EDT6030

=**EDT6030**=

=**__ARTIFACTS__**= [|**GLOBAL AWARENESS**] [|**INTERNET SAFETY**] [|**WEBPAGE 1**] [|**WEBPAGE 2**] [|**WEBPAGE 3**]

__ **Global Awareness** __ **The lesson on global awareness consists of educating the students that not all countries have the rights as others. For example, we have the freedom of speech and many other freedoms that we are able to exercise, not all countries have these. The lesson would be directed to third graders and they would choose one country to research their human rights. They would then write a letter convincing that country's government to change their laws. They would present the letter to the class.**

__ **Internet Safety or Online Safety** __ __ **Description** __ **The point of the internet safety lesson was to teach students how to be safe on the internet and how to recognize a predator. The intended audience for this lesson plan was for students in a third grade classroom. The resources that were used in the lesson plan were intended to teach students about internet safety and how to move around the internet in a safe manner.** __ **Anaylze** __ **The reason for choosing this topic is because this society is moving towards technology being used in all aspects in life and children need to be aware of the safety rules to follow. There are many predators out there and students need to be aware to recognize them. The reason for the choice of the resources because they are directed towards students and are kid friendly readings and videos.**

__ **Reflect** __ **This lesson was used as a health lesson in the classroom. The students really enjoyed this lesson and it was very beneficial to them. I had the students make their own poster or page in a book to teach others about internet safety and how to be secure when using the internet. I would do this lesson again with the students because it is something that all students need to be taught.**

__ **Webpage 1 Digital Citizenship Website** __ __ **Description** __ **The point of webpage 1 is to identify the need of assistive technology in the classroom and the knowledge the teachers have about assistive technology. After the need is identified the plan must be identified, what am I going to do to help educate other teachers about assistive technology. A survey was conducted to help gather some information. The findings consisted of some teachers having a basic knowledge of assistive technology but not really knowing what is considered assistive technology and who could use it in the classroom. The plan was for me to help educate my peers about assistive technology and how it is used. I gathered together resources and planned a time to meet one Wednesday afternoon to have an open discussion about assistive technology and how every teacher can use them in the classroom to help their students. A suggestion was also made to the principal to have a professional day session dedicated to this subject.** __ **Anaylze** __ **This topic is a very important one to me as I am a special educator. I was shocked to see the lack of knowledge of my fellow teachers about assistive technology. I think I assumed that other teachers knew about assistive tech. and how it is used in the classroom. I decided to do a resource based presentation and discussion group to help get other teachers use to the subject and how to use it in their own classroom.** __ **Reflect** __ **I have not conducted this discussion group as of yet but I think my colleagues would enjoy it and benefit from it. Assistive technology is crucial in the education setting especially now with schools adapting inclusion into the schools. I think the purpose of this was to educate myself about the knowledge other teachers had about assistive technology. I found that it wasn't that teachers didn't want to use technology in the classroom it was that they didn't know they were allowed to use it with students that weren't in special education. I think that it would be very beneficial when the teachers come together and discuss assistive technology.**

__ **Webpage 2 Digital Citizenship Website** __ __ **Description** __ **The point of webpage 2 is to find the need of knowledge concerning Digital Etiquette. Once the need was identified then the plan was to be developed on how to educate children about digital etiquette. After the plan was developed it was to be implemented in the classroom and assess the students and how much they learned. The lesson plan was to be directed towards the students as opposed to webpage 1 which was directed towards teachers.** __ **Anaylze** __ **The topic was selected because this is an age that everything is digital and the internet and cell phones are becoming more and more prominent in our society and especially with our children. If we are going to use the internet and technology we need to know the proper etiquette for using these technologies. The resources that were used were directed towards students on the proper etiquette for children themselves to use or to recognize when someone else is not using the proper etiquette. The resources included articles directed towards students to read and videos to watch to help teach children about internet etiquette.**

__ **Reflect** __ **I did this lesson as a health lesson in the classroom. It was very beneficial to the students and they really enjoyed. Most of my students were not aware of the proper ways to use the internet and therefore learned a lot. I had all the students make a poster to educate other students about internet etiquette, which made it realistic to them. I would do this lesson again as I thought the students enjoyed the topic and videos and the assessment of the poster. I also would do this lesson again because I think that it is something that every child needs to be educated on.**

__ **Description** __ **The point of webpage 3 was to identify a need of knowledge regarding digital literacy. Once the need was identified then a plan was to be developed to address the need. When the plan was conducted then the students were to be assessed on their new knowledge. The lesson plan was directed towards students in the classroom. The resources that were included were articles on digital literacy and videos for students to watch. Webpage 3 was based upone how to access the internet and different commands on the MAC computers.** __ **Anaylze** __ **The topic of digital literacy was chosen because a need was observed through observation in the classroom. Most students struggled to remember how to login to the computer and how to access the internet, microsoft word, and other office applications. The plan was developed to help students remember how to login to the computer and access the office applications. A lesson was conducted and a pamphlet was given to the students as a checklist for them to carry with them when they go to the computer lab to use the computer.** __ **Reflect** __ **I conducted this lesson in the computer lab and taught the students the proper way to login and how to access the office applications. The students enjoyed the lesson but it took a lot of time to complete the lesson. I think the next time I do this lesson I will break it up into different parts and not teach the whole lesson in one session. I have also considered teaching a group a students and pair them up have the students teach others during center time. Sometimes students learn better from another student teaching them rather then a teacher teaching the whole group at one time.**
 * __ Webpage 3 Digital Citizenship Website __**