Brief Description

This lesson will teach students cyber ethics and define cyber crime.

Standards and Frameworks

Technology Standards

2T-E2. Exhibit legal and ethical behaviors when using technology and information and discuss consequences of misuse.

W-E4. Write an expository essay (paragraph) that contains effective introductory and summary statements and fully develops the ideas with details, facts, examples and descriptions.

Academic

By the end of the lesson, students will be able to write a paragraph or essay comparing a well-known quote (see below) and good cyber citizenship.

By the end of the lesson, students will be able to list cyber ethical behaviors and identify four cyber crimes (see Internet Rules of the Road at http://www.usdoj.gov/kidspage/do-dont/do-dont.htm) .

Materials
Computer with internet access

Accommodations for Special Needs
None necessary.

Procedures

Prior to going to the lab:
Have students define ethical behavior as it pertains to familiar situations, such as: test taking, finding money or a lost object, wanting an item from a store. Help students differentiate between ethical behaviors and unethical behaviors in these situations. Ask for examples of other times when a person can choose between ethical/unethical behavior.
Ask students what they know about appropriate online behaviors. Help them differentiate between appropriate online behavior (netiquette) and legal online behavior. A real life, non-internet example of comparing appropriate behavior and legal behavior might be the senario of answering the telephone.  (Appropriate behavior is to say, "Hello." Illegal behavior is to pick up the phone and start shouting obscenities.) Have students brainstorm legal on-line behaviors someone would have if they were a Super Cyber Citizen (defined on this website as a person with responsible social cyber behavior.) Introduce the following terms: "cybercitizenship", "cyber ethics", and "netiquette."  Brainstorm unethical behaviors also. Put this list away until after the time in the computer lab.

On the classroom computer, visit this site to help define cyber crime: http://www.cybercitizenship.org/crime/crime.html

In the lab:

1. Students will go to: http://www.usdoj.gov/kidspage/ and click on Internet Do's and Don'ts. The students will click on the first bullet - Get Your Driver's License: a learning game. This game asks questions regarding  ethical behavior on the Internet.
2. Students will then click on the next bullet - Rules of the Road: Know  Before You Go. This section lists do's and don'ts for acceptable Internet usage. The first four "don'ts" address safety rules and the last four "don'ts" in this list  address cyber citizenship.
3. Students will click on the next bullet - Reckless Driving: You Can Get in Real Trouble for Hacking.

Back in the classroom: Bring out the brainstormed lists and ask students which ideas stay and which ideas need to be crossed out in order to appropriately identify legal/ethical online behaviors.

Assessment

Students will  write  a pargraph summarizing their learning about cybercrimes and cyber citizenship. The instructions will include: Write a paragraph explaining the relationship between the following quote - "character is what you do when no one is watching (anon.)  and your being a super cyber citizen."

Students will appropriately cite online sources in any future research papers
Students will exhibit cyber citizenship in all  trips to the computer lab.

Additional helpful sites.:
http://www.fbi.gov/kids/crimepre/internet/internet.htm
http://disney.go.com/family/doug_safety/

Teacher Name: Cathy Crockett
Site: Coronado
Date Submitted: January 27, 2002