How do you stay safe when you visit websites? Hueneme Elementary School District Digital Citizenship First Grade

What does it mean to be safe?

When you walk down the street or play in your neighborhood without a trusted adult there, how do you stay safe? Flickr

What does a traffic light tell people? What does a red light mean? What does a yellow light mean? What does a green light mean? A website traffic light can help you choose “just right” sites.

Green light -- GOOD! doesn’t let you talk with strangers appropriate words fun things to do and see What are some “green” websites you visit? How do you know they are safe?

Yellow light -- CAUTION can communicate freely with others not sure it is right for you asks for private information Have you ever come across a “yellow” site? How did you take caution? get permission from a trusted adult

Red light --- STOP filled with things for older kids or adults not right for you Might have gone there by accident Have you ever come across a “red” site? How could you tell? avoid, or ask a trusted adult

Good Stop Caution

Let’s Play the Website Traffic Light Game! Your teacher will describe a website... For each green website, move forward 2 steps. yellow--forward 1 step red site--no steps

You went to the games-o-rama website by accident and a stranger asks you for your name and age. +0 What is your name? How old are you?

+2 The Wacky Bunny site is funny! Even your grandma would think it’s just right. That site is funny! It is just right!

+0 You are searching for pictures of hearts, but come across a site that makes you feel uncomfortable. I feel uncomfortable; it doesn’t seem like a just right site to me.

+2 A site for your favorite TV show has fun things for kids your age to do. games fun

+1 There’s a kids sports site that you visited that allows people to chat with each other. Let’s chat! OK

+1 You are on a game site where a screen pops up and asks for your address. Enter your address

+2 Your teacher tells you to visit a site where you can learn things about giraffes.

How is staying safe in your neighborhood similar to staying safe online?

What would a “green light” website look like?

How would a “yellow light” or “red light” website look? What should you do if you come across one of these sites?

Being safe when you visit websites is similar to staying safe in real life! citizen Be a good digital citizen.

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