Description+of+Online+Safety+Project

** Technology for Educators ** ** EDUG-522-30 ** ** By Jaimie Breeden, Cassie Shelley, Chris Swanson, and Staci Tharp ** We have created a glogster that teaches online safety using our school wide discipline plan. We have three main categories: respect yourself, respect others, and respect property. We checked with our school technology coordinator to make sure the directions we gave coincided with what she taught. We have determined the following: 1. Our audience is fifth and sixth grade students and their parents. Ages range from 9-12 years The online technology they are using is: face book, email, internet, cell phones, iPods, iPads, instant messaging The students know very little about online safety. The parents’ guidance on computer usage varies greatly from none at all to complete supervision. 2. The three top key issues at this age level are; Spending too much time on the computer and gaming. Cyber bullying Sharing personal information and pictures 3. We will inform not only the students, but the parents as well. The glogster will post the school rules, but also give other websites and activities that students and parents can use to learn together. 4. We will use a variety of websites, movies and games to help teach students online safety. The first thing that you see is the three school rules and a breakdown of what these entail. Then the other activities are clicks on graphics that take you to websites with lists of age appropriate rules online, games and jingles to remember the rules, and a youtube that is a little more mature showing how other people can actually view your pictures and private information online. There is also a safe site that parents and children can join to continue their education about online safety.
 * Online Safety Web-Based Project **