Internet Safety

Today we are going to start doing our research on Internet Safety.  Eventually you will be creating an animated project that will cover the information that you research.  At this point...don't get worried about this being a project - we'll deal with that later.

Internet Safety covers many different aspects of accessing websites and information on the web, and it requires a common-sense knowledge of what to do and what to avoid while you are surfing the web.  This should be taken very seriously - people have been seriously injured (even died), tragically affected by what has happened to them, and some have even lost their homes because they have not practiced Internet Safety. 


Your job will be to do research in various ares of Internet Safety and then make a movie explaining what you have learned.  You will be working with a partner (groups of 2 only!) of your choice.  Whoever you choose you need to make sure that it is someone you can trust, and someone who will share half the responsibility of completing the work with you (in other words you don't want to do all of the work yourself!).

On the blog there is a page dedicated to Internet Safety - this will prove very useful for you in completing this project.  You want to gather information about 4 of the following areas:

1. Identity Theft
2. Passwords
3. Social networking (using self-control)
4. Reliability of information found on websites
5. Cyberbullying/harassment
6. Accessing inappropriate websites
7. Email netiquette/phishing scams/spam

The rubric that we will be using for this project is below (a rubric shows how your assignment is going to be graded - therefore you know exactly what is expected of you when you are creating your presentation). 

Here are many different websites that you can use to research information about Internet Safety.  You and your partner will want to take notes on the different areas that you decide you want to include in your project.  Some of these websites may no longer work - if they do not please let me know so that I can change or delete them.

• Simple Internet Safety
• Connect Safely
• Internet Safety Facts
• Safe Kids.com
• Safe Teens.com
• Kids Newsroom
• Internet Survival tips
• Brain Pop
• Stay Safe
• Social Media guidelines
• Get Net Wise
• Choosing good passwords
• Chat Danger
• Cyber Smart for teens
• Wise Kids Internet Safety
• Net Bullies
• Dealing with a Bully

I will have several videos for you to watch to help you learn a little bit about Internet Safety. It would be easy to use just the information listed on this webpage - however it would be perfectly ok for you to find additional information on other websites if those websites are reliable.

So...at this point what you need to do is just research as many facts and information about Internet Safety using the websites listed here as you can.  Remember, you need to cover 4 different areas in your project (there are 7 total areas to choose from - they were listed above the rubric).