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Sample Online Safety Curricula

(TechMission is in the process of developing presentation templates for computer centers to use in introducing their participants to online safety issues and practices. It will cover the points of theAcceptable Use Policy and other relevant issues.)

Orientation for adults:  30 minute session
Need: LCD projector; Online Safety Presentation; copies of the AUP

  1. Present the online safety presentation and allow for questions or comments. (25 minutes)

  2. Pass out AUP, briefly review (material should have been covered in the presentation), and have participants sign it. (5 minutes)

Orientation for Middle and High Schoolers: 45 minute session


Need: LCD projector connected to web-enabled computer and sound; Online Safety Presentation; copies of the AUP

  1. Present the online safety presentation and allow for questions or comments. (25 minutes)

  2. From NetSmartz: play Teen PSA: “Promises” followed by "Amy's Choice, soliciting feedback (these clips are found at http://www.netsmartz.org./netteens.htm). (15 minutes)

  3. Pass out AUP, briefly review (material should have been covered in the presentation), and have participants sign it. Make sure the consequences for violations have been clearly reiterated. (5 minutes)

Bonus: Have students work their way thru the websafecrackerz site, offering a reward to the first student or any students reaching the various checkpoints in the game.

Orientation for Late Elementary (gr. 3 – 6): 2 1-hour sessions (recommend the sessions on different days)

Need: LCD projector connected to web-enabled computer and sound; Online Safety Presentation; copies of the AUP; enough computers for each child to play games themselves (Note: the games are noisy; headphones would be advised).

    Session 1

  1. From NetSmartz., play "Meet the WizzyWigs". (5 minutes)

  2. Review the WizzyWig characters by using their pictures cut out from http://www.netsmartz.org//pdf/34whichw1.pdf. (5 minutes)

  3. Have the kids play "WizzyWig Guessing Game I" and "WizzyWig Guessing Game II." (15 minutes)

  4. From the projector, play "Who's Your Friend on the Internet?", letting the majority call out their choices. Make sure they’ve gotten the point of the game: that people may not be what they seem online. (5 minutes)

  5. Present the online safety presentation, making age-appropriate clarifications and allow for questions or comments. (20 minutes)

    6. Session 2

  6. Again, review the WizzyWig characters by using their pictures cut out from http://www.netsmartz.org//pdf/34whichw1.pdf. (5 minutes)

  7. At their computers, have the kids play " Which WizzyWig is Which?"  (10 minutes)

  8. Pass out AUP, review it thoroughly and have participants sign it. Make sure the consequences for violations have been clearly reiterated. (15 minutes)

  9. For younger children (or less advanced readers), do the activity detailed in http://www.netsmartz.org//pdf/34whichw1.pdf to finish up with the WizzyWigs or let them explore the Netsmartz site on their own. (25 minutes)
                                        OR
    For good readers, play the game opened by clicking the “BONUS.COM” button on the left of the screen at http://www.wiredkids.org/kids/index.html. Have one of the students read the introduction and let them play independently. (10 minutes)

Orientation for Early Elementary (gr. K – 2): 2 45-minute sessions(recommend the sessions on different days)

Need: LCD projector connected to web-enabled computer and sound;
outlaw cutout pictures from http://www.netsmartz.org//pdf/k2weboutlaws1.pdf (copies of a children’s version of the AUP; enough computers for each child to play games themselves (Note: the games are noisy; headphones would be advised)

    Session 1

  1. From the projector, play Netsmartz: "The Webville Outlaws." Call on children to choose which outlaw to select. Review the Outlaw characters by using their pictures cut out from http://www.netsmartz.org//pdf/k2weboutlaws1.pdf.(15 minutes)

  2. Have the kids play "Clicky's Challenge." (10 minutes)

  3. For the rest of the session, children can explore the Netsmartzkids.org site or decorate pages from the downloadable coloring book. (20 minutes)

    Session 2

  4. Again, review the Outlaw characters by using their pictures. (5 minutes)

  5. Have the kids play "Clicky's Challenge" again. (5 minutes)

  6. Present an age-appropriate online safety presentation, if available. (5 minutes)

  7. If children are able to read and write their names, pass out AUP for children; review and have them sign it. (10 minutes)

  8. Have the children listen to the tunes on the Netsmartz website (http://www.netsmartzkids.org/tunes/index.htm). To end, call on several to tell which was their favorite, why, and what it taught them (tell them that this will be asked as they begin to listen). (15 minutes)

Download Online Safety Lesson Plans (Word)