ESSENTIAL+QUESTIONS

THREE ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS for our unit:


 * 1) What is safe to leave on the Internet?
 * 2) What is safe to take from the Internet?
 * 3) How should you act when online?

These three questions will be the focus of the unit, and we will refer to them at the beginning and end of the lessons in order to activate prior knowledge as well as focus on what we have learned.

A response:
 * 1) What is on the list of the seven major dangers of the Internet? PB-DISCS
 * 2) What are the ways to avoid those dangers?
 * 3) What are the consequences of bad choices on the Internet?
 * 4) What information should you not post online?
 * 5) What can you leave? What can you take? What should you do?

Explanation: PB-Discs is an acrostic for the seven items (in italics) listed by the state law.
 * 1) personal information //- 3. Risks of transmitting personal information on the Internet.//
 * 2) bullying //- 5. Recognizing and reporting online harassment and cyber-bullying.//
 * 3) deceptive communications //- 4. Recognizing and avoiding unsolicited or deceptive communications received online.//
 * 4) illegal activities //- 6. Reporting illegal activities and communications on the Internet.//
 * 5) sexual predators //- 2. Recognizing, avoiding, and reporting online solicitations of students, their classmates, and their friends by sexual predators.//
 * 6) copyright laws - //7. Copyright laws on written materials, photographs, music, and video.//
 * 7) safe social network. chat rooms, electronic mail, bulletin boards, instant messaging, //- 1. Safe and responsible use of social networking websites, chat rooms, electronic mail, bulletin boards, instant messaging, and other means of communication on the Internet.//

Here's a link to the law. []