Tool #11

1. Internet Safety -- The majority of students have access to the internet. Unfortunately, most are lacking in instruction about the safety of communicating on the internet. As a teacher who is requiring my students to be technology savvy, I too must teach them how to conduct themselves in a safe manor. We will act out different scenarios and discuss how we should handle them. Have students create a safety contract and sign it and hang it in the classroom.

2. Digital Literacy -- Credible Sources and Giving Credit Where Credit is Due
Students need to be taught how to find credible information. They need to build their critical thinking skills to evaluate which sources are likely to have factual data vs. sources that might have fictional data. Students need to be explicitly taught to confirm information by reading various sources. Once factual information is found, then students need to paraphrase and give credit to the source. It is so easy to copy and paste. This must be taught. I will model and allow students to research in small groups to practice these methods. We will create a chart or scenarios of "dos" and "don'ts".

3. Digital Ethics -- Cyber Bullying is something that is increasing as the use of social networking is increasing. I will tie in this aspect of bullying into my daily character development. Again, students will create and evaluate different situations and how to handle them after brainstorming possible ways to handle these situations.