Grade+6+Mini+Lessons

Welcome to our 6th Grade Internet Safety Week Mini Lessons flat =** Lesson 1 Online Friends  **= __ **  Questions to Consider  **  __

What do you share about yourselves online? Have you ever chatted, emailed, video conferenced or worked in a forum with someone you don't know in real life? What do you think should not be shared online? Why is that?

Watch the following Video: ** Jigsaw Assembly  **

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Do you think something like this could happen in real life? If you felt threatened by someone online or feel you have shared too much, what options do you have?

=** Lesson 2-Cyberbullying  **= __ **  Question to Consider  **  __ Has anyone ever been unkind to you online?

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 * Watch the following video: Don't Believe Everything You Hear Online. **

Sometimes people do things online that they would never do in person. Why might that be? Is it right? What is a good rule to follow for online behaviour?

=** Lesson 3-Gaming  **= How many of you play online games? How many of those games are massive multi-player games that let you play against or with other people? What kind of language do you use and what sorts of things do you say when you are communicating in-game? Do you ever overreact?
 * __ Questions to Consider  __  **

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 * Watch the following video: Attitude Overdrive **


 * Who can identify with what happened in this video?
 * What choices do you have when gaming online?
 * What are some guidelines you could offer to online gamers?

=** Lesson 4-Texting and Phones  **=
 * __ Questions to Consider  __  **


 * How many texts do you send a day? How many do you receive?
 * What information do you text to each other?

// **  The first section demonstrates what instant messaging would look like if it were done face to face. ** //
 * Watch the following mixed video. **

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 * Are you or is anyone you know a textaholic?
 * Are there other activities that you enjoy doing that you may not be doing because you are texting either on the computer or phone?

__ **  Caught in the Web: Internet Safety Newsround  **  __ // Watch this video to better understand the main issues related to internet safety. // It is just over 14 minutes long, so you may want to watch it in two parts 0:00 - 7:20 and 7:20 to 14:22

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