During LMC, the fifth graders learned about Internet Safety
by completing an online training module from the website called Budd:e. Then, they worked in groups to create
presentations using the online tool Prezi.
Their presentations were created for the purpose of teaching third
graders about Internet Safety topics.
Some of the topics that they presented included choosing safe usernames
and passwords, identifying scams and
spam, protecting computers against viruses, identifying secure websites,
deciding what photos should be kept private or could be shared on the web,
learning about copyright laws , and more.
Each fifth grade class then presented the Prezis to a third grade
classroom. The third graders were
pretested and post-tested on their knowledge of Internet Safety. Their knowledge greatly increased as a result
of viewing the presentations! For
example, before the presentation, only 41% of third graders knew how to protect
their computers from viruses, yet afterwards,
76% knew how. Before the
presentation only 50% could pick out an example of the safest username, but
afterwards 93% could do so. After the
presentation, 92% of third graders could write a safe password.
