Title: Cyber Safety
Course: 21 Things for Students > Section: Cyber Safety

Cyber Safety: Mission Briefing

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Introduction

Your challenge is to open the Cyber Safe by completing three missions to help make the connection between the "real" world and the "Digital" world. The decisions made in your digital world affect you as much as those made in the real world. In fact, your digital decisions and behaviors can affect you more and for longer than decisions made in the real world--even with prospective employers and college applications!

Earn your Cyber Safety Expert badge by successfully completing the missions and cracking the cyber safe.

Mission: Build a Cyber Shield (to protect yourself on-line)

Congratulations, you have accepted the cyber safe challenge. This is just the first step in acquiring your cyber safe badge. Your first mission is to build a Cyber Shield.

Mission Cybershield

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Special Agent Briefing

In Mission Cybershield, you will be working through three quests.  During the first Bill of Rights quest, you will learn the importance for understanding basic rules on the internet and what type of activities can be done. Your second quest, Danger quest, will help you understand the importance of being a responsible digital citizen.  In your third quest, online etiquette, you will be testing your knowledge of how to behave online.  Good luck on your mission Special Agent!

Quest 1: Bill of Rights

Special Agent Briefing

To protect yourself, it is important to understand what type of activities can be done on the internet and some basic rules.  Read the 9 themes of digital citizenship, the 10 rules of netiquette, and 10 online safety tips.  Make sure you understand these items.  Then answer the question:

What does it take to be a Digital Citizen?  You are to create a Digital Bill of Rights.

Steps:

Step 1

Read the 9 themes of Digital Citizenship

1. Digital Access: full electronic participation in society.
2. Digital Commerce: electronic buying and selling of goods
3. Digital Communication: electronic exchange of information.
4. Digital Literacy: process of teaching and learning about
    technology and the use of technology.
5. Digital Etiquette: electronic standards of conduct or procedure
6. Digital Law: electronic responsibility for actions and deeds
7. Digital Rights & Responsibilities: those freedoms extended to
    everyone in a digital world
8. Digital Health & Wellness:   physical & psychological well-being in a digital technology world
9. Digital Security (self-protection): electronic precautions to guarantee safety.

Step 2

Read the 10 Rules of Netiquette (on-line etiquette). The Core Rules of Netiquette are excerpted from the book Netiquette by Virginia Shea. Click on each rule for elaboration. The following are good rules of netiquette or good manners when writing on the Internet. As you read these rules, ask yourself "Why are they important?" Can you think of any others that could be added to this list?

Rule 1: Remember the Human

Rule 2: Adhere to the same standards of behavior online that you follow in real life

Rule 3: Know where you are in cyberspace

Rule 4: Respect other people's time and bandwidth

Rule 5: Make yourself look good online

Rule 6: Share expert knowledge

Rule 7: Help keep flame wars under control

Rule 8: Respect other people's privacy

Rule 9: Don't abuse your power

Rule 10: Be forgiving of other people's mistakes

Step 3

Review the following 10 online safety tips with your SSI

TOP 10 ONLINE SAFETY TIPS!

1.  People can save what is said online

2.  Only say what you’d be willing to say in person

3.  Don’t be "stalk worthy"

4.  Kids should tell an adult if they are in an uncomfortable situation

5.  Know where your kids are going (URL)

6.  Don’t open things from people you do not know

7.  Don’t show obvious signs of where you live, etc.

8.  MySpace, and Facebook are NOT secure, even when private

9.  Keep the computer in a open area of the house

10.  Use common sense!

Rather hear tips from other kids? – click here !

Step 4

Create a Digital Bill of Rights (answers the question: What does it take to be a digital citizen?). This can be done as an individual or in small groups. Cyber Agents can use Google Docs or a Wiki to collaborate on the Digital Bill of Rights.

Step 5

Use the Web 2.0 tool of your choice to create a photo story, podcast, screen cast, tip sheet, PowerPoint(or Prezi), word processing document, or video presentation to present your Digital Bill of Rights. Check with your SSI for instructions on where to save your Quest.

Completing this Quest

In order to complete this quest, Check this rubric.

As you continue to build your Cyber Shield, remember to review these themes and rules to stay protected in Cyberspace.

Check this Quest off on your Tracking Document

Resources

http://keepthewebopen.com/digital-bill-of-rights - one Senator’s proposed Digital Bill of Rights. You can research what others think, but remember to make your work unique.

