Curriculum
Manners, Cyberbullying, & Ethics: Grades 4-5
Citizens of Cyberspace
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Overview
Students learn that Internet users are citizens of a global community with the power to share ideas with people around the world.
Objectives
- Define cyber citizens as members of a globally-connected community
- Describe some responsibilities and privileges of cyber citizens
- Explain how the power of the Internet enables people all over the world to share opinions
National Educational Technology Standards for Students © 2007
Source: International Society for Technology in Education- Communication and Collaboration
- develop cultural understanding and global awareness by engaging with learners of other cultures.
- Digital Citizenship
- advocate and practice safe, legal, and responsible use of information and technology.
- exhibit a positive attitude toward using technology that supports collaboration, learning, and productivity.
- exhibit leadership for digital citizenship.
Home Connection
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Materials
- Activity sheets (2)
- Oversized paper key
- Online computer access
Introduce (offline)
- Have volunteers describe some privileges and responsibilities they have gained now that they are older. Guide students to understand that responsibilities include following rules and that they follow rules in exchange for certain privileges.
Teach 1 (offline)
- Distribute Activity Sheet 1 and read with students.
- Hold a mock "Key to Cyberspace" presentation ceremony, in which you ask students to accept the responsibilities and privileges of cyberspace.
Teach 2 (online)
- Distribute Activity Sheet 2.
- Point out how using the Internet makes it easier to reach people all over the world, collect their responses, and display the results for anyone to see.
- Take students to www.becybersmart.org or www.cybersmartcurriculum.org, click on Student Links, and then click on the triangle. Find the title of this lesson, and open its links. Choose a site to explore with the class.
- Allow students to vote in a poll, view the poll results, and complete the page.
Teach 3 (offline)
- Have students write their own poll questions with multiple-choice answers and have other students respond.
- Show them how to tally the results and display them as a bar or circle graph.
Assess (offline)
The following items assess student mastery of the lesson objectives.
- Ask: What is a cyber citizen?
- Ask: What responsibilities do cyber citizens have?
- Ask: How do people use Web polls to share ideas?
Extend
The following activity can be added for students who completed this lesson in a previous grade.
- Have students visit and submit entries to a Web site that allows them to post their own poll questions.
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