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Meeting the Needs of Students, Teachers and Schools by…
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enabling schools to successfully integrate technology into the core
curricula; |
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addressing the social, legal and ethical issues associated with
technology use; |
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supporting information and technology literacy; |
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helping busy teachers make student technology use more effective; |
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teaching the ground rules for online behaviors that are acceptable,
appropriate and effective; |
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and, involving families. |
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| The Scope of the Free S-M-A-R-T Curriculum |
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The CyberSmart! Curriculum is non-sequential
and is easily integrated, in part or in full. Organized in five units,
each teaching an important facet of Internet use, it consists of 65
original standards-based lesson plans with Activity Sheets. The number
of lessons per grade increases as students' reading and critical thinking
skills develop.
Download Curriculum
Fact Sheet (PDF).
Download Technology
Standards Alignment Document (PDF).
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View Presentation
Designed to provide teacher with quick grasp of the curriculum subject matter.
2-5 minutes per unit. Non-sequential.
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UNIT
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Grades
K-1
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Grades
2-3
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Grades
4-5
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Grades
6-8 |
Safety
How can students enjoy the Internet safely? |
| Private Identity Information |
| Cyberpals |
| Feeling Comfortable |
| Chat and Message Safety |
| E-mail Safety |
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Manners
What are students' social, legal, and ethical responsibilities when
they use the Internet? |
| Cyber Citizenship |
| Respecting the Law |
| Computer Ethics |
| Netiquette |
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Advertising
How can students identify commercial messages online and know how
to protect their privacy? |
| Recognizing Commercial Intentions |
| Privacy |
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Research
What strategies should students know in order to effectively mine
the resources of the Internet? |
| Search Engines and Directories |
| The Nuts and Bolts of Searching |
| Evaluating Web Sites |
| Homework Help |
| What about the library? |
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Technology
What information should students know about the past, present and
future of the Internet? |
| Communications Inventions |
| What is cyberspace? |
| How does the Internet work? |
| Into the Future |
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Earning the trust of thousands of educators
For 5 years, CyberSmart! has earned the trust of thousands of teachers nationwide by providing the A+ rated Free Student Curriculum.
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Standards Alignment
The CyberSmart! Curriculum is aligned with ISTE's National Educational Technology
Standards (NETS) Performance Indicators.
| "The International Society for Technology in Education
(ISTE) National Educational Technology Standards (NETS) Project welcomes
the release of the CyberSmart! Curriculum, enabling K-8 students to
meet the NETS student standards relating to legal, ethical, and responsible
use of technology." |
| - Lajeane G. Thomas, Director, ISTE NETS Project |
Download Technology Standards
Alignment Document (PDF).
| Designed for Maximum Flexibility |
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The CyberSmart! Curriculum is non-sequential and is easily integrated, in part or in full, into your
school's current plan for introducing students to the Internet. Each lesson stands on its own. |
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What technology is needed to teach the curriculum?
Lessons combine an effective mix of offline and online activities. Offline
lessons can be taught without computers or an Internet connection. Online lessons
require an Internet connection; however, it is not essential that every student
have use of an Internet-ready computer at the same time.
Who should teach the curriculum?
The CyberSmart! Curriculum can be successfully implemented by technology teachers,
librarians, media specialists, or classroom teachers who are familiar with
using the Internet. A consistent lesson model for Grades K—8 makes planning
easy for teachers who work with many grade levels.
Some schools may wish to use a team approach, dividing the responsibility for
teaching lessons by topic and discipline. For example:
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Technology teacher: Safety and Advertising units |
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Librarian or Media Specialist: Research unit |
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Science teacher: Technology unit |
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Social Studies teacher: Manners unit |
Pacing Guide
Most lessons are designed to be completed in one class period. Lesson plans
are broken into discrete steps, giving teachers the flexibility of natural
stopping points, so that a lesson can continue at a later time.
The entire curriculum, organized into five units and 20 topics, consists of:
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Eight lessons for Grades K—1 |
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Eleven lessons for Grades 2—3 |
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Twenty-three lessons for Grades 4—5 |
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Twenty-three lessons for Grades 6—8 |
Lessons are clustered by grade level
Lessons are clustered in Grade Levels K—1, 2—3, 4—5, and 6—8.
In the first year of implementation, you may wish to give the same lesson to
both grades in a level. In the second year, you may give the same lesson to
the younger grade, and use the Extend section of the lesson plan for students
who completed the lesson in a previous grade.
Curriculum Lesson Model
A consistent lesson model for Kindergarten through Grade 8
makes implementing the curriculum simpler. To
preview the lesson model.
Curriculum Support Materials
Letters to Families introduce
parents to the main concepts developed in each of the five units and suggest
how parents can reinforce them. Appropriate for any grade level, these letters
provide teachers with a simple way to encourage parental support and involvement.
Free posters are mapped to the Be CyberSmart! curricula lessons and also provide a wonderful take-home for parental reinforcement.
Online Resources for Teachers
Curriculum audio/visual overview. Designed to provide teacher quick grasp of the subject matter. 2-5 minutes per unit. Non-sequential. In part or in whole.
Selected sites provide teachers with background information and additional resources in support of the lessons in each of five units and twenty topics.
In addition, the sites used to provide context for the online lessons are easily previewed and accessed from the lesson plan. |
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