6th Grade Internet Safety

This week 6th graders are starting their Internet Safety unit in technology class.  We are going to use CommonSense Media's Internet Safety lessons on safety and security as well as privacy and digital footprints, in addition to using their "Digital Passport" program.  The lessons will take us all the way until March break.  Helpful resources for parents are linked to below.


Safety and Security

• Safe Talk Online
• Safe Talk Online- Family Tip Sheet (Middle School version)  
• What's the Big Deal About Internet Privacy?
• Family Tip Sheet on Online Security (Middle and High School version)
• Strong Passwords
• Private and Personal Information
• Family Tip Sheet for Online Security (Elementary School version)

Privacy and Digital Footprints

• Trillion Dollar Footprint
• Family Tip Sheet on Protecting and Respecting Privacy Online
• Oops! I Broadcast it on the Internet!
• Family Tip Sheet on Privacy and Digital Footprints (High School version)

Digital Passport

• Communication "Twalkers"
• Family Tips on Cell Phones
• Privacy "Share Jumper"
• Family Tips on Privacy
• Cyberbullying "E-Volve"
• Family Tips on Cyberbullying
• Search "Search Shark"
• Family Tips on Search
• Creative Credit "Mix-N-Mash"
• Family Tips on Respecting Creative Work

4th Grade Update- January in Review

4th graders have been busy!  Since finishing their Excel graphs created with data from P.E. students have been practicing their touch-typing skills as well learning about Internet Safety.  In January, 4th graders started a new unit on Internet Safety, participating in several lessons from CommonSense Media's Digital Passport program.  Students will continue this program into February, completing lessons on cell phone use, distraction, and multitasking; the risks associated with sharing private information online; how to be an upstander instead of a bystander in cyberbullying situations; how to search more effectively online using keywords; and how to give creative credit when using other people's work in a project.

5th Grade Internet Safety

This week 5th grade students started using Common Sense Media's new Internet Safety program called Digital Passport.  Digital passport is a web-based program designed to teach students about digital citizenship, with topics including online safety and security, privacy, cyberbullying, copyright and creation, and finding information online.  The program uses videos, games, and classroom activities and discussions to prepare students for using online and mobile technologies.  It's a perfect introduction to the topics that we will discuss more in depth next year as a part of the 6th grade technology curriculum.