- Grade Focus
- 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade
- Subject
- Literature
- Integration Activity
- Imaging, Online Safety, PowerPoint Presentations
Created by: John Grandmont
Cybersafety Lesson Series: Introduction
This is the first in the Nortel LearniT Cybersafety Lesson Series. The basis of this lesson is exploring a broad range of guidelines on Internet safety (such as safeguarding your identity, "talking to strangers", passwords, etc.). Other modules in this series focus on:
- Cybersafety: Viruses, Popups, and Spam and Oh My - computer viruses and popups, spam, and more, including hoaxes, scams/fraud, identity theft, and cookies
- Cybersafety: Cyberbullies - online bullying via e-mail, video, instant messaging
- Cybersafety: The Dark Side of the Net - Internet dangers of online predators and pornography
- Cybersafety: Web of Deceit - how to examine Web sites to research and analyze the effectiveness of information stored on a Web page. Students will create their own Web pages to demonstrate how they apply their new media literacy skills.
Cybersafety Introduction (this lesson)
In this lesson, students are required to research what being cybersafe means and produce a three–fold poster or a PowerPoint Slide Show for a Cybersafety Fair (like a trade show or information expo). Each group will have a table at the show and will display their information on either the poster or where there is sufficient equipment and power, using PowerPoint. Students should also prepare a single page handout or brochure with a summary of their information.
Applications
- This lesson can be used as a standalone lesson on cybersafety or as the introduction to cybersafety concepts.
- Additionally, this lesson and the other lessons in the Cybersafety Series can be used to assemble as very informative and interesting session(s) for students, parents and/or the community.
Other Resources
Find current cybersafety resource lists from Nortel LearniT useful in your classroom under the Just For You portals for:
Prerequisite Experience
This lesson assumes the student has a basic knowledge of the Internet, Digital Imaging, word processing and PowerPoint.Teacher Prep Time
(varies – at least 2 hours)If you have not worked with image editing software or PowerPoint, you will want to become more comfortable with these technologies. Review the Imaging and PowerPoint training videos available from (www.NortelLearniT.org). Students can refer to these same videos when working through their project as needed. Teachers should also review the web sites in the Explore Section to become familiar with the topic area. Some topics may need to be split up between several groups.