Online Safety & Netiquette In the Upper Elementary

GradesBy Charles HerzogGrade 6 Teacher

Flood Brook Union School

Online History: School

• no web 2.0 (interactivity)

• mostly skill & drill: phonics, math

• some research (largely in 5th grade)

Online History: HomeVast Differences Among

Students

• Half have Facebook (email) accounts, and online chat regularly, have mobile phones. They, likely, spend time online daily. A few know how to download music legally & illegally.

• One quarter have email accounts, might participate in online chats. They’re online presence is inconsistent.

• One quarter have no online presence. They have slow, or no internet connectivity.

Coordinate with your school Media Specialist (Librarian)

* http://goanimate.com/movie/0XAeA10RWE_Q?utm_source=linkshare&uid=0f-uEQORicb4 (keeping information private)

* http://goanimate.com/movie/0ahvEkUXO_2Y?utm_source=linkshare&uid=0ZEINIkghsqE (cyberbullying)

* http://www.voki.com/php/viewmessage/?chsm=25025d17ffed82dba5d722db03334ae4&mId=945920 (not sharing information while playing online video games)

* http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/12578483/internet-movie (not giving out login information)

• Publish your best work. • Think before you post: Make sure what you write is appropriate to put online. • Always tell the truth on your posts • Say what you mean, and mean what you say. • Online work is NOT private. Never say anything on a blog that you wouldn’t mind seeing on the school bulletin board, or in the local newspaper. • Get descriptive in your title. The title helps your audience decide if they want to read your post or not. • Try to link to other ideas or resources that back up the point you are trying to get across or further explain or enhance your content.

Netiquette Fundamentals

More Netiquette Fundamentals

• Make your writing physically attractive. Add a supportive image, use bullets and paragraphs appropriately. • Give credit in your works cited list to anyone whose work you use. Never use other people’s work and call it your own. In other words, don’t cut, copy, or plagiarize Internet content! • Share your knowledge with others; when you learn something new, pass it along to someone else who can benefit. • Carefully proofread your online work before you post, just like you would a regular letter. Use good form, spelling and grammar. • Capital letters are regarded as “SHOUTING.” Be careful with them.

Online IdentityKeep yourself and your friends SAFE.

o Address o Last Name o Password o Phone Number o E-mail address o Detailed physical description o Detailed location where you can be found on a given day and time o Photos of yourself (?)

Think Before You PostOnce you submit content, even if you choose to delete it later, it is online FOREVER. Can you be proud of EVERYTHING you post, upload or contribute online?

* People who’ve made the mistake of posting inappropriate content on Facebook, or other social media have been denied jobs.

Videos: Appropriate for Upper Elementary

Grades and Up• Think Before You Post: http://

www.youtube.com/watch?v=4w4_Hrwh2XI

• Once Posted You Lose It: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CE2Ru-jqyrY

Cyberbullying• Talk about and recognize three roles played in bullying:

* Victim * Bully * Bystander * Upstander

• Awareness of how cyber bullying can affect someone * Remind students that behind each online avatar or identity is a real person with feelings. • Discuss with your students how to recognize and prevent cyber bullying.

What to do if you Encounter Cyberbullying

o STOP - immediately leave the online environment or activity where bullying is going on. o BLOCK e-mails or instant messages received from bullies. NEVER RESPOND. o RECORD all harassing messages and send them to your Internet provider (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc.). Most providers have policies about users harassing people on their server. o PRINT all harassing messages to be used as evidence against the bully.o TALK to a trusted adult about the cyber bullying; alert the police when bullying involves physical threats.

Time & Date Stamps* Every click is time & date stamped on your computer hard drive.

* Everywhere you go online is time & date stamped. (Consider showing them browsing histories, emails, printed text messages, blog posts, tweets, etc.)

Social v Academic Commenting

These are school blogs, so we “do” academic commenting.• Related to the content of the post. • Continuing a conversation started in the post or in other comments. • Connected to content learned or discussed in the classroom. • Challenges someone’s point of view. • Add something to the author’s post in form of a : o link o connection o idea

Commenting Etiquette• Acknowledge the author of the blog post. • Let the author know if you agree with him/her and why. • It is also ok to disagree with something, just let the author know why you feel that way. • One word comments are not very useful. Writing just “cool” or “nice” are not very helpful and don’t let the author of the blog post really know what you are thinking. • Always make sure you follow “netiquette”. Think if it is appropriate BEFORE you hit the submit button. • Always be polite . It does not matter if you agree or disagree with what you are reading in a blog. Don’t write anything you would be ashamed of saying to someone’s face. Don’t hurt somebody’s feelings.

Commenting Starters• Your writing made me think that we should……. • I wish I understood why……. • This is important because……. • Another thing to consider is……. • I can relate to this……. • This makes me think of……. • I discovered……. • I don’t understand……. • I was reminded that……. • I found myself wondering…….

Grammar & SpellingDo you value content above all and are willing to close an eye to spelling? Or are you willing to take less content in exchange of time spent on grammar and spelling? You need to communicate your expectations clearly to your students.

Online Safety & Netiquette Resources• http://www.freetech4teachers.com/search/label/

Internet%20Safety (an extensive list of resources)

• http://prezi.com/squgvn6b26uy/netiquette/ (wonderful, kid-friendly presentation on netiquette)

• http://comments4kids.blogspot.com/ (compilation of class/student blogging community)

Exemplary Student/Class Bloggers

• http://krebs.edublogs.org/ (7th & 8th grade bloggers)

• http://mrcsclassblog.blogspot.com/ (middle school bloggers)

• http://mrsgregory6.edublogs.org/ (6th grade)

• http://www.psdblogs.ca/cdaub/2011/11/29/our-global-table/ (4th grade)

• http://eastdragonden.blogspot.com/ (5th grade)

• http://fbus6.weebly.com/our-blogs.html (my bloggers)

Works Citedhttp://easybib.com/key/1f7ed3