Technology has not just changed over time.  It has changed the way citizens live their lives.  This lesson will describe responsible behaviors that are associated with using information and technology.

In this lesson, students will learn about why their personal information is important and how they can keep it safe. They will also learn to pull out other people’s personal information and how that character/person can keep it safe. 

Students will be shown a YouTube Video about different types of electronic communication. There will then be a whole class discussion about 3 specific types (e-mail, social media, and text messages). They will then be given individual LCD tablets and asked to either write A (Email), B (Social Media), or C (Text Messages) for what they would use to send information in certain scenarios that the teacher gives. The teacher will have 3 cards made with A and a picture of email on it, B and a picture of social media platforms on it, and C with a picture of a cell phone on it to help guide students and remind them what to write on their panels. They will hold these up when they are done and a discussion will be done of each scenario.

This lesson will help teach students the importance of internet safety and ways that students can stay safe online.  The students will also play various games to learn this concept.  The students will play a game with magnets that teaches the concept of pushing/pulling (attract/repel) while learning internet safety.  

Explore the world of cybersecurity and personal responsibility with this hands on lock and key adventure!

This 2 day lesson will start off by teaching the students about various materials we use in the classroom and how we can save on waste in the classroom.  We will learn about some of the things we use to write and how over time that has changed.  This will then take the students into day 2 of the lesson where they will learn about recycling and the importance of taking care of our Earth whether it be by taking care of various materials in our classroom to learning about things that we can recycle to help the Earth’s landfills with waste.

Students will get a real life look at ways to be responsible online. 

In this lesson, students will be learning about different ways we communicate and how some of this communication has changed.  The students will also be learning about different community helpers and discuss ways the community helpers use communication in their jobs. 

This lesson offers a fun, hands-on approach to teaching students about the importance of creating strong passwords in a real life setting.

Students will view a whole group video about responsibility and we will discuss being responsible with various things such as information, technology, and classroom items (the sensory items) We will also discuss taking turns and sharing, etc. Students will then be split into 5 groups and rotate through various sensory items. These items include a calm down corner, stretchy fidget strings, pop it squeeze balls, multi colored quiet fidget toys, and slow rising squishy balls. Throughout these rotations, the teacher will remind students of the responsible behaviors expected.