Defined as THE PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING IN A DIGITAL WORLD. | Defined as TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR ACTIONS AND DEEDS USING ELECTRONICS. | Defined as THE ONLINE BUYING AND SELLING OF GOODS. |
Guiding Question(s): What are the possible physical, psychological and/or social issues that can arise from using technology/the internet? "HOW MUCH IS TOO MUCH?" |
Guiding Question(s): What are the consequences of unsafe or illegal choices when using technology/the internet? |
Guiding Question(s): What precautions need to be taken in order to safely buy and sell items online? |
Some Key Vocabulary: addiction, compulsions, ergonomics |
Some Key Vocabulary: Copyright, Fair Dealing, Hacking, Identity Theft, Piracy, Plagiarism |
Some Key Vocabulary: B2C ..., Caching Out, Dot-Com Business, e-Commerce, Internet Purchasing Scams, Pay-per-click |
VIDEOS Primary: Faux Paw Goes to the Games Middle: Digital Health & Wellness - WHY? Secondary: Internet Addiction, the New Disorder? |
VIDEOS Primary: Faux Paw's Dangerous Download Middle: Protect Yourself from Identity Theft Secondary: Digital Law Middle: Copyright and Plagiarism Secondary: Plagiarism: How to Avoid It For Teachers: Fair(y) Tale Use of Copyright |
VIDEOS Middle/Secondary: Digital Commerce |
Suggested Activities: PRIMARY: Teaching students about balancing their "spare time" - give each student a visual of a teeter-totter and cut outs of fun things to do both online and offline and have them "balance" their selections of what they would choose to do. MIDDLE: Students could track their internet usage for a day, a week and then graph their results in groups or as a whole class. EXTENSION - identify the types of internet usage - videos, research ... SECONDARY: Students could investigate the most current statistics on the negative impacts of the internet (physical and pschological) for teenagers around the world and then as a class create a "FACT MASHUP". |
Suggested Activities: PRIMARY: After viewing Faux Paw's Dangerous Download, have students respond in words, pictures or in writing what went wrong for Faux Paw. MIDDLE/SECONDARY: Students could complete a series of teacher provided CITATION STATIONS in a bell test format using the required format - APA, MLA ... MIDDLE/SECONDARY: Students could use the latest edition of COPYRIGHT MATTERS (CLICK HERE) to identify how copyright affects the use of online resources in education. |
Suggested Activities: PRIMARY: MIDDLE: From a teacher provided set of websites, students could investigate what is available to be purchased online and identify WHO should make the purchase(s). SECONDARY: Students could investigate the impact Digital Commerce has made on the markets and then debate the pros/cons of Digital Commerce with their peers. |