Education Standards
K-6th scope & sequence
Internet Safety and Media Balance- grade 4
Overview
This Digital Citizenship unit was created by the Snohomish School District. This strand in the unit focuses on: Internet Safety & Media Balance.
Internet Safety & Media Balance-Grade 4
Overview
This Digital Citizenship unit was created by the Snohomish School District. This strand in the unit focuses on: Internet Safety & Media Balance.
Grade
Fourth Grade
Duration
Two lessons, 20-30 minutes each
Standards and Learning Objectives
Washington State Ed Tech Standards:
- 2.a. Students demonstrate an understanding of the role an online identity plays in the digital world and learn the permanence of their decisions when interacting online.
- 2.b. Students practice and encourage others in safe, legal and ethical behavior when using technology and interacting online, with guidance from an educator.
- 2.d. Students demonstrate an understanding of what personal data is, how to keep it private and how it might be shared online.
Washington State SEL Standards:
- BENCHMARK 4A - Demonstrates awareness of other people’s emotions, perspectives, cultures, languages, histories, identities, and abilities.
- BENCHMARK 4B - Demonstrates an awareness and respect for similarities and differences among community, cultural and social groups.
- BENCHMARK 4C - Demonstrates an understanding of the variation within and across cultures.
- BENCHMARK 5A - Demonstrates a range of communication and social skills to interact effectively with others.
- BENCHMARK 5B - Demonstrates the ability to identify and take steps to resolve interpersonal conflicts in constructive ways.
- BENCHMARK 5C - Demonstrates the ability to engage in respectful and healthy relationships with individuals of diverse perspectives, cultures, language, history, identity, and ability.
Washington State Computer Science Standards
- 1A-01: Select and operate appropriate software to perform a variety of tasks, and recognize that users have different needs and preferences for the technology they use.
- 1A-03: Describe basic hardware and software problems using accurate terminology.
Lesson One: Media Balance (20-30 minutes)
Materials
- Link to video below
- ZenTangle Coloring Sheets or other art idea
- One of the ZenTangle videos linked below
Formative Assessment
Student responses during discussion times will serve as formative assessment and guide the remainder of the lesson, including the possible need for more clarification or continued practice to gain understanding of concepts. Exit Tickets will be used for the same purpose.
Procedure:
Media Balance Video (5 minutes) Show the following video for the students.
- Wise Tech Choices, Finding Balance Part 1, iKeepSafe, February 2016 (Length: 3:12 minutes)
Discussion Questions (5-10 minutes) Lead a discussion using the following questions as a guide and allowing for student comments and participation. You may want to create a place to write student answers.
- The narrator mentions the word “Introspective.” What does that mean?
- Can someone give an example?
- Has anyone ever noticed a feeling of sluggishness after a long period of time playing video games or watching tv?
- Has anyone ever noticed emotions like anger or frustration with people around you after a long period of time on a screen?
- The narrator mentions the importance of 4 things: Socializing, School, Entertainment, and Exercise. Let’s brainstorm some activities you do for each of those categories.
Zen-Tangle Art Activity (5-15 minutes)
- Talk about how kids can use art, physical activity, or time with friends to release some of that frustration that can come after too much screen-time. Today, we’re going to practice with a zentangle drawing.
- Use one of the following YouTube links, or lead a zentangle of your own.
- How To Draw Zentangle Art for Kids, Unik art and craft for children with Fajar, March 2016
- Zentangle Art Patterns for Beginners, by Quest Tech, May 2019
- Another option might be to set out pages from a ZenTangle coloring book
Lesson Two: Online Safety & Citizenship (20-30 minutes)
Materials
- Links to the 4 videos below
- Links to Where on Google Earth is Carmen SanDiego? online field trips
Formative Assessment
Student responses during discussion times will serve as formative assessment and guide the remainder of the lesson, including the possible need for more clarification or continued practice to gain understanding of concepts. Exit Tickets will be used for the same purpose.
Procedure:
Online Safety and Digital Footprint Videos (8-10 minutes)
- Private and Personal Information, Common Sense Education, August 2018, (Length 1:36)
- What Is Personal Information?, Planet Nutshell, June 2014 (Length: 2:41)
- Digital Footprint Management, DQ Institute, August 2017, (Length: 2:25 minutes)
- You And Your Digital Billboard, CyberWise, July 2017, (Length 1:31)
Discussion Questions (10-15 minutes) In between each video, pause for a discussion using the following questions as a guide and allowing for student comments and participation. You may want to create a place to write student answers.
- Guiding Questions to explore after the first two videos about personal information:
- What are some examples of private information and personal information?
- How are they the same? How are they different?
- Why is it important not to share private information?
- What about personal information—what if you don’t want to share it? Do you have to?
- Guiding Question for Digital Footprint Video: This video goes a little more in depth about some things that could happen if we’re not careful with our private information. Did you learn anything different from this video?
- Digital Billboard Guiding Question: Now we’re going to think about why you might sometimes want to think twice before posting information, even if it’s not private. Can anyone think of a reason why it’s important to think before you post a picture or something else online?
- Exit Ticket: Write down on a sticky note or piece of paper, one reason why you should be careful about sharing private information on the internet.
Online Field Trip Activity if Time (5-10 minutes)
- There are lots of great places to go on the internet that are safe. Demonstrate on the Smart Board the Carmen SanDiego mystery-solving field trips. Links below.