Education Standards
K-6th scope & sequence
Internet Safety and Media Balance- grade K
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, Citizenship, & Media Balance
Overview
This Digital Citizenship unit was created by the Snohomish School District. This strand in the unit focuses on: Internet Safety & Media Balance.
Grade
Kindergarten
Duration
Two lessons, 20-30 minutes each.
Standards and Learning Objectives
Washington State Ed Tech Standards:
- 2.a. Students practice responsible use of technology through teacher-guided online activities and interactions to understand how the digital space impacts their life.
- 2.b. With guidance from an educator, students understand how to be careful when using devices and how to be safe online, follow safety rules when using the internet and collaborate with others.
- 2.d. With guidance from an educator, students demonstrate an understanding that technology is all around them and the importance of keeping their information private.
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
- Links for two videos, below
- Chart Paper (optional)
- Blank Drawing Paper (enough for each child in the class)
- Pencils
- Colored Pencils (or other coloring materials)
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.
Procedure:
Media Balance Videos (5 minutes) Show the following 2 videos for the students.
- Media Balance is Important, Common Sense Education, August 2019 (Length: 1:57 minutes)
- Pause, Breathe, Finish Up, Common Sense Education, August 2019 (Length: 1:10 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.
- How many of you play on the computer or a phone sometimes?
- Has anyone ever been playing online and lost track of time?
- Have you ever run out of time to do something else you wanted to do because you were on the computer or the phone for too long?
- Has anyone ever seen this happen to their parents or an older sibling? Maybe they even have trouble putting their phone away?
- Who has ideas about why it might be important to put down your phone, close your computer, and get away from screens sometimes?
Active Game and Discussion (5-10 minutes)
- Have students stand and play a quick game of Simon Says (or Teacher Says.)
- Continue to play this version of Simon Says for about 5 minutes.
- Next, have students find their spots again, and get back into a listening space. When they are ready, ask some of them to tell the class how they feel after getting up and moving around.
- Make sure to make it clear that when they get up and move around, away from a screen, they may feel energized, happy, excited, among other positive feelings.
Finish-Up Art Activity (5-15 minutes)
- Brainstorm as a group a list of things kids like to do that are not on a screen.
- Have students choose one thing they like to do that isn’t on a screen and draw a picture of it.
Lesson Two: Online Safety & Citizenship (20-30 minutes)
Additional Resources
Safety in My Online Neighborhood, by Common Sense Media | CC BY NC ND
Materials
- Videos: What Is the Internet & My Online Neighborhood (links below)
- Link to Google Earth Zoo field trip to show on Smart Board (see below)
- Virtual Field Trip sites cued up and ready to go (see links 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.
Procedure:
My Online Neighborhood Video (5 minutes)
- What Is The Internet?, Planet Nutshell, Utah Education Network, June 2014 (Length: 2:23)
- My Online Neighborhood, Common Sense Education, August 2019 (Length: 3:30 minutes)
Discussion Questions (5-10 minutes) Pull up the Google Earth link to Zoos Around the World on your Smart Board. Lead a discussion using the following questions as a guide and allowing for student comments and participation. You can choose if you’d like to stay within one of the zoo locations, or click through multiple. You may want to create a place to write student answers.
- Link to Google Earth field trip: Zoos and Animal Parks
- This is a place in the real world. If you went to this place in person, what are some things you should do to be safe? (Look for answers such as: Being aware of where your family is. Paying attention to where there are strangers, and staying close to someone you know.)
- We can also go to these places on a phone or the computer, like we are doing now. What are some things you should do online to be safe? (Look for answers such as: Make sure an adult knows you are going online. Only talk to people you know. Stick to places that are right for kids. )
Online Field Trip Activity (5-10 minutes)
- Together, or individually, have students try an online field trip. Some suggestions and their links are below. If done as a group, these sites could be pulled up on a Smart Board. Alternatively, you could have a station set up for kids to try some of these on their own.
- https://artsandculture.google.com/project/street-view
- https://www.museumofflight.org/Explore-The-Museum/Virtual-Museum-Online
- Scroll down to see links to all the airplanes you can tour virtually.
- https://explore.org/livecams
- Lots of options for live nature cams all around the world.