Who and what can you trust online? How do you know? After viewing a pair of introductory videos on positive and safe online conduct, learners discuss the content and put it into practice during an online search activity about alien life.

Concepts

internet safety, the internet, Digital Citizenship

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Additional Tags

Digital Citizenship, youtube, online privacy, online safety, Media Literacy, social studies

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Instructional Ideas

• Create a note-taking page for learners to fill out as they watch the videos so that they can have a record of the tips

Classroom Considerations

• The presentation titled Detecting Lies available in the materials tab is the main material you will use for this lesson; note that the lesson references page numbers, but these are actually slide numbers

Pros

• The videos are engaging and offer useful tips for students to use while online
• Learners will enjoy exploring the websites about alien life while practicing evaluative skills

Cons

• None