Lesson 1 Acceptable Use Policies.

Activity 1. In this activity, participants will create an original Acceptable Use Policy. The new A.U.P. will meet the needs of the learners that they currently encounter.

This requires the participants to brainstorm, collaborate and use Internet resources to complete the assignment.

Purpose. The purpose of this assignment is to create an acceptable use policy to share. Students are often unaware of the potential risks that they encounter when using the Internet. Teachers who are at the frontlines and spend so many hours a day with children build trust and should exercise that trust to young children by providing supervision when they are online and by steering them away from malicious content that they may not suspect. Teachers realize too that many children are entitled to mobile devices which they also bring into the learning environment. The use of these devices and how to protect children from harm should also be included in the new policies.

Description of the activity. The first thing that teachers will do is to locate a brainstorming sheet for organizing their ideas. After that they can go to the linked materials and start to download copies or begin to read them online. Once they have finished reading through the materials, they can locate the brainstorming sheet and begin to jot down notes as they like. As a reminder they are to critically analyze the existing policies to see where they fall short. Based on this discovery, they will begin to create a policy of their own to address the needs of their students. When they begin to write the new A.U.P. they will make sure to address at least six key areas in need. A.U.P.s. can be written in long complicated jargon that is not relatable to young learners. Teachers need to write the new A.U.P. in clear, concise writing that any child would be able to understand. As an accommodation, some of the key areas they can include are as follows: safe use of electronic devices, safe use of the Internet, signing- off and logging out of learning stations, cyberbullying, and healthy use. A simple approach to facilitate the creation of the AUP would be to focus on the do's and the don'ts of Internet and mobile device use.

Step by step Instructions.

1. Participants will download a copy of the Brainstorming sheet.

2. Participants will examine various policies already in use at several schools nationwide. The first one is from Oak Park Schools click on the linked text which is a California school Another source is found at the link that follows - State of Kentucky Technology Policies and there is another source here general information on creating acceptable use policies.

3. Read through and take notes on the Brainstorming sheet.

4. Participants will get an opportunity to join a group by following a schedule they will find at the bottom of the Brainstorm sheet.

5. Participants now part of a group will collaborate to decide which six areas to include in their new AUPs.

6. Participants will choose from a variety of web 2.0 tools to create an Infographic, a chart, or a video to share via the group discussion board which for this assignment is Padlet.

7. Participants can find additional resources on using web 2.0 tools like Canva and Padlet on the course resource page which is found below. Simply which video you would like to watch or click on links that also provide resources

Assessments aligned to Lesson Objectives

Objective: For participants to analyze technology policies and rewrite new ones that support 21st century issues of cyberbullying and netiquette.

Related activity: Given a couple of existing school policies, participants will complete a series of activities to create a new policy that addresses two critical areas: Cyberbullying and Netiquette.

Assessment: Participants will be assessed using an authentic method. They will demonstrate that they can write a new policy that addresses cyberbullying and netiquette. They will use reflective journal writing to guide the creation of a living document. They will also use social communication and annotation applications to conduct research and provide tagging architecture for a series of resources that pertain to cyberbullying and netiquette.

Finally, they will be assessed using participant feedback regarding the social annotation tags and the new policy addressing cyberbullying and netiquette.