Internet Safety Activities Ch 3

I really enjoyed this chapter. This chapter discussed cyber bullying. This is so key to teach in every classroom. I think it would be truly beneficial to incorporate this entire unit into the curriculum. This chapter seeks to educate students on the danger of cyber bullying as well as what to do if themselves or a friend is being bullied. The chapter gives the teacher several option for the way in which they would like to implement the unit. Options include: groups, small group, or self-guided. I think small group would be best for this topic, personally. One activity has the students define what a hero is. This allows the students to begin thinking how they can act like a "hero" in terms of online safety. This unit also does a really good job of integrating other areas such as reading and writing into the unit., which is always a plus for teachers. At the end students can write stories about a cyber bullying and how they would stop it. The class could combine all of the stories into a big book of internet safety. Again there are a variety of students pages included at the end to support the teacher, which also allows her to use the parts of the unit she wants and discard those she does not intend to use.