Computer Lab – Spring 2012 14 Classes

Feb. 14: Basic Internet Literacy

INTRODUCTION PowerPoint on Internet Literacy, OnlineSafety ,the BIG FIVE ,Acceptable Use Policy

Discuss the Publishing Form

Students take the Internet Savvy Pre-Assessment withTerminology

Discuss the terminology sheet and all the answers thestudents knew

Students group up, and being mindful of online safetyacceptability, research the still unknown terms

Students take the Acceptable Use Policy Assessment

END OF CLASS

HOMEWORK: GetPublishing Form signed and returned

                            Internet Literacy VocabularyCrossword and Student-Created Crossword

Feb. 28: PASSWORDS AND DECISION MAKING

PowerPoint: Decision Making Scavenger Hunt (interactive withkids’ research)

Groups Decision Making Practice: What Makes Up a Reading Genre?

PowerPoint: Strong Passwords (interactive with studentscoming up with strong passwords for phrases)

Review: Online Safety, BIG FIVE, Acceptable Use, Passwords,Decision Making

Mar. 6th: READING AN INTERNET SITE

HANDOUT: IdentifyingParts of a Website/Webbing a Website

                     (Students answerquestions with website shown in projector)

                    Students complete back side in groups….then discuss results

Assessment: Dehesa website questionnaire (in groups)

Group packet project: Three-DimensionalReading: What Are your Eyes Doing?

HOMEWORK: Creating an Offline Website project (one perstudent) Due next week

Mar. 13^th: READING AN INTERNET SITE (Part 2)

Assessment for Memory: What’sthe Purpose of the Website  *working individually

Page Study: NasaForKids (Skimmingfor Information exercise)

Group project: HTML comparison (whole group )

                           HTML writing exercise (small groups)

Small groups project: Amazon.com page study     *work as small groups write project papers in own words

Mar. 20th: RESEARCHING RELIABLY (Part 1)

INTRODUCTION                :PowerPoint on Search engine types, companies, how to search effectively, andkeyword/Boolean searches

SEARCH PRACTICE: Usinga Search Engine  *small group activity

SEARCH PRACTICE: Howto Read a GOOGLE Search Page  *whole group projector activity

NEXT STEP: PowerPoint on Beingan Internet Detective: Five Accuracy Steps

ASSESSMENT: Use YourCommon Sense

Mar. 27th: RESEARCHING RELIABLY (Part 2)

INTRODUCTION: URL’s, LINKS, and ‘CIRCULAR RESEARCH’

INSIGHT: Citing andEvaluating Websites  *small group activity

ASSESSMENT: WebsiteEvaluation Form  *large group evaluates a page, then smallgroups (2)

HOMEWORK: Website Evaluation Forms *students completefor 5 different websites

Apr. 3rd: NETIQUETTE

INTRODUCTION: Netiquette PowerPoint

PRACTICE: Rules ofNetiquette  and How to Comment on a Blog

ASSESSMENT: Students visit blog on chosen subject andcomment with Netiquette

NEXT STEP: FormalWriting Versus Texting

Apr. 17th: ETHICS

INTRODUCTION: Ethics Powerpoint and/or Movie

DISCUSSION: Copyrights

May 22nd: BREAKING THE 4^TH WALL-SOCIAL MEDIA

May 29th: BREAKING THE 4^TH WALL-SOCIAL MEDIA