This workshop has been offered to teachers both as a Nearpod lesson and in the following video format.
This workshop focuses on ways to keep our online friendships healthy and happy. It also focuses on ways to deal with negative emotions that may come up, like jealousy.
Here is a workshop that can be used from grade 1 to grade 4. We will talk about some of the most important ways we can stay safe and kind online while gaming.
I have created a new Nearpod lesson that can be used anywhere from grade 4 to grade 8 in which we will learn about Digital Footprints. Digital Footprints are the tracks you leave all over the internet every time you go online. Any time you visit a website, leave a comment, post a picture, create a post on social media, post a video on youtube, participate in online chats, etc… you are leaving behind a digital footprint. It is extremely important to be aware of this because these footprints are permanent and searchable. In this Nearpod lesson you will participate in polls, quizzes, and a game of ‘Time to Climb’ to learn about this topic.
Let’s watch this little video about Digital Footprints created by Common Sense Education.
It may seem impossible to believe but 15 years from now a future employer may be Googling your name and finding the mean comments you left all over YouTube, or the crazy photos you posted on social media, and thinking you may not be the best person to hire for a job! More importantly for today though, the things you are posting now will find their way back to parents and teachers. Here are some tips from safesitter.org to making sure that the tracks we leave online are the good kind!
You might have heard that there are some very commonly used passwords that you should never use because they are very easy for hackers to figure out. Passwords we should never use include;
But how do we create a strong password and keep them safe? This video slideshow will help you learn some easy tricks to creating and protecting your passwords.
We are going to learn how to create a super strong password by playing the game Password Protect on the Common Sense Education website. Remember, when you are finished, don’t share your super strong password with anyone except for your parents or teachers!
Today we listen to the story;
Afterwards we will complete a short assignment to make sure we understand the difference. Understanding the difference between facts and opinions is another way we can be great digital citizens. There is so much information online presented as a fact when it is actually just an opinion. And in this book we learn how important it is to listen respectfully to the opinions of others even if we don’t agree with them. This is especially true online when we make comments on each other’s blogs and social media.
We will be getting students to participate in the class creation of tweets, instagram posts, youtube videos or tik tok videos (whatever social media formats the teacher prefers, the accounts are owned and regulated by the teacher and are professional (not personal) accounts). These posts will share their class reading goals and accomplishments in fun and creative ways. The class will then check those posts regularly for likes and words of encouragement from around the globe. They may even be able to connect with other schools participating in their own reading challenge. Students will also use their blogs as a place to post book reviews and to blog about their personal reading goals. They can even embed or link the class social media posts directly to their blogs!
First, let’s read Unplugged by Steve Antony
Everyone is going to get a sheet of paper and on one side you are going to write down all of the things you do plugged in (online) and on the other side, all of the things you do unplugged (offline.) It will look a little something like this…
Once you have finished, I want you to fold this piece of paper in half.
Living our lives mainly online…
Living our lives completely offline…
Media Balance is making sure that the time we spend online allows lots of room for the other awesome things in life. This makes us all feel healthier and happier.
Being Unplugged means more time for colouring! Here is a cute colouring page!
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When friends or classmates are mean at school, we know what that looks like…
We also know how bad that kind of meanness makes us feel…
Even though the internet can be a super fun place to spend our time, the same kind of meanness and bullying can happen when we are there too. CYBERBULLYING is what you call bullying or meanness that is online.
The way it looks online is…
These things make us feel just like we did with real life bullying…
Sometimes people are meaner online than in real life, because if you were with the person in real life, they would be able to see how bad you felt about their behaviour. Online they aren’t seeing how you are reacting to what you they are saying (example crying), and that makes people think less about the impact of what they are doing.
Here is a short video that shows an example of cyberbullying and what you can do about it.
In the video the girl talks to her parents who talks to her teachers and they put an end to the cyberbullying. It is really important to tell a trusted adult about cyberbullying if it is happening to you. They can help you to figure out what to do about it and how to stop it.
Another way to be a great digital citizen online is to stand up to cyberbullying when you see it happening to someone else. This is called being an UPSTANDER. Tell your friend who is being bullied how great you think they are. Tell the bully that mean comments are unwelcome. Or tell a trusted adult about your friend being bullied.
And finally, there are buttons on websites that say BLOCK and REPORT ABUSE.
Never use these buttons as a joke because they are permanent and can’t be undone.
Now you know how you can stand up to cyberbullying and be a great digital citizen.
In the comments on this page, write about a time that you experienced cyberbullying or saw it happen to someone else. If you haven’t seen examples of this, write about one thing you will do if it happens to you or to a friend.
Charli D’Amelio needs no introduction and in this video she talks about a huge issue of concern to everyone, cyberbullying. We are online more now than ever. And with new social media apps and games, comes more and more opportunity to comment on strangers videos and posts and even send them DMs. Opening up our ability to communicate with new people around the world brings with it a lot of responsibility. The types of comments we are posting online say much more about us than they do about the person we are commenting on.
Cyberbullying can take many forms. A few of them are;
Cyberbullying is a difficult and mostly unavoidable aspect of living a good part of our lives online. Building resilience (or a thick skin) is one way of coping with this problem. Knowing that it isn’t about YOU, it is about the person trying to hurt you. They can be feeling jealous, they may have a bad home life, they may be trying to win followers through meanness, they might be insecure. It is not that there is something wrong with you personally. And always talk about this issue with a trusted relative or teacher if things are bad. They can help you figure out some next steps.
Watch this video and post in the comments if you’ve used any of these ways to stop a cyberbully before.
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