Internet+Safety

Internet Safety Lesson


 * Description**:

The description of this assignment was to create a meaningful lesson plan that targeted internet safety for students. The lesson was to include state and the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) standards. The activities in the lesson were to include, a self-assessment, a formative assessment, and a post assessment for the students. Other components required for this assignment were, key concepts such as vocabulary and important ideas, essential questions, and instructional strategies.

Internet Safety Lesson Plan


 * Process:**

The process to design this lesson gave me an opportunity to take a different approach to how I would want to teach about internet safety and security in my own classroom. My students use the internet periodically to look up parts for automobile repair and to complete assignments but I never placed much emphasis on the safety aspect of what they were doing. I did not go to school to become and educator and after 21 years in the military when you were told to not do something that is the rules you followed or knew you would be in trouble. In the high school arena of teaching things are usually just not that simple. All students need to be reinforced about what web sites they visit, information that is placed on websites, and allowing them to stay out of harms way. As an informed citizen, I thought a lot of this was just common knowledge, but as a student growing up, you need to be sure you learn the correct information somewhere and that somewhere may have to be in school and a concerned classroom with an experienced technology instructor.


 * Reflection:**

I had never given much thought about Internet safety prior to this course. I knew that I was careful in my own right as to what information I wanted to place on the internet and am still skeptical about certain things that I would rather call to place an order than load my personal information on a web page but those fears are slowly easing. As of lately, I have used the Internet to purchase more items than ever before but safety to my students is of the utmost importance to me especially while in my classroom. Safety is my number on concern while we work in the auto shop, so why should that concern of safety not carry over to when in the classroom and on the internet when there are still hazards for them? I find it more suitable now to inform each class and every student of dangers associated with the internet and will make it a common practice to observe more and make sure they know and understand the policies in place to keep them safe.