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Lesson Plan Blogging the Safe Way Objective / Goal
 * Students will be educated on online safety through NetSmartz.
 * Students will learn how to blog the safe way.

Technology Required
 * Laptop Computers
 * LCD Projector
 * Digital Camera
 * Websites: Netsmartz and KidBlog

How Technology Will Be Used?
 * The teacher will use the LCD projector and laptop to introduce the students to NetSmartz an online internet safety website and share with them real life videos from this site.
 * Students will be introduced to the blogging website KidBlog a safe site for elementary and middle school student to start blogging.

Expected Behavior
 * Students will be expected to sign a contract after reading the online safety rules posted by Fema for Kids.
 * Parents will be informed of this online on-going project through a parent @permission letter that will be sent home to be signed by both the parents and the student.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Students will be expected to follow the rules set forth by the teacher, as stated in the contract and in the district Acceptable Use Policy (AUP).

<span style="background-color: #00ff00; display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">The Process
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Students will watch the video as a class on the Netsmartz website about internet safety.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Students will be introduced to the blogging website KidBlog a safe site for elementary and middle school student to start blogging. There are no advertisements and it is not open to the public.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Students will use the laptops to sign into the blogging site that was set-up ahead of time by the teacher.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Once in their blog page students will need to respond to the first post created by their teacher.

<span style="background-color: #00ff00; display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">Action or Steps Taken for Finding Inappropriate Content
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Students who find inappropriate content on the Internet are expected to take the following step:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Tell an adult immediately; at school tell a teacher at home tell a parent
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Follow the steps that are laid out in your school's Acceptable Use Policy

<span style="background-color: #00ff00; display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">Sources
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Netsmartz Website
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">KidBlog Website
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Femma for Kids

Parent Permission letter for the Student Blogging Project