An
Internet Safety & Netiquette Web Quest
INTRODUCTION --
Kids
and teens use the Internet, email, chat, instant messaging, and bulletin boards
almost daily, both at home and at school. They need to know the generally
accepted rules of behavior in cyberspace, how to keep themselves safe, and how
to protect their computers from threats like viruses, spyware, adware, etc.
TASK - Students
will answer the following Essential Questions and write their own
"My Cyberspace Creed" containing five things wise things to do
regarding SAFETY and five things to do regarding NETIQUETTE.
Essential
Questions: What are some generally accepted ways of doing things in
cyberspace, i.e. email, chat, instant messaging, chatting, blogging, or using
newsgroups and bulletin boards? In other words, how to they "mind
their manners," seem e-savvy, and avoid conflicts with others? What
is Netiquette? What is cyberspace? What is media?
What is media literacy?
What
specific things can teens do to keep themselves safe from online threats,
predators, and the like?
What
specific things can teens do to keep their computers safe from online threats?
PROCESS - Students will
use the hyperlinks below to visit an assortment of sites designed to teach kids
and teens about internet safety and netiquette. They will take notes in
Microsoft Word while they browse so that they can then re-write their notes in
their own words. When they have five guidelines each for Netiquette and
Safety, they will make them into a personal "creed" with Microsoft
Publisher. Click
Here for An Example
EVALUATION-
Students will be evaluated on their use of class time while they visit the
resource sites. They will also be graded on their knowledge of the
vocabulary words during the unit in a pop quiz. They will also be
evaluated on their knowledge of Netiquette and Safety by virtue of their
personal creed. They will be graded on their ability to use Publisher to
make a simple document.
RESOURCES
AND HYPERLINKS-
CYBERSPACE
= The electronic (virtual) world: email, internet, chat, newsgroups, instant
messaging.
NETIQUETTE
= appropriate manners and behavior in cyberspace, including Email, Internet,
Think.com, Sticky Notes, Chat Rooms, and Instant Messaging.
MEDIA
= Newspapers, books, TV, advertisements, music videos, movies, press, radio,
internet, etc. Anything that contains information you read, listen to, or see.
MEDIA
LITERATE = Able to read, understand, and evaluate media. Knowing that not
all media is truthful or objective, and some is trying to sell you products or
ideas
.
MOST
OF THE SAFETY AND NETIQUETTE HYPERLINKS BELOW WILL OPEN IN A NEW WINDOW.
SafeTeens.com
Internet Safety Video