet+Safety

//**Obtaining an Internet Safety Drivers License Lesson Plan**//
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//This is an Acceptable Use Policy brochure that I created for my classroom.//**   To create a lesson plan that teaches internet safety. I have read many web sites that discuss Internet safety such as McGruff, Webwise Kids, Education World, PBS Kids, and several others. The assignment is to develop an age appropriate lesson. Using the information that I gathered I will create a lesson for my 3rd grade class using the PBS Kids site where they will earn an Internet Safety Drivers License.   I have read many web sites that discuss Internet safety such as McGruff, Webwise Kids, Education World, PBS Kids, and several others. Through these readings I have become familiar with some good ideas for teaching students about internet safety. I found that the PBS Kids web site has an interactive page that students work their way through (as if they are driving a car around a track) answering internet safety questions. Once they complete the track and answer the questions correctly then they earn a license they can print out. To create the lesson I need to get an idea of what students do and do not know about internet safety, so I develop a pre-assessment activity (KWL chart). Then, I based the lesson around the PBS Kids website. To assess what knowledge they have learned from this activity I will have students complete the L portion of their KWL chart. Also, students will create a poster to teach to a group of kindergartners what the have learned about internet safety.  I am looking forward to teaching this lesson next school year. I feel that it is important for our students to understand the importance of Internet Safety. The PBS Kids web site is a grate way to help teachers in elementary schools demonstrate to students’ ways to be safe while using the Internet. Being able to interact with the questions will enable the students to better retain the information they have learned. I also feel this site would be a good way for middle and high school teachers to engage their students in a fun way to refresh their memories about internet safety. Using the KWL chart will be a good way for students to collaborate about what they know about being safe using the Internet. Also, I am anxious to see how the peer teaching will go. I think it will be a great activity that will really engage the students and be a real learning experience for both the third graders and Kindergartners as well.
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