LessonPlanForDigitalCitizenry

Nameofclass:
ComputerandSocialMediaEthics

Lengthofclass:
42Minutes(Lengthoftheclassesinmy
Practicum)
LEARNINGGOALS/STANDARDS
tobeaddressedinthislesson:

Goal:
Studentswillunderstandtheconceptofethicsandtherelationshiptheyhavewithsocialmedia
anddigitalinteraction.

Standard:

XV.EthicalandLegalIssues
AchievementStandard:
D
escribe,analyze,develop,andfollowpoliciesformanagingethicalandlegalissues
inorganizationsandinatechnologybasedsociety

https://www.nbea.org/newsite/curriculum/standards/info_technology.html
LEARNINGOBJECTIVES
:

Studentswillbeabletosummarizethecommunitypoliciesandreportingsystemfor
Facebook,Twitter,Instagram,andYoutube.

Studentswillbeabletodescribethecharacteristicsofaadigitalcitizen

Studentswillbeabletocreateanarrativeaboutthemselvesbeingadigitalcitizen.

CONTENT
:
SKILLS:

Ethics
researchingpolicies
CyberBullying
definingconcepts
Reportingprocess
Collaboration
SocialMedia

appropriatebehavior

inappropriatebehavior

RESOURCES/MATERIALSNEEDED
:

InternetAccess
Projector

LEARNINGPLAN
LAYOUT
LESSONPLANSEQUENCE&PACING
1.Aftereveryoneisintheclassroomandseatedit
willbetimetointroducethelesson.Togetstarted
thestudentsaregoingtobeasked:Whatdoesit
meantobeanethicaldigitalcitizen.(9Minutes)
2.
Oncethegroupshavehadachancetoshareout
theywillusethefrayermodelstocomeupwitha
definition,example,andnonexample.Thegroups
willbreakagaintotakefiveminutestocomplete
thefrayermodelthathasaspaceforbothethics
andsocialmedia.(8Minutes)
3.Astheclassgetsdonewiththefrayermodelthe
groupswillbebroughtbacktogethertoworkona
bubblemapusingPadlet.Thelinkis:
http://padlet.com/kolton_boyer/poupvebi6bmp
.
Studentscanindividuallyaddadjectivesthatfit
bestwithspecificwordsfromtheircomputers.
Thisportionshouldtakeapproximatelyfive
minuteswithdemonstrations.(5Minutes)
4.Afterthebubblemapfillsinwithrelevant
examplesitisgoingtobetimeforadiscussionto
bridgestudentsknowledgetosocialmedia.This
bridgeisgoingtobeadiscussthatisbasedaround
aflowofquestions.Theendingpointwillbea
personthatiswillingtoadvocateforothers.Toget
thereisgoingtobeimportanttostartwith
questionslikewhichofthesecharacteristicsdowe
findmostimportant?Whichofthese
characteristicswouldweliketoencouragein
others?WhatdowethinkofX,Y,ANDZ?Ideally
XYZwouldincludereporting.Ifitdoesntthen
asking,Wouldreportinginappropriatebehaviorbe
one?wouldbeneeded.(5minutes)
5.Oncethestudentshavereachedthepointthat
theyacknowledgethatreportinginappropriate
commentsisimportanttheywouldbreakinto
groupstoreviewthereportingpoliciesof
Facebook,Twitter,Youtube,andInstagram.(10
minutes)
6.Assessment.Towrapuptheclassthestudents
willbeaskedtowriteareflectivestatementwith
theprompt:Howcanyoubecomeanethical
digitalcitizen.

ACTIVATE/ENGAGE/EXPLORE

Capturestudentattention,activatestudent
priorknowledge,stimulatethinking,raisekey
questions,Allowstudentstoobserve,design
andplanexperiments,etc.

ACQUIRE/EXPLAIN

Introducelaws,models,theories,and
vocabulary.Guidestudentstowardcoherent
generalizations,and
helpstudentsunderstandandusescientific
vocabularytoexplaintheresultsoftheir
explorations

APPLY/ELABORATE
Providestudentsopportunitytoapplytheir
knowledgetonewdomains,raisenew
questions,andexplore
newhypotheses.Mayalsoincluderelated
problemsforstudentstosolve.
ASSESS/EVALUATE
Administerassessment(althoughchecking
forunderstandingshouldbedone
throughoutthelesson)

Word

Mydefinition:

Ethics

Examples:

Word

Nonexamples:

Mydefinition:

SocialMedia

Examples:

Nonexamples: