Tom's+Lesson+on+Cyber+Safety

=Cyber Safety Lesson=

**Objectives or goals of the lesson**

 * Students will be able to provide examples of Internet harassment or cyber-bullying.
 * Students will be able to provide current statistics regarding cyber-safety
 * Students will be able to list 5 ways to prevent cyber-bullying.
 * Students will be able to list 3 options for responding to cyber-bullying.
 * Students will be able to identify resources for self help.

**Technology which will be used**

 * Students will use a class wiki, created on the Peanut Butter wiki hosting site http://pbwiki.com/education.wiki
 * Students will access pre-approved sites on the Internet

**How technology will be used**
> http://misteremath.pbwiki.com/Cyber+Safety+Resources
 * Students will create content for a section of the class wiki http://misteremath.pbwiki.com/
 * Students will use pre-selected resources for their research at

**Description of expected student behavior**

 * Students will follow school rules for acceptable Internet use. For this lesson, students may access only teacher approved Web sites.
 * Students will be able to monitor their own, as well as their classmates behavior on the class wiki.

**Process steps**

 * 1) Class will read article Amy’s Story at http://www.netsmartz.org/news/amystory.htm
 * 2) Students will discuss story in class.
 * 3) Cyber Safety project will be introduced, including objectives and procedures
 * 4) Students will be divided into 5 groups, based on the 5 project objective
 * 5) Students will research their topic, using teacher approved Web resources
 * 6) Students will develop content for their topic on their section of the class wiki
 * 7) Each student will comment on another group’s wiki, other than the assigned wiki.
 * 8) Each student will read every group’s wiki and complete worksheet based on course objectives.


 * What actions you will take and how you expect your students to respond if they find inappropriate content.**

Specific consequences for inappropriate Internet use have been discussed in every class, as well as in school assemblies. Violations of the acceptable use policy will result in one day’s suspension for each violation. Student responses to consequences vary depending on their level of maturity. There is no discussion for specific violations.