Lesson Topic: Internet Safety and Credible Websites Grade level: 4th grade Length of lesson: 45 minutes Stage

1 Desired Results Content Standard(s): 4T3: Students will apply digital tools to gather, evaluate, and use information. 4T5: Students understand human, cultural, and societal issues related to technology and practice legal and ethical behavior.

Understanding (s)/goals Students will understand: Why it is important to know and learn about internet safety. The main elements required to be a credible website.

Essential Question(s): What are credible websites? Why is it important to learn about internet safety?

Student objectives (outcomes): Students will be able to: Identify credible websites using the essential elements. The students will be able to practice their legal and ethical behaviors when using the internet.

Stage 2 Assessment Evidence Performance Task(s): Other Evidence: Students will orally answer Students will independently internet safety questions examine 4 different given while watching the websites and identify if each interactive internet safety website is a credible or nonvideo. credible website. The students will preview, Students will complete an with teacher guidance, 2 online assessment on websites and tell if they are internet safety, using credible or not using the key Google drive forms, and elements. credible websites.

Stage 3 Learning Plan Learning Activities:

The lesson will begin with the technology teachers introducing internet safety. The teachers will talk about 4 different characters and the role/relation that they will play in the interactive video. The teachers will compare the characters to technology. The students will watch an interactive video, using netsmartz.com, about internet safety, cyber bullying, netiquette, and safety resources. The students will interact with the characters while watching the video. The students will answer questions, which the characters ask them, throughout the video. The teacher will also ask questions throughout the interactive video. The teacher will reiterate the importance of internet safety and their legal and ethical behaviors, by providing realistic examples, while using the internet. Next, the technology teacher will introduce the credible website lesson, using a Voki. The voki will be used as a hook. The technology teacher will talk about the essential elements in identifying credible websites. The technology teacher will pass out a colored copy of a checklist cheat sheet for identifying credible websites. The technology teacher will show examples of credible and non-credible websites. The teacher and the students will look at 2 websites, as a group, and determine if the websites are credible or not while using the checklist for credible websites. The students will use the internet and work in pairs to identify 4 websites as being credible or non-credible, using the essential elements. In closing, the students will log in to their Google drive and complete a short 5 question assessment on internet safety and credible websites.

One of the learners will be using an assistive technology device. The student will wear an FM system throughout the lesson. A red cat device will also be used while the teacher is talking and the interactive video is being played.

Learner Analysis The lesson will be taught to two 4th grade classes, each class will be 45 minutes long. The students are all in the elementary school setting. In the first class, there are 21 students in total. 9 students are males, and 12 are females. There are 7 African Americans, 1 Asian, 9 Caucasian, 1 Hispanic, and 3 of Mixed Race students. 6 of the students have exceptionalities. 3 of the students with exceptionalities are Students with Learning Disability, and 3 with Emotional Disabilities. In the second class, there are a total of 21 students. 14 are male and 7 are females. There are 4 African Americans, 15 Caucasians, 1 Hispanic, and 1 of mixed race. There are 8 students with exceptionalities. 3 of the students with exceptionalities are Students with learning disabilities, 4 are students with emotional disabilities and 1 with a hearing impairment. Reflection This was a very interesting lesson to do. I learned a lot from being in a different setting, other than high school. At first, I was really indecisive about the interactive video being too immature for 4th graders. As I did the lesson with my first group of students, I realized that they thoroughly enjoyed the interactive video. They were very responsive and all students participated. The students really enjoyed the Voki for introducing Credible Websites. They compared it to the Avatars that they created for Classdojo. I thought that this was a great comparison. They also compared it to all of the anime characters that they are familiar with. The credible website part of the lesson was also great. The students were focused from the beginning to the end. Their interest levels, with all the technology, were at a high. When asked questions about the lesson, the students were very eager to raise their hand and answer the questions. The questions and examples that the students gave were very interesting and informative. The students analyzed every aspect of the lesson. Their responses were articulated and premeditated. The students were able to answer every question correctly and also give very accurate/detailed examples. The students completed an assessment using Google forms on their Google drive. The results were 42 students who were assessed.

3 students failed the assessment. The 3 students who failed were in special education. The 3 students missed the same two questions on the assessment. All of the questions were read aloud to all students. There were multiple questions, short answer, and check all that apply questions on the assessment in order to differentiate. If I had to make revisions to this lesson, I would first add more time. Forty-five minutes was clearly not enough time to answer all questions and to drill down and focus on some of the misconceptions of internet safety. I would have also included a video or a piece on cyber bullying. This was a huge part of all students questions and also a larger part of all students misconceptions.

