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Internet Safety & Social Networking
Internet Safety & Social Networking

Subject: Life & Career Skills
Grade Range: 9 - 12
Application Types: 21st Century Skills, Social Networking, Web Application

21st Century Themes:, Health Literacy

21st Century Concepts:Creativity & Innovation, Communication & Collaboration, Critical Thinking & Problem Solving, Digital Citizenship, Technology Literacy, Growth & Leadership

The Project Description

This project promotes communication and collaboration, as well as digital citizenship, through the exploration of issues related to social networking. The example project addresses concerns about maintaining personal safety and privacy while using online communication tools, such as a social networking Web site. Students will be instructed to consider what constitutes "safe" and "unsafe" behavior when building an online profile, inviting and accepting "friends", uploading content to their Web space, and engaging in online communication, as well as what they can do if they find themselves in uncomfortable situations when social networking. The tutorial movies demonstrate how to use a popular online social networking application, as well as discuss issues related to digital citizenship, Internet safety, and other 21st century skills and concepts. Discussion questions, assessment rubrics, and information about adapting and extending the example project are included in the resource materials available for download with this project.
expand  Project Preview
Tutorial Number Availability Status Tutorial Title Key # Length
1. preview What the example project looks like 76065 3:21
Subscribers have access to download the resource materials for this project, which includes discussion questions, assessment rubrics, and information about adapting and extending the example project.

The Project Tutorials

The following tutorials demonstrate, step-by-step, how to complete the example project, as shown in the Project Preview.

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Tutorial Number Availability Status Tutorial Title Key # Length
1. locked Creating a new social network 76045 4:38
2. locked Managing network information & privacy 76046 2:55
3. locked Exploring the Ning interface 76047 3:22
4. locked Adding features to the network site 76048 3:34
5. locked Controlling how features behave 76049 2:52
6. locked Changing the network theme 76050 2:06
7. locked Adding a network image 76051 2:35
8. locked Setting discussion preferences 76052 3:38
Tutorial Number Availability Status Tutorial Title Key # Length
1. locked Adding info to a text box 76053 2:19
2. locked Starting a discussion 76054 2:11
3. locked Working with discussion posts 76055 3:05
4. locked Adding a calendar event 76056 3:02
5. locked Adding photos & videos 76057 3:17
6. locked Displaying "Latest Activity" 76058 2:36
Tutorial Number Availability Status Tutorial Title Key # Length
1. locked Setting up profile questions 76059 2:53
2. locked Inviting & approving members 76060 4:07
3. locked Adding or editing profile information 76061 2:40
4. locked Setting personal privacy preferences 76062 2:51
5. locked Setting personal e-mail preferences 76063 1:50
6. locked Changing "My Page" preferences 76064 2:37
7. locked Developing a network "Code of Conduct" 76066 3:46
8. locked Adding or removing "friends" 76067 2:50
Tutorial Number Availability Status Tutorial Title Key # Length
1. locked Addressing inappropriate content 76068 2:51
2. locked Addressing inappropriate behavior 76069 3:21
3. locked Dealing with friend issues 76070 2:40
4. locked Finding additional help & resources 76071 1:56

Infusing 21st Century Skills

The example project created in the tutorials illustrates one way this project might be completed, using subject-specific content, targeted for a certain grade range, and using a specific application. As demonstrated, this would make a fine technology skills integration project for your students. However, the basic project can be easily extended to more fully support the teaching and learning of other 21st century concepts and skills, beyond those related to technology.

A stated Performance Indicator of a 21st Century teacher is the ability to "customize and personalize learning activities to address students' diverse learning styles, working strategies, and abilities using digital tools and resources" (ISTE NETS•T 2c). The Project Activity Guide and The Professional Development Workbook, included in the downloadable Project Resource Packet, will help you practice this critical skill by guiding you through the process of modifying the example project to infuse 21st century skills, to help you adjust the project to suit your own classroom needs, and to assess the end result.

The following tutorials address ways you might adapt the basic project, as well as provide examples of how the project can be extended to more fully incorporate specific 21st century concepts. Please note that these suggestions may involve using Web resources that are blocked or filtered by your school or organization.

Click any of the unlocked titles to view free sample tutorial movies. Depending upon subscription level, Atomic Learning users have access to all of the following movies, plus thousands of other tutorials and resources on other applications and topics.
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expand  Adapting & Extending
Tutorial Number Availability Status Tutorial Title Key # Length
1. locked Adapting - Same project, different subject 76072 1:54
2. locked Extending - Opening up network membership 76073 4:39
Tutorial series by Jody Ouradnik
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