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    Internet Safety Poster Project

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    This lesson is designed for a middle school technology class to teach students about internet safety. Over the course of six class periods, students will research internet safety topics, create an internet safety word cloud poster with embedded explanatory videos, and an interactive crossword puzzle. For the poster, students will make a list of internet safety terms, turn it into a word cloud, and then embed short explanatory videos about safety rules into the cloud using an online tool. They will then share the finished poster online. For the puzzle, students will create and share an interactive crossword with clues about internet safety terms.

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    Internet Safety Poster Project

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    This lesson is designed for a middle school technology class to teach students about internet safety. Over the course of six class periods, students will research internet safety topics, create an internet safety word cloud poster with embedded explanatory videos, and an interactive crossword puzzle. For the poster, students will make a list of internet safety terms, turn it into a word cloud, and then embed short explanatory videos about safety rules into the cloud using an online tool. They will then share the finished poster online. For the puzzle, students will create and share an interactive crossword with clues about internet safety terms.

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    This lesson is designed for a middle school technology class to teach students about internet safety. Over the course of six class periods, students will research internet safety topics, create an internet safety word cloud poster with embedded explanatory videos, and an interactive crossword puzzle. For the poster, students will make a list of internet safety terms, turn it into a word cloud, and then embed short explanatory videos about safety rules into the cloud using an online tool. They will then share the finished poster online. For the puzzle, students will create and share an interactive crossword with clues about internet safety terms.

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    Internet Safety Poster Project

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    This lesson is designed for a middle school technology class to teach students about internet safety. Over the course of six class periods, students will research internet safety topics, create an internet safety word cloud poster with embedded explanatory videos, and an interactive crossword puzzle. For the poster, students will make a list of internet safety terms, turn it into a word cloud, and then embed short explanatory videos about safety rules into the cloud using an online tool. They will then share the finished poster online. For the puzzle, students will create and share an interactive crossword with clues about internet safety terms.

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    Internet Safety

    Integrating the Internet


    Students
    This lesson was designed for a middle school technology class learning about
    digital citizenship.
    Overview:
    Students will be able to learn about Internet safety through research and creating
    Internet safety posters and interactive crossword puzzles
    Objective: Students will:
    - Research various sources on Internet safety
    - Identify keywords/terms about Internet safety
    - Examine and explain ways to be safe online
    - Create/ demonstrate their understanding by designing embedded posters
    to share with younger students.
    - Create interactive crossword puzzles about Internet safety and challenge
    fellow students to test their knowledge.
    Timeline
    Six 45-minute technology class periods
    Materials Needed:
    Laptop
    Internet
    Handout with project directions

    Activity 1: Internet Safety Poster Project


    Directions:
    1. Using the following websites, research varies ways teens can stay safe on the
    Internet. Read, watch videos, play games, and test your knowledge on
    Internet safety.
    a. Online Safety Kids Health
    b. NSteens
    c. Teen Internet Safety Tips - WedMD
    d. CyberCafe
    e. Brain Pop Online Internet Safety
    f. Safe Web Surfing Video
    2. Open up Microsoft Word and create a list of words and phrases to describe
    what you learned about Internet safety.

    a. Your list should go down left side of your document. One word or
    phrase per a line. Your phrases should not be more than 4 words.
    b. Each phrase should have a ~ between the word with no spaces. The ~
    is located beside the number 1 on the keyboard and you must use the
    shift key to get it to work.
    i. Example: Internet~Safety
    1. No~Personal~Information
    c. If you want to make words or phrases larger than others you need to
    repeat the word in your list more than one time. Writing
    Internet~Safety five times will make that phrase much larger than all
    the rest. See example below.
    a. Internet~Safety
    b. Internet~Safety
    c. Internet~Safety
    d. Internet~Safet
    e. Internet~Safety
    d. Save document on computer then highlight all the words and go up
    top to edit and copy.
    3. Open Firefox and go to Wordle to create your word cloud for your poster.
    a. Choose Create

    b. Paste your words and phrases into the text box and click go.

    c. You can change your font, layout, and colors of your word cloud.
    d. Once finished, take a screen shot of your word cloud by holding down
    the command +shift + 4 keys together (Mac)
    4. Using iMovie create at least five short video clips (30 60 seconds each)
    explaining 5 Internet safety rules/tips.
    5. Upload your videos to our classroom YouTube account.

    6. Using the web tool Thinglink, augment the rules on your poster by
    embedding the video clips you created into your rules for keeping kids safe
    online.
    7. Go to the Thinglink website and create a Student Account.

    a. Click Create

    b. Then Upload Image from Hard Drive. Choose you Word Cloud Image
    to upload.

    c. Give Project a Title

    d. Click anywhere on your word cloud image to add your YouTube links
    of your videos into the project. Add all five of your videos.

    8. Lastly, share your finished Thinglink poster to our Edmodo group page.

    Activity 1: Interactive Crossword Puzzle


    1. Go to Read, Write, and Type Crossword Puzzle site.
    2. Click on create your own puzzle. Choose grades 6 8 Name Title Internet
    Safety and click Begin.

    3. Next, type the Internet safety words you want to use for your crossword.

    4. Then click create puzzle.

    5. Add clues then click finish to create your puzzle.

    6. Challenge one or two of your fellow students to try to solve your crossword
    puzzle. Print copy out for teacher.

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