Quest 2: Danger

Special Agent Briefing

Do you really know who your Internet pen pal is?  How do you know your new 'friend' is who they say they are?

In this Quest you will learn the importance of being a responsible digital citizen. You will learn about potential online dangers, how to stay safe using instant messaging and how to protect your reputation.

Steps:

Step 1  Learn how to be safe online. Review the Top 10 Online Safety Tips
Step 2  Watch the video - Protecting Reputations Online
Step 3  Take the online Internet safety guidelines quiz

Step 4 Select one of the following topics covered in Danger!

Being safe online
Protecting your Reputation Online
Internet safety guidelines

Step 5  Use Glogster (or another online tool you have learned) to create an online poster to share with others. You may use the skills you have developed in earlier lessons - adding pictures from Flickr Creative Commons .   In addition, you may add music from Mobygratis (FYI - check with your SSI, they may have an educational account with a user name already created for you for Glogster)

Step 6  Your online poster should demonstrate your knowledge about the topic you chose.  Make it creative and unique, however remember to explain why it is important to remember internet safety guidelines, being safe online, or protecting your reputation online.

Complete the Quest

Save your poster to your Secret File Space or link it to your portfolio, blog, wiki, or online presence.  Report to your SSI Chief for approval.

Check this Quest off on your Tracking Document

Quest 3: Online Etiquette

Special Agent Briefing

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Introduction

You have reviewed what is proper online behavior, now let’s test your Cyber Shield.  Take the online quiz. If your shield is strong, go on to the next Quest.  If your shield is weak, review the 9 themes and 10 rules and re-take the Cyber Shield Check!

Steps:

Step 1  Click Here for the Online Etiquette  Cyber Shield Check

Step 2 Before proceeding to the next mission:

Check your score – it should be 10 or better for a strong Cyber Shield.
Less than 10? Your shield is weak and you need to review the 9 themes and 10 rules. Re-take the Cyber Shield Check again and  make sure you are ready for the next mission!

Step 3  Check with your SSI to see if they would like a screenshot of your quiz results.

Completing this Quest

Before proceeding to the next mission, check with your SSI to see if they would like a screenshot of your quiz results.

Check this Quest off on your Tracking Document

Protect your Identity Mission

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Special Agent Briefing:

To crack the Cyber Safe, you will need to protect your identity. Complete the following Quests to crack the cyber safe and earn your badge.

Quest 4: Cyber Spy Game

Special Agent Briefing

In this Quest you will test out your Cyber Shield.  This is just the first time you get a chance to make sure you will be able to open the Cyber Safe.

Steps:

Step 1

Click on The Case of the Cyber Criminal (Game)

Step 2

Using a word processing program (Microsoft Word, Google Docs, Evernote, etc.), record as many tips as you can remember from the game.

Step 3

Save the tips in your Secret File Space and submit as instructed by your SSI.

Check this Quest off on your Tracking Document

Quest 5: ID Faceoff

Special Agent Briefing

Your identity's been stolen! Luckily, this time you just need to correctly answer some questions on protecting your identity to get it back.

Steps:

Step 1

Click on ID Theft Faceoff Game to get started.

Step 2

After you answer the questions correctly, thus saving the characters' identity, take a screenshot and paste it into a Cybersafety document or your web presence.   Save your file as a .jpg in your Secret File Space.

To Complete the Mission

Save the jpeg file to your Secret File Space and submit as instructed by your SSI.

Check this Quest off on your Tracking Document

Quest 6: Tracking Teresa

Image from the Tracking Theresa video linked to below in Step 1. http://www.netsmartz.org/RealLifeStories/TrackingTeresa

Secret Agent Briefing

In this Quest you will view a real life story about how a cyber-predator tracks unsuspecting Teresa on-line.  Watch carefully, have you made any of the same mistakes that Teresa made?

Even though Teresa has tried not to reveal personal information online, she's left enough clues that she could find herself in danger.  Watch this video closely; have you left any personal identifiers on the net?

Steps:

Step 1

Click on Tracking Teresa to compare what identifiers you may have online.

Step 2

Do you know the risks of posting inappropriate pictures, videos, or messages about yourself online?

Step 3

So, you don’t know Teresa, watch this video about digital Tattoos, and then watch what happens to a recent graduate as he interviews for a job.

Step 4

Using the this pdf file or as a Microsoft Word document , create your own personal Cyber Shield, explaining how YOU will protect yourself in the Digital World.

