Thursday 25 October 2012

Lesson 1 - Picking the right search terms

Let's play....



In today's lesson:

  • We are learning to understand that the words we choose to type into a search tool like Google can affect the results it generates.
  • You will be able to identify effective search terms and queries for use on your own research projects.



Tasks:

  1. You will be put into groups by your teacher.In your group you will be given some questions. 
    1. Using a yellow pen highlight the keywords.
    2. Underline any maybe words
    3. Add any missing words in blue.
    4. Draw a line through any unnecessary words.

  1. Make a copy (File>Make a copy) of this worksheet and answer the questions.
  2. Don't forget to share the worksheet with your teacher and add it to your eportfolio. 

Homework: 

Practice on a Google a Day to get a better score at least once before next lesson.


Thursday 18 October 2012

End of Unit Assessment


In today's lesson:

We are going to test our knowledge of e-safety by:

  • taking a quiz
  • making sure we have completed all our classwork
  • making sure we have attached all class work to our eportfolio.

Tasks:

1. Click on your class name below to take the quiz:



2. Once you have finished and submitted your quiz, go to your eportfolio and check that you have all your work linked to your E-Safety page.

3. Make sure you have written about what you have learned in this unit on the E-Safety page.


Thursday 11 October 2012

Lesson 4 - How to stay in control online


In today's lesson:

We are going to create a poster to show other students at Robert Clack how to stay safe online using the five rules you created in the last lesson.

Tasks:

Create a new presentation.
Using one slide of your presentation create your poster.

Checklist:

At the end of the lesson ask yourself:
  • Have you you included 5 rules?
  • Have you laid out your design in a clear way?
  • Have you used images?
  • Have you used easy to read fonts?
  • Have you shared your poster with your teacher? (Miss Philbin)
  • Have you attached all your work from this unit to your eportfolio?

Friday 5 October 2012

Lesson 3 - What can go wrong and how to report it


In today's lesson:


We are learning to understand what can go wrong if we do not use the internet safely, and we are going to plan a poster to remind people how to stay safe.


Tasks:


  1. In your groups,
  2. Read your scenario
  3. List what could go wrong on the paper provided
  4. List ways that these problems could be avoided on the paper provided
  5. Together in your group, create 5 rules that people should follow when using the internet.
  6. Log into Robert Clack Apps and Create a Document, write your rules onto the document and share it within your group.