Links to each part of digital citizenship lesson. Link to interactive video: http://www.netsmartzkids.org/RoutersBirthdaySurprise/Movie Link to credible website Voki: http://www.voki.com/pickup.php? scid=8559783&height=400&width=300 Link to Digital Citizenship assessment, Google drive forms: https://docs.google.com/a/bryan.k12.ga.us/forms/d/1AOsvNI05kq0PrRP7Vye_c88yOsPw7FEGVg_b9uF64A/viewform Links to example websites: http://www.neok12.com/Moon.htm http://www.lpi.usra.edu/education/resources/s_system/moon.shtml Links to websites for assessment: http://school.eb.com/levels/elementary http://www.science-class.net/Astronomy/MoonPhases.htm http://teachers.henrico.k12.va.us/staffdev/clough_d/Moon/Phases.html

http://www.planetsforkids.org/moon-moon.html

Credible Website Cheat Sheet

What does credible mean? Credible means it is believable. Credible Website Rules: 1. Author. A website has to have an author or authors. Look for names Contact us section 2. Copyright date Must have a copyright date Cannot be more than 10 years old 3. Appearance Does it look nice? Does it look professional? 4. Bias Why did the author or authors create this website? What is the purpose? Remember it is easy as P.I.E! Look at the domain i.e. .net, .com, .org, .edu, .gov About us section 5. Accuracy Is ALL the information accurate? Do the authors verify that the information is accurate? 6. All the links work Is there a homepage? If you click on everything do you get to where you need to go? In order for a website to be credible it has to have all six of these requirements. Lets Practice!

Now lets look a few websites to see if they are credible or not based on our essential elements for credible websites. Mark yes or no next to each of the numbers. REMEMBER TO USE YOUR CHEAT SHEET! Website 1: Name of website: ________________________________ Domain: __________ 1. ______ 2. ______ 3. ______ 4. ______ 5. ______ 6. ______ So is this a credible website? Yes or No

Website 2: Name of website: ________________________________ Domain: __________ 1. ______ 2. ______ 3. ______ 4. ______ 5. ______ 6. ______ So is this a credible website? Yes or No

KEY Now lets look a few websites to see if they are credible or not based on our essential elements for credible websites. Mark yes or no next to each of the numbers. REMEMBER TO USE YOUR CHEAT SHEET! Website 1: Name of website: neok12 Domain: .com 1. Y 2. Y 3. Y 4. Y 5. N 6. Y So is this a credible website? Yes or No

Website 2: Name of website: Lunar and Planetary Institute Domain: .edu 1. Y 2. Y 3. Y 4. Y 5. Y 6. Y So is this a credible website? Yes or No

Name: ___________________________ Date:________________ Credible Website Assessment Now it is your turn to check the websites and see if they are credible or not. Mark yes or no next to each of the numbers. REMEMBER TO USE YOUR CHEAT SHEET! Website 1: Name of website: ________________________________ Domain: __________ 1. ______ 2. ______ 3. ______ 4. ______ 5. ______ 6. ______ So is this a credible website? Yes or No

Website 2: Name of website: ________________________________ Domain: __________ 1. ______ 2. ______ 3. ______ 4. ______ 5. ______ 6. ______ So is this a credible website? Yes or No

Website 3: Name of website: ________________________________ Domain: __________ 1. ______ 2. ______ 3. ______ 4. ______ 5. ______ 6. ______ So is this a credible website? Yes or No

Website 4: Name of website: ________________________________ Domain: __________ 1. ______ 2. ______ 3. ______ 4. ______ 5. ______ 6. ______ So is this a credible website? Yes or No

Name: KEY

Date: 09/17/2013 Credible Website Assessment

Now it is your turn to check the websites and see if they are credible or not. Mark yes or no next to each of the numbers. REMEMBER TO USE YOUR CHEAT SHEET! Website 1: Name of website: Britannica Domain: .com 1. Y 2. Y 3. Y 4. Y 5. Y 6. Y So is this a credible website? Yes or No

Website 2: Name of website: science class.net Domain: .net 1. N 2. N 3. Y 4. Y 5. N 6. Y So is this a credible website? Yes or No

Website 3: Name of website: Phases of the moon Domain: .k12.ga.us 1. N 2. N 3. Y 4. N 5. Y 6. Y So is this a credible website? Website 4: Name of website: Planets for kids Domain: .org 1. Y 2. Y 3. Y 4. Y 5. Y 6. Y So is this a credible website? Yes or No Yes or No