Introduction: The internet is used for many positive activities; however, kids face some serious risks, such as online predators, cyberbullying, and consequences from revealing too much personal information. You can encounter these during school research, chatting with friends, or updating your social network pages. So how do you deal with it?
Task: Learn about bullying and cyberbullying to: Ø Articulate what is known about a topic, problem, or question Ø Predict answers to inquiry questions based on background knowledge and beginning observations or experiences Ø With guidance formulate questions about the topic Ø Draw conclusions based on facts and premises Ø Experiment with text and visual media to create products Ø Respect privacy of others (e-mail, files, passwords, book checkout, etc.) Ø Use technology applications to create documents and visualizations of new learning
Process:
Week 1: 1. Digital Citizenship introduction Wrinkled Wanda 2. Watch Can't take it back. Questions to think about - How does it make you feel to watch this? Why is it easier to type than to say mean things face-to face? Does it hurt the person any less? What are/can be the consequences? 3. Watch a music video created by students after tragedy struck their school. 4. Brain pop if time allows.
Conclusion: Cyberbullying and it consequesnce continue to impact young people daily. Students have into gotten fights, lost friendships and worst as a result of cyberbullying. This problem is only getting worse and it must be Stopped NOW! It is serious. Take a stand against cyberbullying with your classmates. Students will listen to other students more quickly than they will listen to an adult.