Smart Start Grant Showcase

Computer Science Strand

Daniel Kim

3rd Grade Teacher

North Rose-Wolcott

GOAL(S) FOR LEARNING ACTIVITY:

CONNECTION TO STANDARDS:

• Students will discuss reasons to share or not share certain information to various types of users online.
• Students will compare and contrast content to determine what information is or is not being shared.
• Students will determine what users can do to keep the digital space safe and respectful.
• Students will observe different ways that users can interact with other users online.

Cybersecurity:

• 2-3.CY.1 Compare reasons why an individual should keep information private or make information public.
• 2-3.CY.2 Compare and contrast behaviors that do and do not keep information secure.
• 2-3.CY.3 Identify why someone might choose to share an account, app access, or devices.

Digital Literacy:

• 2-3.DL.6 Describe ways that information may be shared online.
• 2-3.DL.7 Understand what it means to be part of a digital community and describe ways to keep it a safe, respectful space.

DESCRIPTION OF LEARNING ACTIVITY

Component 4: Students are given a worksheet with seven direct messages. They read each message and determine what they find out about each user. Are the posts safe or unsafe and why?

Component 5: Students take a short quiz on all the different components.

Component 1: Students watch 2 videos by online creator, Jose Monkey. The first being about online safety through sharing of content. The second video being of him finding someone from clues seen in a video.

Component 3: Students are put into 4 different groups. Each group is given a teacher generated social media picture. Groups are to determine what aspects of the post make it safe or not safe to share.

Component 2: Students partner up. One student receives a piece of blank paper and is instructed to crumple it up. Then the other student is instructed to smooth out the paper to its original smoothness. The students also are read an article on online safety and bullying. A discussion on the article and paper crumpling follows.

1st Video

2nd Video

Article

Printouts for Component 4 and 5 are the last 3 pages of this PDF

STUDENT LEARNING

Examples of teacher generated social media posts that students determined if they were safe or unsafe.

STUDENT LEARNING

Student answers to Good Chat, Bad Chat worksheet

STUDENT LEARNING

Student quizzes on online safety

DESIGN OF THE

LEARNING ACTIVITY

What did it take to create this lesson? (What resources did you need? How did you secure them?)

1st Video

2nd Video

Article

Fake Social Media Generator

Printouts for the “Good Chat, Bad Chat” and the “Online Safety Quiz” were found online. The web address for the Online Safety article was also found in this PDF.

Jose Monkey is an online video creator with videos on places like Tik Tok, and YouTube.

To create my “safe” and “unsafe” social media posts, I went to Zeoob.com. This website allows users to create posts from most all popular social media platforms.

CHALLENGES AND CHANGES

How did it go? What were challenges/what would you do differently?

The lessons went well. My students enjoyed a topic that incorporated an area of their life that they are familiar with. Working with partners and in groups allowed students to collaborate and share more than if a small group of students were to be called on individually.

There was a time constraint on teaching this concept. I only had about 10-15 minutes a day. This is why this concept was broken up into five components and taught over five days.

If I could do this over again I would combine some of the components to be able to take more time with them. This would allow me to present the concept over one to three days instead of five.

INFORMING MY PRACTICE

How did the experience inform your own practice and insights about Computer Science learning & teaching?

These lessons were a great example of how taking topics that correlate to student’s lives and diving deeper into parts of those topics that they did not consider, can come together to create interest and participation. The students, whether they have social media accounts or not, see them as a part of the lives of people in today's society. Teaching students to be responsible and safe when using online platforms acknowledges their autonomy when it comes to their technology.