Brief Description

Students will work in cooperative groups, discuss internet safety, review our school district's  Acceptable Use Policy. Students will then work in cooperative groups and complete and complete a "Surfing Internet Safari" that relates to their 4th grade curriculum studies of Arizona. Each student will be reponsible for their own worksheet. Students will also be required to cite their Internet resources, just like they would any other resource if they were writing a report or resource paper.

Standards and Frameworks

Technology Standards

1T-F2 Demonstrate functional operation of technology.

1T-F3 Use developmentally appropriate technology resources to access information & communicate electronically.

2T-F1 Demonstrate respect for other students while using technology

2T-E1 Discuss basic issue related to responsible use of technology and information and describe personal consequences of inappropriate use

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

5T-F1. Recognize electronic information sources.

5T-E2  Evaluate the accuracy, relevance, appropriateness, comprehensiveness and bias of electronic information sources

R-F1. Use phonetic skills to decode words.

R-F2 Use word recognition & decoding strategies such as phonetic skills, context cues, picture cues, word order, prefixes & suffixes to comprehend written selections.

R-F4. Identify facts.

W-F2. Use correct spelling, punctuation, capitalization, grammar and word usage,
and good penmanship to complete effectively a variety of writing tasks.

Academic

• Students will decode words in context using beginning, middle and final letter/sound relationships.
• Students will derive meaning from a written selection using reading/decoding strategies (phonetic clues, context clues, picture clues, word order, structural analysis, word recognition).
• Students will identify relevant facts in a reading selection.
• Students will take notes on their topic
• Students will cite internet sources using the AP format
• Students will proofread .
• Students will present final copy according to purpose (e.g. publish)

• Students will equipment appropriately.
• Students will describe and practice legal & ethical behaviors when using technology.
• Students will provide complete citations from electornic media.
• Students will identify electronic research resources.
• Students will identify the author (if available), title of the page, date & location published (if available) as well as the date information was retireved & the URL

Students must be able to demonstrate functional operation of technology components & able to type in URL address.

Materials

Computer(s) with Internet access, Averkey or the comperable if you have a larger group & handouts.

• Handout 1
• Handout 2

All of my students have special needs and have Reading, Written Expression goals & objectives on their IEP's. The lesson was developed to allow for extended time & flexible scheduling. Students will work both cooperatively & individually during the course of this lesson. They will be available to support each other in both academic & technology tasks required within this lesson. In their general ed classrooms, students have been focusing on different aspects of AZ. This lesson will provide them with additional opportunities to gain information about AZ & make connections to what's going on in their gen. ed. classrooms while they learn about Internet, etc.

Procedures

Students attend the Learning Lab for 60 min time blocks / 4 days a week
This activity takes 4 class sessions to complete.

Session 1:

1. The class will review the seven rules for online safety that are modified from Yahooligans and our district's Acceptable Use Policy.

Yahooligans' Seven Rules of Internet Safety are: 1.Do not give out personal information such as address, telephone number, parent's work address, or name and location of my school.    2.This will not be an option at school, but if a student joined a game or a chat group on the Internet, with my parents permission, they should never tell anyone their password to the game or chat group. 3.Need to tell their parents or teachers right away if I come across information that makes them feel uncomfortable. 4.Never agree to meet with someone you "meet" online without first checking first with their parents. 5.Never send someone their picture or anything else without first checking with their parents. 6. Do not respond to any messages that are mean or in any way make you feel uncomfortable. Talk to their parents & teachers (depending on where they are) so that they understand the rules for going on line.
 
1. Demonstrate/review basic navigation skills to find needed information on the Internet such as: Where to write the URL address on the browser, How to reload the page if all the graphics didn't download, How to go to a bookmarked site, How to bookmark a site themselves, etc.
2. Explain to the students that the Internet is like a huge bookstore or library, Within a bookstore and libraries are sections that are for "ADULTS ONLY." If they come to a site that's for adults only, they should tell their a teacher or their parent that they found a site that is for adults only. Then "back out of that site. There are thousands of sites that are created with children in mind and they should go to sites that have been created.

1. Have a discussion with students that there are different kinds of search tools that are appropriate for use when doing different kinds of searches. Go to http://www.k12science2.org/cyberteacher/v2/slides/elem_week6/sld004.htm & begin with the slide 6 of the Powerpoint Presentation. With your students discuss the concepts covered in slides 6 - 12 that covers Internet Search Tools, Formulating A Search Strategy, The Internet versus the Library, Six Steps to Successful Searching, & Citing the Internet.
2. Use slide 15 of the same Powerpoint presentation to help students grasp that there's a lot of information out on the net & someone worked hard to create those sources. Copying someone else's work isn't okay in their classroom and it will never be acceptable to copy, or use someone else's work without their permission. Credit needs to be given for Internet sources just like they do for reports, etc they write when they use resources in the library, etc. Explain that they will need to learn how to create citations for electronic research sources following a prescribed format.

1. Hand out the AZ Safari Internet Search and discuss what's expected.
2. Divide students into groups of  two or three & then go to the bookmarked site (http://www.k12science2.org/tutorials/safari/engines.htm )- It's a CIESE site that categorizes various recommended search tools.
3. Students will take turns manning the computer, but each student will be reponsible for noting the facts, site information, etc. for each site. Move about, observe & begin to ask them questions that will encourage critical thinking skills.
4. Follow up with a discussion of their thoughts.Ask them why they liked a particular site and why they think other students will enjoy using the site. Ask them how could this site be of benefit for other searches. Ask them if just because they see it or read it on the Web, does that make it true. Get them to think about whether the site is a site of fact or of opinion and why they think it is.

Students will be evaluated through the use of the Discussion Rubric and teacher observation.

Teacher Name: Barbara Peers Robeson
Site: Donaldson
Date Submitted: January 30, 2002