Internet Safety Review Focus: Personal Information A Literacy-Based Teaching and Learning Activity Level 8

Hey Everybody! My name is Tek. I ’ m going to be your guide today! I ’ m a part of i-SAFE, and we are concerned with helping you to be safe online. We want you to recognize and avoid dangerous, destructive or unlawful online behavior, and we hope to empower you to communicate what you learn from i- SAFE with others.

The Plan You will be writing stories which you will read to younger students on an Internet Safety topic.

All Right – Let’s Get Started Today we’re going to review what we learned from our i-SAFE lesson on Personal Safety. Let’s see if you can answer these questions!

Question 1 What are some ways in which we communicate while online? Take a moment to discuss the answer as a class.

Answer Chatting, , bulletin boards, Instant messaging, etc.

Question 2 Why do people communicate online? Take a moment to discuss the answers as a class.

Answer To meet others, find others with similar interests and hobbies, to have fun.

Question 3 What are some of the dangers of communicating online? Take a moment to discuss the answer as a class.

Answer Predators, inappropriate material, identity theft, online harassment or bullying etc.

Question 4 How can you make online communication safer? Take a moment to discuss the answer as a class.

Answer By following some basic safety rules – Never reveal personal information online. Be careful of what you reveal indirectly Never fill out a personal profile Realize that not everyone is who the say they are while online.

Question 5 What is personal identifying information? Take a moment to discuss the answer as a class.

Answer Name Address Phone number Birth date/Age Social Security Number Parents or friends names

Question 5 What is indirect information? Take a moment to discuss the answer as a class.

Answer Information learned in an indirect manner. Information such as school mascot, local concerts, team scores, etc. can all add up to telling someone your exact location.

I hope you learned something I know I did! That was a great review.

It’s time to pass out the activity sheets. Then let’s continue on

All right – Everyone have an Activity Sheet? Good! Your task today is to write a short story designed to teach students in a lower grade about what you just reviewed. I’m going to help you out and show you how to get started. You can follow along on your activity sheet.

i-SAFE also has lessons for grades K-4. However, these lessons are a little different. One example is that younger students have a character named i-Buddy. (An example of i-Buddy is at the top of your activity sheet). By having this character, younger students relate better to the material.

Another difference is in the level of the material presented to students in lower grades - younger students don’t get all of the information that you get on the same subject. For example, if you remember your lesson on Personal Safety, you learned about indirect information. However, in the lower grades, students focus mainly on not revealing direct information like their name or age. - Why do you think that is? Students in lower grades are just being introduced to the information and don’t know as much about it; Depending on their ages, they may have little or no online experience. The most important goal for students in the lower grades is to be introduced to the fact that it is unsafe to give out personal information on the Internet.

Introduction: Today you will become a storyteller and a teacher. It is your job to use the information you have learned to write an educational story for younger students. This activity sheet will help guide you in the process. Meet i-Buddy. He is a character used in all of the i-SAFE lessons for grades K-4. You can use him in your story too!

Use the questions on the activity sheet to help you brainstorm for your story. Before you start, here are some things you should consider. 1. Know your audience!!! Keep in mind what grade level you are writing for. Don’t use words they won’t understand. Keep sentences shorter and simpler. 2. Explain things! Don’t expect everyone at that grade level to understand or viruses. Some may have never even been on the Internet before. Break things down so anyone could understand. 3. Make it interesting! Write a good story. Have a plot. Use different characters. What do you think would appeal to your audience?

Some More Things to Consider 4. Before you write, plan what you will say. Have an idea of where the story is going, who the characters are, and what you want to teach. That way you have a roadmap for writing the story. 5. Rough Draft?!? Take time if possible to write a simple rough draft. Use this to make sure you include everything you want. That way you haven’t wasted time illustrating a story only to find out you forgot to mention viruses. Also, this way you can proofread and perfect! 6. Most of all – Have fun with it. If you are having fun writing it then chances are the students will have fun hearing the story.

So Get Started! Do your best on these stories! Use your reference sheets to make sure you remember everything. When you are finished you will trade papers with a classmate and use a checklist to make sure you wrote a good story!

How Do you Know When You’re Done? Have you: 1. Completed your group review? 2. Written your story? 3. Shared your story with a classmate and used the checklist provided?

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