Standard7

Standard 7 Teachers are able to plan different kinds of lessons. The teacher organizes and plans systematic instruction based upon knowledge of subject matter, pupils, the community, and curriculum goals.

Evidence 1: Cyber Safe Hybrid Unit Rationale 1: The CyberSafe unit was developed to teach computer 6 students how to safely use and interact online. Through six sequential lessons the students will study and learn about being safe and secure online, using online manners, cyber citizenship, and cyber bullying. Each lesson has students discussing and applying the concept to their individual lives and seeing how it could help them be safer and secure online in the future. The unit also provides a home connection handout that students take home and share with their parents to discuss online safety at home. When I teach this lesson students really like the connection to their current lives. We discuss the safety issues and possible bullying that can take place on social networking sites and their concerns about facebook and MySpace. We also look at the different security settings available through these sites to help the students secure themselves from the threats the Internet presents. For some students this unit helps them because they have been in some of the situations we discuss and are now more prepared to handle those situations. One other item that some of the students enjoy about this unit is the home connection because it gets students and parents discussing what the students are doing and seeing online.

KSD

7. K.2 The teacher knows how to take contextual considerations (instructional materials; individual student interests, needs, and aptitudes; and community resources) into account when planning instruction that creates an effective bridge between curriculum goals and students’ experiences

The state of Wisconsin requires that students are a cybersafe curriculum and I feel that this unit meets that requirement. The unit is focused on teaching students how to be safe on the internet and each lesson brings in their examples and encounters on the Internet. By having a home connection handout for each unit and the curriculum available online the students are able to share with their parents and relatives what they are learning about being safe online. It creates a connection between the practice and knowledge of their safe habits at school and the parents continuing and encourages Internet safety at home. I also think that it encourages some students to be more open with their parents about some of the things they encounter online.

7. S.2 The teacher plans for learning opportunities that recognize and address variation in learning styles, learning differences, and performance modes

The CyberSafe unit addresses the student’s different learning styles and differences by using a variety of programs and activities. Each lesson contains several components that allow the students to be creative through a drawing or brainstorm, an application of the knowledge, a group discussion of how what they learned can help them in the future, a journal or forum of previous experience, and some typing or paperwork pertaining to the lesson. Through several different methods of delivery and application I am able to engage students with different learning styles at different levels of rigor.

7. D.2 The teacher believes that plans must always be open to adjustment and revision based on student needs and changing circumstances.

As the Internet continues to grow and change so does the way I teach the students to safely interact and use the Internet. With this unit I know that it will continually need to be evaluated and revised to meet the student’s needs. Upon the completion of the unit I receive feedback from the students on online topics they thought should have been covered, items they should have learned earlier, and items they thought were not useful to them. From the student’s feedback and keeping up with the changes in online manners, cyber bullying, and safety I am able to continually revise the curriculum to meet my students needs and keep them safe and secure while interacting online. Home Standard1 / Standard2 / Standard3 / Standard4 / Standard5 Standard6 / Standard7 / Standard8 / Standard9 / Standard10