4-5

**These are some lessons for students in Fourth through Fifth Grade.**
__**NETS:**__
 * [|NETS.1.3-5:] [|Students demonstrate creative thinking, construct knowledge, and develop innovative products and processes using technology.]
 * [|NETS.2.3-5:] [|Students use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively, including at a distance, to support individual learning and contribute to the learning of others.]
 * [|NETS.3.3-5:] [|Students apply digital tools to gather, evaluate, and use information.]
 * [|NETS.4.3-5:] [|Students use critical thinking skills to plan and conduct research, manage projects, solve problems and make informed decisions using appropriate digital tools and resources.]
 * [|NETS.5.3-5:] [|Students understand human, cultural, and societal issues related to technology and practice legal and ethical behavior.]
 * [|NETS.6.3-5:] [|Students demonstrate a sound understanding of technology concepts, systems and operations.]

__**Objectives:**__

**Questions to answer:**
 * //__Privacy__// **
 * // Identify private information //
 * // Recall that private information should not be given out in cyberspace without permission of a parent or teacher //
 * // Give examples of how Web sites request private information //
 * // Compare and contrast c yber pals and face-to-face friends. // // . //
 * 1) **What private information shouldn't you give out on the internet?**
 * 2) **If you are under 18 why do you need your parents/guardians permission to give out information?**
 * 3) **Why do people give out private information online?**
 * 4) **What is a "cyber pal" and how is it different from a face-to-face friend?**

//**__Security__**//
 * //Describe the functions of passwords.//
 * //Identify strategies for creating and protecting secure passwords.//
 * //Define spam.//
 * //Identify strategies for responsibly and safely managing unsolicited messages.//
 * //Explain that children's sites must, by law, protect the private information of children 13 and younger.//
 * // Determine whether a site has a privacy policy and privacy seals of approval //
 * Questions to answer:**
 * 1) **What is the purpose of having a password? What is the best way to create a secure password?**
 * 2) **What is SPAM? How do you manage it?**
 * 3) **What is a privacy policy?**
 * 4) **What does it mean to have a privacy seal of approval?**

// __**Cyberbullying**__ //
 * // Analyze behaviors that could be considered cyberbullying. //
 * // Use creative thinking to suggest ways for students to handle feelings of anger. //
 * // Analyze messaging behaviors that could be considered cyberbullying. //
 * // Define bystander and compare helpful and harmful bystanders. //
 * Questions to answer: **
 * 1) ** What is a cyberbully? **
 * 2) ** Give 3 examples of how a person cyberbullies? **
 * 3) ** What is a bystander? **
 * 4) ** What can a bystander do in this situation? Explain the positive and negative? **

//**__Cyber Behavior__** //
 * // Explain that, just like in the face-to-face world, there are good and bad places and people in cyberspace. //
 * // Identify strategies for responsibly managing uncomfortable online situations. //
 * // Describe some responsibilities and privileges of cyber citizens //
 * // Explain that behavior in cyberspace should be the same good behavior used in face to face situations //.
 * Questions to answer: **
 * 1) **There are good and bad places in cyber space. List 3 "bad" places.**
 * 2) **What is a cyber citizen?**
 * 3) **How should you behave when online?**
 * 4) ** What should you do if someone is making you uncomfortable online? **

//__Acceptable Use__ //
 * // Describe school district's Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) //
 * // Describe consequences of misusing school computers/network //
 * // Identify need for Acceptable Use Policies //
 * //Explain how the Internet makes it easier to be a good citizen//
 * Questions to answer: **
 * 1) ** What is Philadelphia's Acceptable Use Policy? **
 * 2) ** Why do we need it? **
 * 3) ** What happens if you abuse this policy? **

//__Copyright__//
 * // Define plagiarism and describe its consequences //
 * // Explain how the Internet makes copying others' work easy //
 * // Identify conditions that make copying acceptable //
 * // Recognize computer files, including Web sites, as property to be respected //
 * // Give a example of how the "Golden Rule" can be applied in cyberspace //
 * Questions to answer: **
 * 1) ** What is plagiarism? **
 * 2) ** What are the consequences of plagiarism? **
 * 3) ** How do you properly cite a website? **
 * 4) ** How can the "golden rule" be applied in cyberspace? **

// __E-Mail__ // ** Questions to answer: **
 * // Recall safety rules for protecting private information when using Web mail //
 * // Recognize good and bad manners when using E-mail //
 * //Describe ways to enjoy e-mail and instant messaging.//
 * 1) **What is E-mail?**
 * 2) **How can you protect your privacy information when using E-mail?**
 * 3) **What are good manners when using E-mail? What are bad manners when using E-mail?**
 * 4) **What is proper etiquette when using instant messaging?**

// __Safe Searching__ //
 * // Identify some children's search sites //
 * // Compare and contrast features of specific search sites //
 * // Explain why it is best to utilize two or more sites when searching for information //
 * Questions to answer: **
 * 1) **Name 2 good search sites for children 10 years old and younger. Why did you choose them?**
 * 2) **What is the difference between a search engine and website?**
 * 3) **Why should you look at 2 or more sites when researching a topic? Explain.**

//__I nternet As A Resource __ // Questions to answer: **
 * // Describe offline sources of homework help //
 * // Review online homework help directories and databases //
 * // Describe how to ask an expert for homework help via the Internet //
 * // Discuss advantages of doing research at the library //
 * // Evaluate the importance of various library resources //
 * 1) **Where do you go for homework help offline?**
 * 2) **Where do you go for homework help online? How can you ask someone for help online?**
 * 3) **What are the advantages of doing research at the library (think about the various resources there)?**
 * 4) **What are some advantages of using the internet for research? Some disadvantages?**

// __Internet (past and present)__ //
 * // Describe advantages and disadvantages of communication inventions of the past and present //
 * // Differentiate cyberspace from actual places and fantasy places //
 * //Predict how changes in computers and the Internet will affect how kids learn and how schools are run//

** Questions to answer: **
 * 1) **Name 10 communication inventions of the past? How have they changed society?**
 * 2) **How do you think computers and the internet will affect how kids learn? How will it change the way schools are run?**
 * 3) **What is the difference between cyberspace, actual places and fantasy places?**


 * Lesson Ideas:**
 * Create a comic strip in Comic Life
 * Create a brochure in Word / Appleworks
 * Create a Powerpoint presentation
 * Publish a Bystander to Cyberbullying pledge.