Review Gauging Student Needs We will be sharing our presentation and pre- assessment tasks. So, please take this opportunity to retrieve your files and make any final touches needed. Think about what kind of feedback you would like to receive.

Pair and Share Share your presentation with your pair-share partner Give your partner feedback on their presentations Use the strategy  Ask 3 Questions  Make 2 Comments  Provide 1 Suggestion

Making Connections Week 4 February 16, 2012 How can the Internet be used to support student learning?

Grade Level Teams Break into grade level teams of 2-3 members to answer the following questions: How do you ensure students meet standards in open-ended activities and projects? How will students be held accountable for their own learning? How do you ensure equity of work and accountability for group work?

Today, we use the wiki!  Log in to your wiki account.  Create a new subpage by selecting New Page  Give your page a name & click Create  Add the questions you discussed in your group  Create a 2-column, 4 row chart for “Concerns” & “Solutions”  Fill-in chart with 3 concerns & their possible solutions.  Click Save.

21 st Century Skills Where in your unit will students need to do Research? How can learning be enhanced by Communicating with others? When would Collaboration be most beneficial? How will students engage in Problem- Solving?

Teaching Netiquette Ensuring Online Safety Encouraging Responsible Internet Use

Ensuring Online Safety The Do’s… Plan Engaging Assignments Visit Sites Prior to Lesson Plan for Updates in Information Use Your Resources The Don’ts Send Students on Scavenger Hunts Assign “ditto” Assignments Assign Tasks You Find “interesting” or “seen before”

Internet Safety Lessons CyberSMART provides a curriculum to teach students how to use the Internet safely for grades K UYN (Use Your NetSmartz) offers kid-friendly Videos to reinforce internet lessons.

Samples of Unethical Behavior Plagiarism Privacy Exploitation Unauthorized Use

Plagiarism Using someone else’s work as your own is a form of stealing. Students should try to rewrite information in their own words. Information used directly from the Internet must be cited properly.

opyrighted Material Always give credit, where credit is due. As you build your units, you must list your reference sources. Many sites allow you to use their material as long as you cite your source or create a link to their page. “The Internet must not be used for sending or receiving copyrighted material without permission.” Dillner, M. (2000). Internet Safety and Ethics for the Classroom. Retrieved from

Privacy Students should create unique usernames an passwords. passwords A username should not reveal any personal information about students such as name, address, age, gender or hobbies (ie-ahspepsquad13) Reinforce students are not to share passwords. Constantly monitor

Exploitation Children of all ages are flocking to the Internet. Forty-five percent of children in the United States more than 30 million of those younger than 18 use the Internet. 1more than 30 million of those younger than 18 use the Internet 1 More Online, Doing More.Washington, DC: The Pew Internet & American Life Project, 2001, page 2.

Online Dangers content can include nudity or other sexually explicit material hate group or racist web sites promotional material about tobacco, alcohol, or drugs gambling sites graphic violence information on demonic or cult groups recipes for making bombs or other explosives. 2 Internet Safety. Atlanta, Georgia: Boys & Girls Clubs of America, 2001, page 13

Unauthorized Use Students may….  Download music, freeware and games without permission.  Used others passwords or account information Such actions can have serious consequences such criminal or civil action. The risk of downloading a virus is great and can damage networked computers and cause a large financial burden.

Precautions You Can Take Research the filtering system available at your school. Know what software packages are available to block inappropriate websites Pre-select websites students are to use. Teach students how to react to inappropriate materials

Online Communication Tools Introduced in Week 3 Online Chats IM Online Surveys

Wrap Up The Internet can be used for student research, collaboration,and communication. Students should be taught how to use the Internet responsibly. Internet communication tools allow students to communicate with people around the world. Complete daily reflection.