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== =Cyber Safety at The Peninsula School=



This page has been created as a teacher resource to assist with the teaching of Cyber Safety. There are many links to other resources included. There is also a link to the student sample blog which has also been created.

This is an integrated unit that focuses upon the rights and responsibilities of digital citizens in the 21st Century. Learning to act responsibly with the interests of the larger community in mind whilst demonstrating ethical behavior at all times will be a major emphasis of the unit. Students will learn about cyber safety and both the positive and negative experiences associated with the internet and in particular social networking sites. Through the use of multimedia presentations students explore the dangers associated with the use of the internet. They appraise the dangers faced and working in teams, suggest and compile strategies of how to avoid such dangers. Each team will then explore and evaluate the suggestions of their peers and as a class compile a final document which promotes Cyber Safety for Middle School students. Contributions to a class blog will be used to evaluate the effectiveness of the document. Students will define what a Cyber Bully is using material from the [|Cybersmart Kids]  resources, in particular the [|“ Are you a Cyber Bully?”]  document available from the [|Stop Cyberbullying]  website. It is important that students are able to demonstrate an understanding of what Cyber bullying is before they are able to prevent it. As evidence of their responses to the curriculum framing questions, students will design and produce a range of products. They will be able to present their work as a brochure, poster, presentation or video. Again peer group assessment will be one of the tools used to assess the work. 