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=Mrs. Budinger's Safety Lesson for Online Blogging and Wikis for Science 7 & 8=


 * Grade Levels: 7 & 8**


 * Subject: Science Classroom Wikis and Blogging Sites**


 * Description:** This lesson plan is designed to teach safety and proper behavior when online in the school building, at home, or anywhere. Students will utilize these lessons and be aware of Internet safety, avoiding situations that might threaten or harm the student, and resolve them to use the etiquette for online safety situations.

1. Increase student knowledge and ensure Internet safety for all students. 2. Help students avoid unpleasant or dangerous situations and what to do if they feel a potential problem may arise. 3. Engage students to think safely and critically about blogging, topics, and never to provide any of their personal information or the information of anyone else. 4. Suggest and implement student and parental permission slips for any technology use in our science class, school building or home usage.
 * Goals:**

1. Identify what we mean when we discuss the term, personal information. 2. Identify appropriate websites and how to protect yourself from inappropriate internet websites and behavior. 3. Identify appropriate individuals with whom you may communicate and those you may not communicate. 4. Discuss proper online communicating and digital citizenship. 5. Return signed permission slip to your instructor for participating in our Science Blog.
 * Objectives:**

Mac Notebooks and Web 2.0 Tools (wikispaces, blog sites, and any others they will eventually use)
 * Technology Requirements:**

1. Opening comments and presentation of agenda. 2. Define personal information in five ways from any of the following: name, address, phone numbers, birthdates, height weight or hair color, photograph, parents names, or school name. 3. Discuss appropriate websites and determine they are those pre-approved by parents, guardians and teachers. 4. You may communicate with teacher, friends, parents and anyone approved by teachers or parents. 5. Online discussions may include information about your likes and dislikes regarding general questions, but nothing to include information that would allow them to determine the state or town in which you live. 6. Identify digital citizenship as the following: building safe spaces and communities, responsibly keep private personal information, using your online presence to grow and shape your world, and inspire others to be creative and safe too. 7. Discuss procedure if students come across anything possibly inappropriate, dangerous, or that makes them become uncomfortable in any way and determine chain of command if this situation arises. 8. Presentation of Permission Slip for Online Safety between our school, teachers, our parents, and the students. 9. Present web site and net etiquette regarding do's and dont's of blogging. 10. Closing comments and loss of privileges for the non-conforming student.
 * 45 Minute Lesson Procedure:**

Permission Slip for Parents and Students


 * Resources:**

Internet Safety and Civility, retrieved on 18 Nov. 2009, http://www.safekids.com/

Safe Internet Surfing, Internet Safety Grades 6-8, retrieved on 18 Nov. 2009, http://www.safesurfingkids.com/lesson_plans_grades_3_12.htm

The Read/Write Web In the Classroom, P.L.S. bocefall09,http://pls.rsmart.com/xsl-portal/site/01d6978b-3831-471a-a87c-2deec6f1d03a/page/60fd080f-efc2-45fc-92e3-e51d64e73288#


 * Text Unto Others, THE Journal-Transforming Education Through Technology, Nov. 2008, retrieved on 21 Nov. 2009, [] ||  ||