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=**​ Online Safety Lesson Plan for Creative Writing - Ricki Stein **= ​

** Objective/goal of the lesson **
Students will understand why we are using a protected class wiki space for our creative writing and why we are each responsible for keeping each other's feelings safe. Students will discuss why they need to be safe while writing online inside and outside of class.

==**Technology that will be used ** == Wikis and wifi laptops to search websites, including:

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** How the technology will be used **
Students will use the class wikispace to post their writing for teacher and peer feedback. Students will search websites, initially through google, to find story ideas and information they can incorporate, in their own words, in their fiction and non fiction stories.

**Expected student behavior**

Students will focus their online efforts to find positive inspiration for their own creative writing. They are expected to share fun, interesting items they find with others. They are expected to click immediately off any unacceptable screen that pops up. We will discuss examples of acceptable an unacceptable, but these high school students know what’s appropriate and inappropriate.

** Procedure **

1. I will put student names in a hat – a Dr. Seuss hat! I will pull two names at a time to create random pairings. As a whole, my current students are very quiet and shy and they rarely talk to each other in class. They don’t mix it up with other students (except two chatty girls who only talk to each other.) They lack confidence in their writing and they resist sharing their writing while it is still in draft process. I will use this lesson to help them get to know each other a bit more, in an attempt to get them to feel comfortable enough to share their writing with each other. 2. I will give each pair two questions each. They will brainstorm answers, each student writing the ideas the pair comes up with. 3. After 10 minutes, re-pair students to do a pair-share with their next partner. 4. Re-pair once more before bringing everyone together to find similarities among the answers and to spark a full-class discussion. 5. As students discuss, teacher types ideas, viewable on the Smartboard. 6. At the end of class, teacher posts the responses on the class wikispace with a question for students to respond to in the discussion section. Here is the question: Considering today’s class discussion, how would you advise a class full of high school students to remain safe online?

a. What is safe, responsible, online activity? b. What is risky, or unsafe online activity? c. Without using names, do you know anyone who has run into trouble? Or, have you read about any kids who ran into trouble? If so, what happened? How did the person get out of the situation? What would you have done? d. What specific online safety must we consider in school? Why? e. List some common sense ways we can make sure we stay safe in school and at home? f. What can happen with information you post online, including in MySpace and Facebook? What information would you suggest people share and not share? g. What do you think of people who lose their jobs or don’t get one in the first place because employers and/or potential employers checked their Facebook presence? h. How should we react if something inappropriate pops up on the screen in school? i. What should we do to protect privacy while sharing our writing online, even in a class wikispace? j. What kind of feedback is appropriate for us to give each other as we help each other improve our writing? In other words, what kind of feedback would you find valuable to helping you with your writing? What kind of feedback would you find offensive?
 * Here are the discussion questions:**

**Followup** <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">
 * * **After students respond to wiki discussion with their advice, I will type a set of class rules, based on their suggestions. I will post these class rules on the class wiki. These rules will likely include pieces of the following:
 * * **Make no mention of our school or location, no age, email address, photographs of yourselves or other sensitive info
 * Do not seek out any inappropriate sites. If you come across something naughty while searching websites for legitimate use in school, close out the site immediately. Tell the teacher, but do not make a fuss about it. I will also remind them:
 * Any content you create online will become a part of your web portfolio. And once online, always online! What if someone finds this piece five or ten years from now?
 * Additional followup as needed **

[] (Thanks to Bev! This was on her lesson page. The site leads to many other excellent articles, suitable for secondary students.)

**Special note:**

I have found that by sitting at the back of the room, where I can see what students are looking at on their screens really keeps this problem in check. I also make frequent walks around the room as students are working. So I really haven’t had a problem.

However, I will be prepared with the following: I will deal with the situation in a way that seems appropriate at the time. If a student tells me about the inappropriate content, closes it out immediately and does not make a fuss, I will simply talk to him about it and we can agree that he will try not to let it happen again. If it does happen again, I will fill out an ISP form (Instructional…). This goes to an assistant principal, guidance counselor and the student’s advisor. The team decides who calls the parent. If I get the nod, I will call the parent. If a situation warrants, I will contact the assistant principal, who will deal with the student in a disciplinary manner.

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