Empower+Your+Students+to+Become+Responsible+Digital+Citizens

= **Monday, August 23** = = **2:00-3:15** =

=**Session **= The goal of our this session is to explore Internet safety resources of children and their parents to prevent victimization. Further, the goal is to address the digital citizenship responsibilities in the social studies and technology curriculums and to assist teachers with ideas for implementing these curriculum components.

=**Trainer **=  Lisa Hodits, K-12 Director of Curriculum and Personnel

=**Course Objectives **=

After participating in this professional development you will be able to:

 * have a wealth of resources, tools and activities to effectively discuss digital citizenship
 * design activities and ideas to engage all students in discussions regarding appropriate use of technology tools

=**Materials **=

1. Websource: [] The NetSmartz program is an interactive, educational safety resource to teach kids, teens, and parents how to stay safer on the World Wide Web. It combines the newest technologies available and the most current information to create high-impact educational activities that are well received by even the most tech-savvy kids.

2. Websource: [] produced by Childnet International and Red Barnet (International Internet Safety Organizati

3. Websource: [|http://www.cybercrime.gov/rules/][|cybercitizen.htm] Cyber Ethics for Kids 5 computer scenarios that provide quiz-based lessons on cyber etiquette, Dos and Don’ts of Internet Use, and Reference of Intellectual Property. This site has not been updated since 2002 and is usable as an alternate to classroom activities for students.

4. Websource: http://www.nsteens.org/ produced by National Center for Missing & Exploited Children and funded by Sprint.  TerribleTexting (cyber bullying) Student discussion and simulations to reinforce rules · Attitude Overdrive (online gaming bullying)- student discussion and creating of gaming etiquette rules · Post to be Private (social networking) <span style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">-simulations with profiles/actual profile comparisons · <span style="color: #6b6e81; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Profile Penalty (Offline Consequences) <span style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Students will discuss how the actions they take online have offline consequences. They will create a Q&A Sheet using PowerPoint to share with their peers.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">5. Websource: <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">[] by WiredKids.org <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Stop Cyberbullying This website provides a general definition <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">[|how it works] <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">, <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">[|why people cyberbully?] <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">, <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">[|prevention] <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">, and legal relations. All information is text-based and would be a resource page only

6. Websource:www.wiredkids.com and a component of WiredKids.org a national bullying organization Cyberbully Quiz This Website provides an independent quiz that gives teenagers a rating of how much they have been bullied and helps them understand what bullying is. This quiz would require Internet access for all students and would take about 15 minutes.

7. Websource: http://www.mcgruff.org/Advice/cyberbullies.php National Crime Prevention Council Shrink the Cyberbully This Website is an interactive tool with stories, games, advice, etc. for intermediate level students.

=**Notes**=