InternetSafety_Blogging


 * Unit Internet Safety**

**Lesson: Online Safety Blogging**

**Instructional Objectives:**
 * Provide a brief overview of dangers of sharing personal information and salacious topics on a blog
 * Provide hands on activities to familiarize students with what is considered personal information
 * Present tips for students regarding blogging
 * DIscuss online safety and what should be shared on the internet

**Student Objectives:**
 * Demonstrates knowledge of personal information and blogging
 * Able to discuss why personal information should not be shared online

**Materials:** Internet Connection [|Social Networking] Who do you want to see your blog?

**Student Activities**:
 * Group discussion regarding revealing personal information
 * Netsmartz Kids videos
 * Netsmartz Kids games

**Teaching Methods/Strategie**s: Use these discussion starters to get an Internet safety conversation going with your children. The more often you talk to them about online safety, the easier it will get, so don’t get discouraged if they don’t respond immediately
 * Do you keep a blog? Could I read it?
 * Who do you think is reading your blog?
 * Would you feel comfortable letting anyone read your blog?
 * Is your blog set to private? Why or why not?
 * What do you think your blog says about you?
 * Can you show me some of your favorite blogs?

**Start a discussion**
Use resources to show students videos, present discussion cards and have students participate in activities and games.

**Useful links (updated 1/11):** [|Net Smartz Blogging] - additional resources available for this lesson