Required Lesson
Grades: 3-5
Unit 1
Lesson 4: The Key to Keywords
Estimated Time: 45 Minutes
Which keywords will give you the best search results?
Students learn strategies to increase the accuracy of their keyword searches. They compare the number and kinds of sites obtained and make inferences about the effectiveness of the strategies. Working in pairs, students use the Fetch! Student Handout to answer an assigned question. They use one, two, then multiple keywords, and discover that when it comes to keyword searches, more words are better than one. Using the Doggy Data Student Handout, students then devise their own search strategies to find information, using multiple keywords, synonyms, and alternative words and phrases.
Objectives:
Students learn strategies to increase the accuracy of their keyword searches. They compare the number and kinds of sites obtained and make inferences about the effectiveness of the strategies. Working in pairs, students use the Fetch! Student Handout to answer an assigned question. They use one, two, then multiple keywords, and discover that when it comes to keyword searches, more words are better than one. Using the Doggy Data Student Handout, students then devise their own search strategies to find information, using multiple keywords, synonyms, and alternative words and phrases.
Objectives:
- experiment with different keyword searches and compare their results.
- refine their searches by using multiple words, synonyms, and alternative words and phrases.
- draw inferences to explain their search results.
Key Vocabulary
Keywords: the most important words related to a subject, which you type into a search engine to find the information you want
Precise: clear and exact
Results Page: the screen showing what a search site found in response to your keyword search
Synonyms: two or more words with the same meaning or nearly the same meaning
Alternative: a different way to say or do something
Keywords: the most important words related to a subject, which you type into a search engine to find the information you want
Precise: clear and exact
Results Page: the screen showing what a search site found in response to your keyword search
Synonyms: two or more words with the same meaning or nearly the same meaning
Alternative: a different way to say or do something
Materials and Preparations:
- Prepare by reading The Key to Keywords Full Lesson Plan (below)
- Make a copy of The Key to Keywords handout for each student (found in The Key to Keywords Full Lesson Plan)
- Prepare by watching the Lesson In Action Video (below)
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Required Lesson
Grades: 3-5
Unit 1
Lesson 3: The Power of Words
Estimated Time: 45 Minutes
What should you do when someone uses mean or scary language on the Internet?
Students consider that they may encounter online messages from other kids that can make them feel angry, hurt, sad, or fearful. They explore ways to handle cyberbullying and how to respond in the face of upsetting language online. Students discuss all the ways they use technology for communication, put themselves in the shoes of children who are cyberbullied on a kids’ game website, and explore both the similarities and differences between in-person versus online communication. Students then brainstorm ways to respond to cyberbullying.
Objectives:
Students consider that they may encounter online messages from other kids that can make them feel angry, hurt, sad, or fearful. They explore ways to handle cyberbullying and how to respond in the face of upsetting language online. Students discuss all the ways they use technology for communication, put themselves in the shoes of children who are cyberbullied on a kids’ game website, and explore both the similarities and differences between in-person versus online communication. Students then brainstorm ways to respond to cyberbullying.
Objectives:
- empathize with those who have received mean and hurtful messages.
- judge what it means to cross the line from harmless to harmful communication online.
- generate solutions for dealing with cyberbullying.
Key Vocabulary:
Frustrated: irritated at not being able to do what you want
Cyberbully (verb): using technology tools such as the Internet and cell phones to deliberately upset someone else
Ethics: ideas about how people should act and behave
Frustrated: irritated at not being able to do what you want
Cyberbully (verb): using technology tools such as the Internet and cell phones to deliberately upset someone else
Ethics: ideas about how people should act and behave
Materials and Preparation:
- Prepare by reading The Power of Words Full Lesson Plan (below)
- Make a copy of The Power of Words handout for each student (found in The Power of Words Full Lesson Plan packet)
- Colored pencils
- String (cut string the length of the classroom)
- Preview The Power of Words video and prepare to show it to students
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Required Lesson
Grades: 3-5
Unit 2
Lesson 2: Digital Citizenship Pledge
Estimated Time: 45 Minutes
How do you create a positive online community?
Students will establish group norms to create a positive online community that promotes responsible and respectful digital behavior within their classroom. Students collaborate in creating a digital citizenship pledge outlining their collective social norms for exploring in and interacting with the digital world.
