1. Online Safety and Password Security 1. Question & Research Task
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Online Safety and Password Security 1. Question & Research Task
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Click on the image below to watch a video about being safe online.
We use digital resources in school and at home. It is important that we know how to keep ourselves safe online, including keeping our passwords secure.
Before you watch the BrainPOP video to the right, discuss how you think you can stay safe online in a digital world.
After you’ve watched the BrainPOP video think about this:
What are some issues that you may face when you are using the Internet? What are some of the strategies and tips Tim and Moby gave that will help you to be safe online?
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In this Slam Dunk, you will conduct brief, focused research to respond to the inquiry question:
How do you stay safe and create secure passwords when you go online?

2. 2. Information Sources
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Choose several of the information sources linked here to complete the Student Activity on Slide 3.
Learn more about online safety and security by accessing the resources below.
Article Resource
Strong Passwords
Safe Cyberspace Surfing
Video Resource
Internet Safety
The Password Rap
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3. 3. Student Activity
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Your first step is to examine the resources on Slide 2. While you are exploring, look for information about how to create and maintain secure passwords. Also, look for tips and rules regarding how to be safe when you go online.
This graphic organizer will help you to take notes on password safety and online safety. Don’t forget, since you are taking notes, complete sentences are not necessary.
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4. 4. Assessment Activity
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How do you stay safe and create secure passwords when you go online?
Your task is to design a cartoon that demonstrates safe online behavior and password security. You may choose to work by yourself or with a partner.
Here is the rubric that your teacher will use to grade your cartoon.
Choose one of the cartoon creators below to complete the assessment activity.
ReadWriteThink Comic Creator
Make Beliefs Comix
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Here is an example of what the first cell
of your comic might look like!

5. 5. Enrichment Activities
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Click on the image below to watch a BrainPOP video about social networking. Think about how you could use online safety tips as you utilize social networks.
Explore the DinoPass website to see how you can have passwords created just for you! Remember to examine both the simple and strong passwords. Evaluate the passwords that are created. Do they meet the rules you learned from our research?
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6. 6. Teacher Resources 1 2 3 4 5 6 Learning Standards Alignment:
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Learning Standards Alignment:
Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy
Reading: 1. Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text.
Writing: 7. Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects based on focused questions, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation.
AASL Standards Framework for Learner
Inquire: Build new knowledge by inquiring, thinking critically, identifying problems, and developing strategies for solving problems.
Think: Learners display curiosity and initiative by:
I.A.2 Recalling prior and background knowledge as context for new meaning.
Create: Learners engage with new knowledge by following a process that includes:
I.B.1 Using evidence to investigate questions. I.B.3 Generating products that illustrate learning.
Share: Learners adapt, communicate, and exchange learning products with others in a cycle that includes:
I.C.1 Interacting with content presented by others.
Grow: Learners participate in an ongoing inquiry-based process by:
I.D.2 Engaging in sustained inquiry.
P21 Framework: 21st Century Student Outcomes
3. Information, Media & Technology Skills: Information Literacy: Access information efficiently and effectively; Use information accurately and creatively for the issue or problem at hand.
ICT Literacy: Use technology as a tool to research, organize, evaluate and communicate information.
Grade 5 Library Media Unit 5
Objective: Students will be conduct brief, focused research in order to identify and apply strategies for safe online behavior.
Time Frame: Two 50 minute periods
Differentiation strategies for this lesson:
Have students use learning supports provided in any BCPS-licensed Digital Content included in this lesson. Refer to Digital Content Snapshots & Support resources for as needed.
The Slam Dunk can be completed individually, with a partner, or in small groups.
Notes to the teacher:
Direct links to PebbleGO, BrainPOP, and BrainPOP Jr. will not work in the PowerPoint version of this Slam Dunk; however, they will work in the PDF version. If you wish to personalize this Slam Dunk, make your modifications in PowerPoint and then save your changes as a PDF. Students should view this Slam Dunk as a PDF.
Discovery Education and Safari Montage videos will require students to log in.
YouTube Videos must be displayed to the whole class using the teacher’s account
Last updated: July Report broken links to BCPS Library Media Programs & Digital Resources BCPS Slam Dunk Research Model, Copyright 2018, Baltimore County Public Schools, MD, all rights reserved. This lesson may be used for educational, non-profit school use only. All other uses, transmissions, and duplications are prohibited unless permission is granted expressly. This lesson is based on Dr. Jamie McKenzie’s Slam Dunk Digital Lesson model.