Brief Description

Students will be using Internet resources to learn about Internet safety and will then create a PowerPoint presentation to teach other students about Internet safety.

This lesson is designed to be presented after students have learned to create a basic PowerPoint presentation. This lesson could be taught before, during or after teaching basic Internet skills.

Standards and Frameworks

Technology Standards

• 1T-E2: Demonstrate increasingly sophisticated operation of technology components
• 2T-E1: Demonstrate responsible use of the Internet
• 3T-E1: Use formatting capabilities of technology tools for communicating and illustrating.
• 3T-E3: Publish and present information using technology tools
• 4T-E2: Use technology tools for individual and collaborative writing, communication, and publishing activities to create curricular related product

• VP-E2: Plan, develop and produce a visual presentation.
• W-E1:  Use correct spelling, punctuation, capitalization, grammar and usage
• W-F5. Locate, acknowledge and use several sources to write an informational report in their own words
• R-E2. Use reading strategies such as making inferences and predictions, summarizing, paraphrasing, differentiating fact from opinion, drawing conclusions, and determining the author’s purpose and perspective to comprehend written selections
• 1WP-E7. Identify the relevant details and facts of written materials

Academic

• Students will synthesize information about online safety.
• Students will prepare and present a PP slide show to an audience.
• Students will use correct conventions in the written portion of the presentation.
• Students will read and follow directions.

• Students will effectively navigate through websites on the Internet.
• Students will be able to open and use more than one application at a time (Word, Internet, PowerPoint).
• Students will be able to login and save to their server folders.

Students should be familiar with:

• Internet Explorer
• Microsoft Word
• Microsoft PowerPoint

• Open/Close programs
• Save to the server
• Do basic keyboarding
• Use Spell Check

Computer lab with the following:

•  Internet Explorer
•  Microsoft Word software
•  Microsoft PowerPoint software

(http://www.amphi.com/~technology/techclass/pdfs/internet/lessonforsharing.pdf)

(http://trackstar.hprtec.org/main/track_frames.php3?track_id=196409&no cache=2003991370)

(http://www.amphi.com/teachers/crolewski/powerpoint.html)

• Seat SEI students next to bilingual students who can assist them if necessary.
• Modify for Special Education students according to their Individualized Education Plan.

Day One:

(Prior to the first day, ask two students to prepare to read the story “A Lesson for Sharing” aloud to the class. One should be Shannon, the main character, and the other should be her “online friend”).

A Lesson for Sharing

• Begin with the students seated away from their computers. Tell them they will be hearing a story read aloud by two students.  Have students begin reading.
• Stop and discuss the story after the online conversation between Shannon and her online friend. Ask what information her online friend has gathered about her already. Continue the story.
• After the reading, have students discuss safety issues as group.


Lesson Overview

• Explain the various parts of the assignment: using the web to learn about Internet Safety, using Word to take notes, and using PowerPoint to create a presentation.


Introduce Trackstar

• Introduce the Trackstar website: Be Safe and Smart on the Internet
(http://trackstar.hprtec.org/main/track_frames.php3?track_id=196409&no cache=2003991370)
• Show students how to navigate through the lesson.
• Have students go to the computers, login to server, and open a Word document.


Provide Work Time

• Make sure students are saving their Word documents to their server file.

Provide Work Time
• Review Directions from Day One.
• Make sure students are saving their Word documents to their server files.

Provide Work Time
• Review Directions.
• Make sure students are saving their Word documents to their server files.


Introduce PowerPoint Assignment

• Show the link to the Power Point assignment. (http://www.amphi.com/teachers/crolewski/powerpoint.html)
• Review with students.
• Show and discuss the rubric (the PP rubric is available on the PP assignment page (http://www.amphi.com/teachers/crolewski/powerpoint.html)


Provide Work Time

• Make sure students are saving their PowerPoint presentations to their server files.

Provide Work Time
• Review Directions from previous day.
• Make sure students are saving their PowerPoint presentations to their server files.

Power Point
• Review Directions from previous day.
• Students will finish presentations and compare to the rubric.

Presentations
• Students will present their slide shows.
• Each class will vote on a presentation to be shared as a public service announcement on WULC (daily broadcast school news).

• Students will self-evaluate presentations using the Multimedia Project: PowerPoint Presentation Rubric (available from http://www.amphi.com/teachers/crolewski/powerpoint.html).

Teacher Name: Cindy Rolewski
Site: La Cima Middle School
Date Submitted: March 31, 2004