Objectives:
Students will establish group norms to create a positive online community that promotes responsible and respectful digital behavior within their classroom. Students collaborate in creating a digital citizenship pledge outlining their collective social norms for exploring in and interacting with the digital world.
Objectives:
- establish expectations and norms for the group related to appropriate online behavior.
- participate responsibly and respectfully in an online community.
- collaborate on a classroom motto about digital citizenship.
Key Vocabulary:
Community: a group of people with a common background or shared interests
Expectation: something one looks forward to or assumes will occur
Digital Citizen: a member of a worldwide community linked by the Internet
Pledge: a promise, an oath, or a commitment
Motto: a phrase that summarizes an organization or group’s purpose or guiding principles
Community: a group of people with a common background or shared interests
Expectation: something one looks forward to or assumes will occur
Digital Citizen: a member of a worldwide community linked by the Internet
Pledge: a promise, an oath, or a commitment
Motto: a phrase that summarizes an organization or group’s purpose or guiding principles
Materials and Preparations:
- Prepare by reading the Digital Citizenship Pledge Full Lesson Plan (below)
- Make a copy of the Digital Citizenship Pledge handout, one per group of two or three students.(found in the Digital Citizenship Full Lesson Plan packet)
- Print out one copy of the We the Digital Citizens Pledge as a poster for your classroom wall (which can be printed in black and white or in color, sizes 8.5" x 11" or 11" x 17").
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Supplemental Lesson
Grades: 3-5
Unit 2
Lesson 1: Strong Passwords
Estimated Time: 45 Minutes
How can a secure password help you protect your private information?
Students learn how to create secure passwords in order to protect their private information and accounts online. Students learn tips for creating safe passwords. They explore scenarios in which two characters choose passwords, and they use the tips they have learned to create secure new ones for those characters. They then create posters to communicate password tips to their families and other students.
Objectives:
Students learn how to create secure passwords in order to protect their private information and accounts online. Students learn tips for creating safe passwords. They explore scenarios in which two characters choose passwords, and they use the tips they have learned to create secure new ones for those characters. They then create posters to communicate password tips to their families and other students.
Objectives:
- identify the characteristics of strong passwords.
- apply characteristics of strong passwords to create new passwords.
- create secure passwords with their family members.
Key Vocabulary:
Password Protection: the requirement that visitors use a password when they access a website so that only certain people can view the site and participate in its online activities
Random: having no pattern
Security: freedom from danger; online, “security” refers to protecting one’s private information and protecting a computer from viruses or “malware”
Screen name: the online name you choose to log in with or to post on a website
Password Protection: the requirement that visitors use a password when they access a website so that only certain people can view the site and participate in its online activities
Random: having no pattern
Security: freedom from danger; online, “security” refers to protecting one’s private information and protecting a computer from viruses or “malware”
Screen name: the online name you choose to log in with or to post on a website
Materials and Preparations:
- Prepare by reading the Strong Passwords Full Lesson Plan (below)
- Make a copy of the Strong Passwords handout for each student (found in the Strong Passwords Full Lesson Plan)
- Supplies for creating posters (paper or posterboard, markers, crayons, pens, etc)
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Grades: 3-5
Unit 2
Lesson 3: You've Won a Prize
Estimated Time: 45 Minutes
What is spam, and what can you do about it?
Students learn what spam is, the forms it takes, and then identify strategies for dealing with it. Students compare junk mail to spam, learn tips for handling spam safely, and then use those tips to answer questions on the Is It True? Student Handout about a boy who receives spam. Students finish by making their own songs about how to deal with spam, using tips from the Is It True? Student Handout.
Objectives:
Students learn what spam is, the forms it takes, and then identify strategies for dealing with it. Students compare junk mail to spam, learn tips for handling spam safely, and then use those tips to answer questions on the Is It True? Student Handout about a boy who receives spam. Students finish by making their own songs about how to deal with spam, using tips from the Is It True? Student Handout.
Objectives:
- define what spam is.
- explore strategies for safely managing unwanted messages.
- identify different forms of spam.
Key Vocabulary:
Junk Mail: unwanted mail that no one sent away for in the first place
Spam: unwanted email messages or IMs that the recipient did not ask for
Computer Virus: a software program that can damage other programs on the computer
Junk Mail: unwanted mail that no one sent away for in the first place
Spam: unwanted email messages or IMs that the recipient did not ask for
Computer Virus: a software program that can damage other programs on the computer
Materials and Preparation:
- Prepare by reading the You've Won a Prize Full Lesson Plan (below)
- Make a copy of the Is It True? Student Handout for each student (found in the You've Won a Prize Full Lesson Plan)
- Bring in several pieces of junk mail that have been opened and spread the mail around the classroom
- Optional: Preview GarageBand or download the free online version of Audacity (www.audacity.sourceforge.net) for Teach 2.