Completing this Quest:

Save the file into your Secret File Space and submit it as instructed by your SSI. You have now completed the second mission, just one mission left until you have unlocked the Cyber Safe and earned your badge.

 Check this Quest off on your Tracking Document

Stop the Bully Mission

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Special Agent Briefing

In order to unlock the Cyber Safe, we need to be ready to understand and respond to Cyber Bullies. Read the definition below and watch the videos about Cyberbullying to help complete your final mission:

Quest 7: Cyberbullying Video

Image from the BrainPOP video about Cyberbulling linked to in Step 1 below.

Special Agent Briefing

To crack the Cyber Safe we must be able to identify Cyberbullies and be prepared to take the Bully out of Cyberbully.

Steps

Step 1 Watch the BrainPOP Cyberbullying video .

Step 2 Now, "take the quiz" online or "try the activity" (print it out). These options are presented at the end of the video.

To Complete this Quest

Save or print the file and submit it as instructed by your SSI.

Check this Quest off on your Tracking Document

Quest 8: Nobody Likes a Bully

Special Agent Briefing

While you are instant messaging with your friend, another friend sends you an IM and asks a question that makes you uncomfortable. What should you do? How would you handle that?
source: http://www.ncpc.org

In this Quest you will learn the importance of being a responsible digital citizen.

Steps

Step 1  Review what you have learned about Cyber Safety.

Step 2  Review Stage 1 - Tips to Help Stop Cyberbullying

Step 3  Review Stage 2 - Stand Up to Cyberbullying

Step 4  Review the video from Quest 1 - Cyberbullying

Step 5  Review the Ten Rules of Netiquette

Step 6  Select one of the following topics covered in Cyber Safety and create a project that shows other students:

The themes of Cyber Safety
How to stop or prevent Cyberbullying
Netiquette

Step 8  Your project should demonstrate your knowledge.  Use Web 2.0 tools of your choice to create a photo story, podcast, screencast, tip sheet or online poster to share with others.

Step 9  Remember to include a page in your portfolio, blog, Weebly or web page (check with your SSI Chief) that demonstrates your knowledge about Cyber Safety and add a section about Cyberbullying and Netiquette. Make it creative and unique, however remember to include:

Explain the following terms and discuss why they are important to remember when using the Internet:

Cyberbullying

Netiquette

Cyber Safety (aka Digital Citizenship)

Step 10 - Save the following websites to your Delicious Account:

Flickr Creative Commons

Cool Tools For Schools

To Complete this Mission

Save your Web 2.0 project to your Secret File Space, submit your file and your page to your online presence to your SSI Chief.

Bonus optional:  Create multiple posters, one for each category.

 Check this Quest off on your Tracking Document

Quest 9: Webonauts Academy

Secret Agent Briefing

It’s time for you to visit the Webonauts Academy. The last step in cracking the Cyber Safe.

Steps

Step 1: Play the Webonauts game on PBS kids’ website and graduate with a diploma.

http://pbskids.org/webonauts/

Step 2: Save your diploma to your secret file space or as instructed by your SSI.

Cybersafety Question

When dealing with strangers, online user should

- give personal information freely
- be cautious about giving information
- only provide passwords and credit card information if asked
- not tell anyone about people online, they are not real

Cyber safety Question

Email messages should be

- long and full of details
- made up of many ideas in a single paragraph
- sent without a subject line
- short and to the point

Cyber Safety Question

If someone is being offensive in any manner--through a chat, text, instant message, or email the best way to respond is

- flame them
- ignore it
- take a screenshot, log off immediately and tell someone in authority if necessary
- turn off your computer, run and hide

Cyber Safety Question

Can you get arrested for cyberbullying?

- No
- Yes

Cuber Safety Question

What should you do when someone is bullying you online?

- Bully back
- Get friends to help bully back
- Ask them to stop
Feedback: Great job!
- Let it affect you

Cyber Safety Mission Completed

Congratulations you have completed the Cyber Safety Mission.

To receive your Badge or certificate for completion from your SSI Chief :

1.  Take this Cyber Safety Quiz .  The password for the quiz is cyber21 .  Do your best!

2.  Take a screenshot of your quiz results to show your SSI Chief.

3.  Please take this short survey to share your ideas on how to improve these activities and this 21things4students resource.

4.   Show your completed work for this mission to your SSI Chief to receive your Cyber Safety Badge.