Internet-BasedLearningActivityAssignment

Name

MargitLanze

InstructionalObjective

Giventheopportunitytomakedecisionsinasimulationabout
internetsafety,allstudentswillchoosesafeandresponsible
optionsatleast80%ofthetime.

ToolChoices

Thelessonswillbehousedonthe
HaikuLearningLMS
.Within
theLMS,IwillbeusingPadletforstudentinput/feedback,
embeddedinteractivevideoscreatedin
playposit
,
Google
Presentations
,and
GoogleForms
toassessstudent
understanding.

SubjectArea

RISEResponsibility,Independence,andSexualityEducation

Teacher'sName

MargitLanze

GradeLevel

UnitofInstruction

DigitalCitizenship

SpecificTopic

InternetSafety

InstructionalGoal

Topromotesafeandresponsibleuseofdigitaltools.

LearnerCharacteristics

Summary.
Thetargetedstudentgroupis1011yearsold.
Academically,thisisanaboveaverageperforminggroupfrom
mostlymiddleclassbackgrounds.Theyareaccustomedtobeing
responsiblefortheirlearningtasksandgenerallyfollowteacher
instructions.Tendenciesofdoingschoolsometimesinterfere
withbuildingmeaningfrominstructionalinterventions.Aswith
mostadolescents,membersofthisgroup,too,areverysocial,
easilydistracted,andlookforimmediategratification.Students
displaymotivationtolearnwhentheirowninterestsare
addressed,whenthelearningisslightlymoredifficultthanwhat
theycaneasilydo,andwhenlearninginvolvestheirpeers.While
sociallearningmotivatesthem,itcaneasilyderailtheirattempts
tolearn.
ToolsJustification.
IwilluseHaikuastheLMSforthisactivity
becauseitiseasilynavigatedbyyoungerstudentsand
stimulatesvisuallearners.WithinHaiku,therewillbeseveral
differenttools.Padletwillbetheplatformtocollectsomestudent

input.Itisacollaborativetoolthatallowsteacherstomoderate
comments,whichisaneffectivewaytoavoidstudentsusingthe
platformasatooltoentertaintheclasswithofftaskremarks.
Ichose
playposit
becauseitallowsforinteractivevideostoby
stoppingthematcrucialmoments,solicitingstudentresponses.
GooglePresentations
allowsstudentstoeasilysummarizetheir
learning.Withpremadetemplates,studentsdonothavetoget
hungupwithtechnology.Theysimplyaddwhattheylearned,
anditiseasilysharablewithothergroupsofstudents.
AssessmentJustification.
Afterhavinghadtheopportunitytoprocesswhattheylearned,
studentswilldemonstratetheirlearningin
GoogleForms
becauseitisanintuitivetoolforstudentsandteachers.With
addons,itwillalsoallowautomaticscoringofresponses.
InstructionalStrategies

Basedonthelearnercharacteristics,instructionalstrategies
needtoaddressthefollowingaspects:
highabilityofthestudentstheirzoneofproximity
studentssocialneedscollaborativeenvironment
studentsshortattentionspansshortsegments
representinginformationandsolicitinginputindifferent
ways
studentsneedforimmediategratificationintermittent
assessmentswithimmediatefeedbackandincentives
(badges)
Toaddresstheselearnercharacteristics,instructionwillbe
deliveredasacollaborative,problembasedassignment.
Studentswillexploreaspectsofinternetsafetywithin
collaborativegroups,definingproblemsandofferingsolutions.

LearningSituation

Theclasswillbegatheredfordigitalcitizenshipinstructionasit
relatestotheRISEinitiative.Theclasswillbedividedintogroups
eachresearchingandbecomingexpertsinonearea.Thefocus
ofthisproject,wewillcallitGroup1,is
InternetSafety.
The
lessonwillaskforwholeclassparticipation,aswellasindividual,
selfpacedinstructionculminatinginacollaborativeSlide
presentationandafinalassessmentusingsimulationtype
questionsinGoogleForms.

InstructionalProcesses

1. Studentscompletethepollonthe
GettingStarted
page.
Instructionsareprovidedforcoursesthatdonothavea
liveinstructoroption.

2. Studentsaredirectedtothe
DigitalCitizenship
page.
Theycompletethepollandaddtheirresponsestothe
Padletpageaskingthemwhatkindsofactivitiestheydo
online,theirthoughtsontechnology,andwhattheywould
liketolearnaboutit.
3. StudentswatchtheWhatisDigitalCitizenship?video
andpostandrespondtothediscussionareawherethey
areaskedhowtheyaregooddigitalcitizensandwhat
theyfindchallenging.
4. Studentsmoveontothefirstmodule,
SafeSurfer.
They
workthroughtheinteractivevideosindependently.
5. Studentsgatherwiththeirgroupstocollaborateontheir
learningcompletinga
GoogleSlidespresentation
.
6. Finally,studentsdemonstratetheirunderstandingby
completinga
GoogleForm
askingsimulatedquestion.
ActivitiesSelection

1. GettingStarted:
Instructionstartswithanoverviewofthe
entireunit.Whataretheobjectives?Howwillstudents
movethroughtheonlinemodule?Whatwilltheyhaveto
dotoattainemailprivileges?Thispagealsoprepares
studentsforongoingpollstobefoundinthelefthand
columnofeachmodule.
2. The
DigitalCitizenship
pagenarrowsdowntheuseof
technologyandtheinternettohowstudentsuse
technology,whattheythinkaboutit,andwhattheywant
toknow.Italsostartstheconversationaboutwhatit
meanstobeadigitalcitizen.Itallowsstudentstotest
theirpreviousunderstandinginapollandfurtherfocuses
theirattentionondigitalcitizenshipwiththecollaborative
Padletactivity.
3. SafeSurfer
isthefirstmodulewithinthecourse.Itbegins
withtheobjectiveforthemoduleandcontinuesby
guidingstudentsthroughthreeinteractiveactivitiesthat
willdemonstrateandteachthemoduleobjectives.While
thesethreeactivitiesarecompletedindividuallyandat
studentsownpace,thefollowupactivitytiesintothe
socialnatureofthisagegroup.Together,studentswill
completeaGoogleSlidespresentationthatwillbeused
asalearningtoolforotherstudentsintheclass.To
ensureindividualunderstandingoftheacquiredconcepts,
studentswillcompleteaGoogleFormthatasksthemto
respondtosituationalsimulationquestions.Thisisthe

finalassessmentallstudentswillhavetotaketobe
awardedthemodulebadge.
ActivitiesSequencing

1. Eachmodulestartswithapollasawaytopreassess
studentsknowledgeandattitudes.
2. Studentsarethendirectedtothemoduleobjectivesto
focustheirlearningandallowforselfmonitoring.
3. StudentswatchinteractivevideosandcompleteFlashor
Javabasedactivitiestoteachawareness.
4. Studentscollaboratetodigestandsynthesizetheir
learninginGoogleSlides.
5. Studentstakeafinalmoduleassessmentbasedona
situationalsimulation.