Internet Safety

I teach technology to elementary students K-5. I need to teach internet safety and am looking for lesson ideas. It would be great to get information about websites that offer interactive lessons, or suggestions on how I can create interactive lessons. I would appreciate any suggestions.

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Permalink Reply by Alan Stange on February 28, 2010 at 11:29am

http://www.netsmartzkids.org/indexFL.htm

Check out this site. It is excellent.

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Permalink Reply by Donna E on February 28, 2010 at 8:15pm

Thanks. That's a great website.

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Permalink Reply by Roberta on March 1, 2010 at 9:52am

For k-2 I like http://www.hectorsworld.com/island/index.html It has some short episodes you watch as a class and discuss. It is from New Zealand but, I have had great success with it. Covers asking an adult before going on line, using a username and not giving out personal information. I use it with K & 1 -two years in a row and plenty of material to cover.

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Permalink Reply by Donna Ellickson on March 1, 2010 at 9:57am

Thanks. This is a great site for my younger students.

Donna

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Permalink Reply by Kiwi Commons on March 1, 2010 at 10:29am

Check out the guides in the Kiwi Commons resource center - http://kiwicommons.com/reference/. On top of lesson plans, we also have information for teachers on how to deal with Internet Safety issues in the classroom.

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Permalink Reply by Christa J. on March 1, 2010 at 12:45pm

Game that teaches kids how to be cybersafe:

http://www.mysecurecyberspace.com/articles/gameroom.html

http://www.carnegiecyberacademy.com/

There's also The Teacher's Companion
http://www.carnegiecyberacademy.com/classroomMaterials.html

The Teacher's Companion gives elementary school teachers, librarians and computer instructors an introduction to The MySecureCyberspace Game and 12 lesson starters to help them get started with the game in the classroom. Each lesson starter contains terminology, background information and classroom activities, as well as an outline of learning objectives and learning objective outcomes, and corresponding standards from the National Educational Technology Standards (NETS).

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Permalink Reply by Donna Ellickson on March 1, 2010 at 4:10pm

Thanks so much for all the information.

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Permalink Reply by Bernadette Roche on March 1, 2010 at 7:19pm

Maybe not interactive like you were hoping, but I like www.becybersmart.org for K-9 curriculum. Several strands of info and expands on concepts as grade levels increase. I often pull in Web 2.0 tools as extensions or teach the lessons immediately before a unit/project that requires those skills. I'm a firm believer in not just teaching internet safety as a unit, but weaving it throughout the year and repeating/expanding at each grade level. I'd be happy to share specific examples of how I use it if you want.

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Permalink Reply by Donna E on March 1, 2010 at 8:20pm

Bernadette, I really like the format of the lessons and the scope & sequence. I also like your idea of teaching a lesson before a project that requires the skill. I was planning on teaching internet safety lessons separately, but incorporating them into projects make the safety lesson relevant for the students. Thanks.