8th+Gr.+Lessons


 * SAFETY (Staying safe when connecting with others online when blogging, gaming, chatting, on social networking sites, Recognizing predator grooming) / SECURITY (Setting strong passwords, Scams, Privacy policies) / DIGITAL LIFE (Limiting online activities, Avoiding inappropriate sites/images) / PRIVACY & DIGITAL FOOTPRINTS (Sexting / Revealing too much) / SELF-EXPRESSION & IDENTITY (How you present yourself online) / CONNECTED CULTURE (Cyberbullying / Online Community Building) / RESPECTING CREATIVE WORK (copyright, fair use) / SEARCHING / RESEARCH AND EVALUATION (Citing sources, Determining validity & purpose of sites) **

__**LESSONS: Required lessons are noted.**__
 * SAFETY & SECURITY / PRIVACY & DIGITAL FOOTPRINTS / SELF EXPRESSION & IDENTITY:** Sexting, Revealing Too Much, Online Prediators) **(Netsmartz)**
 * RESPECTING CREATIVE WORK:** **A Creator's Responsibilities** (Common Sense Media)
 * ONLINE LITERACY**: The regular skills that are taught each year for the 8th gr. Online Literacy Assessment in May.


 * REQUIRED: **
 * SAFETY & SECURITY / PRIVACY & DIGITAL FOOTPRINTS (Sexting, Revealing Too Much, Online Predators) ** / ** SELF-EXPRESSION & IDENTITY ** / ** CONNECTED CULTURE (Cyberbullying) **
 * Netsmartz 30-minute PowerPoint presentation** for tweens includes VIDEOS: http://www.netsmartz.org/Presentations
 * PPT w/ videos and discussion handout
 * Download the whole folder w/ the videos: Use the one for "TWEENS". http://www.netsmartz.org/Presentations
 * Outline of the content:
 * **Revealing Too Much**
 * Personal identification info, silly photos, what your profile and online name say about you, privacy settings, consequences
 * __**VIDEOS:**__ **"Profile Penalty Cartoon"** (a boy realizes his goofy profile and silly pics aren't good for getting him into college), **"Everybody Knows (Sarah)"** (a girl posts revealing pics and everybody she meets that day asks her about them, including creepy men)
 * **Online Predators, Sexting**
 * __**VIDEOS**__: **"Survivor Diaries"** (a boy is groomed by an online predator)
 * **Bullying**
 * __**VIDEO:**__ **"Broken Friendship"**

http://www.commonsensemedia.org/educators/lesson/rework-reuse-remix-6-8
 * REQUIRED: **
 * RESPECTING CREATIVE WORK **
 * A Creator's Responsibilities** (Common Sense Media)
 * Handouts, Discussion, Video ("Respecting Creative Work Video Vignette: Nicole's Story")
 * Students expand their understanding of fair use, apply it to case studies, and create an original work of fair use.
 * Time 45 min.
 * __**VIDEO**__: **"Respecting Creative Work Video Vignette: Nicole's Story"**


 * REQUIRED: **
 * Teachers will continue to teach Online Literacy in preparation for the 8th grade Online Literacy Assessment in May.**

=ADDITIONAL (OPTIONAL) LESSONS YOU MAY CHOOSE TO DO:=

Breaking Up with Facebook Letter (Written by a 21 yr. old) http://bewiseonline.wikispaces.com/4.+Facebook+Breakup
 * DIGITAL LIFE (Our online activities) **


 * PRIVACY & DIGITAL FOOTPRINTS (Sexting) **
 * Netsmartz Tip Sheet on Sexting** (Download and print off for students or to go over with students) http://www.netsmartz.org/TipSheets

http://www.commonsensemedia.org/educators/lesson/cyberbullying-crossing-line-6-8
 * CONNECTED CULTURE (Cyberbullying) **
 * Cyberbullying: Crossing the Line** (Common Sense Media)
 * Handouts, Discussion, Video (**"Connected Culture Video Vignette: Stacey's Story"**)
 * Students learn to distinguish good-natured teasing from cyberbullying.
 * Time 45 min.
 * __**VIDEO**__: **"Stacey's Story**"

** SEARCHING / RESEARCH AND EVALUATION ** This is done by KR Science teacher, LG & LMMS LA teachers, as part of 8th gr. Online Literacy Assessment: http://lancastermennonite.wikispaces.com/Online+Literacy+-+Searching

The Common Sense Media lesson below on "Sticky Sites" should also be taught, although it is not part of the Online Literacy Assessment.

** RESEARCH & EVALUATION ** http://www.commonsensemedia.org/educators/lesson/sticky-sites-6-8
 * Sticky Sites** (Common Sense Media)
 * Handouts, Discussion
 * Students learn about some of the features that attract and retain visitors to websites. They also learn to recognize the commercial motives that sometimes lie behind these “sticky” sites.
 * Time 45 min.


 * CUSTOMIZED LESSONS:**

Students create their own Bubbl.us accounts and brainstorm good rules for using and posting on the Internet. They can add to them as you go through lessons each year.
 * INTEGRATE TECHNOLOGY: Brainstorm rules w/ Bubbl.us**

**PRIVACY & DIGITAL FOOTPRINTS (Revealing Too Much)**
 * INTEGRATE TECHNOLOGY: Revealing Too Much Google Doc / Wordle Lesson - Val Garton**
 * 40-60 min, depending on your discussions.
 * Students view several videos and have discussions about "revealing too much online" (giving out personal identification info, posting embarrassing pics of or information about yourself or friends that you may regret, what your username, profile say about you and how all of this can hurt your reputation or job/college prospects) During the lesson, students are to write down thoughts and phrases that come to mind or that they hear into a Google Doc. These words/phrases will be pasted into a Wordle to be saved as an image and uploaded to a wiki or printed out. This lesson uses the 1st part of the Netsmartz PowerPoint for Tweens & the videos that come with it, along w/ some other videos:
 * **"Feathers in the Wind"** (You can't get things back once you post them online) [|__http://www1.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=3790__]
 * **"Miktosis"** (messages spread fast)[| __http://www.netsmartz.org/NSTeens/Miketosis__]
 * **"Bulletin Board"** (You can't get something back once you post it.) [|__http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?title=Bulletin_Board&video_id=64354__]
 * **"Photo Fate"** (Sexting: You have no control over the pic you send.) [|__http://www.netsmartz.org/reallifestories/yourphotofate__]
 * **"Information Travels"** (Interview w/ hs students about how info spreads on Internet) [|__http://www.netsmartz.org/TeensTalkBack/InformationTravels__]
 * Google Doc of lesson, which includes all links: https://docs.google.com/document/d/15UIMwRQ64odKfumPbKTUOZ1RZa1K1je_r9zfQV4fRns/edit

After the lessons, have students create a Prezi (www.prezi.com) to illustrate good Internet Safety / Digital Citizenship, using the imac camera & PhotoBooth to take pics of themselves and classmates to use in the Prezi. Embed the Prezis on an Internet Safety / Digital Citizenship wiki you create. Create a general account w/ Prezi, that you can use for students, or have them create their own accounts.)
 * INTEGRATE TECHNOLOGY: Prezi Assessment**