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Supplemental Lesson
Grades: 3-5
Unit 2
Lesson 4: How to Cite a Site
Estimated Time: 45 Minutes
How do you cite different types of online sources?
Students reflect on the importance of citing all sources when they do research. Students learn how to write citations for two different types of online sources in Modern Language Association (MLA) style, and practice doing so.
Objectives:
Students reflect on the importance of citing all sources when they do research. Students learn how to write citations for two different types of online sources in Modern Language Association (MLA) style, and practice doing so.
Objectives:
- explain the value of giving proper citations
- name the components of an MLA style citation for different types of websites
- create MLA style citations for online articles and professional sites
Key Vocabulary:
Source: a reference work or firsthand document
Citation: key information about a source used for a report or other research project, including its author, title, publisher, and date of publication
Bibliography: a list of the sources used for a report or other research project, including books, article, videos, and websites
Update: to revise a website to include the most recent information
Source: a reference work or firsthand document
Citation: key information about a source used for a report or other research project, including its author, title, publisher, and date of publication
Bibliography: a list of the sources used for a report or other research project, including books, article, videos, and websites
Update: to revise a website to include the most recent information
Materials and Preparation:
- Prepare by reading the How to Cite a Site Full Lesson Plan (below)
- Make a copy of the Citing Online Sources Student Handout for each student (found in the How to Cite a Site Full Lesson Plan)
- Review the Citing Online Sources Student Handout and be prepared to guide students through the components of a bibliography citation for two types of online sources
- Make a copy of the Cite Your Site Student Handout for each student
- Preview the four sites listed in Teach 2 together with the correct bibliography citation for each
- Review the How to Cite a Site Full Lesson Plan the Modern Language Association’s (MLA’s) formatting and style conventions. In addition to the MLA website (www.mla.org), sites like EasyBib (http://www.easybib.com) and The Purdue Online Writing Lab (http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/) may be of help
Teacher Resources:
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Grades: 3-5
Unit 2
Lesson 5: Picture Perfect
Estimated Time: 45 Minutes
How can photos be changed on the computer, and how can that affect your feelings about the way you look?
Students consider how digitally manipulated photos can affect the way people feel about their appearance, as well as help sell products. After learning that photos can be transformed on the computer, students first discuss how photo alteration can be both creative and, at times, deceptive. They then watch a short video that shows the evolution of a makeup-free model into a digitally enhanced billboard ad. Finally, students work in groups to analyze the messages on two magazine covers featuring digitally altered photographs.
Objectives:
Students consider how digitally manipulated photos can affect the way people feel about their appearance, as well as help sell products. After learning that photos can be transformed on the computer, students first discuss how photo alteration can be both creative and, at times, deceptive. They then watch a short video that shows the evolution of a makeup-free model into a digitally enhanced billboard ad. Finally, students work in groups to analyze the messages on two magazine covers featuring digitally altered photographs.
Objectives:
- recognize that photos can be altered digitally, and consider the upsides and downsides of this practice
- discuss how photo alteration can distort our perceptions and affect our self-image
- analyze how advertising uses photo alteration to help sell products
Key Vocabulary:
Alter: to change the way something looks
Product: something that a company advertises and sells
Alter: to change the way something looks
Product: something that a company advertises and sells
Materials and Preparation:
- Prepare by reading the Picture Perfect Full Lesson Plan (below)
- Review the Gender and Digital Life Teacher Backgrounder (Elementary School) (found in the Picture Perfect Full Lesson Plan)
- Prepare to show students the Colorful Lemon Visual (found in the Picture Perfect Full Lesson Plan). If you are unable to project the visual for the class to see, print out hard copies for students
- Preview the Dove® Campaign for Real Beauty’s video “Evolution” and prepare to show it to students (www.dove.ca/en/Tips-Topics-And-Tools/Videos/Evolution.aspx)
- Make a copy of the Magazine Magic Student Handout, one for each group of four or five students (found in the Picture Perfect Full Lesson Plan)
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