Blending Online Ethics into the Curriculum

Introduction

Instructor: Name: Koh Herlong
Email address: lisa.herlong@waldenu.edu
Phone #: 704-541-0777

Participants: State name, city/state/country, and what you currently teach

Purpose: To create a project that will blend online ethics into the curriculum.

Objectives: During this five-hour workshop, participants will:
· Define online ethics
· Identify at least three problem areas in online ethics.
· List at least three website resources for teachers to continue the blending online ethics into school life
· Create a multimedia project that blends an ethical lesson into a current lesson plan.
· Post all learning activities to this wiki to share it with others.

Project Assessment: See bottom of this page for the Assessment Rubric.


Agenda

1:00-1:30 Introduction
  • Welcome
  • Introductions
  • Purpose
  • Objectives

1:30-1:35 Group Assignments

1:35-2:00 Pre-Training: Definition of Cyber Ethics

2:00-2:20 Cyber Ethics
  • Multimedia lesson on the issues in cyber ethics
  • Class Discussion

2:20-3:00 Pre-Training: Multimedia Learning
  • Participants watch pre-training screen cast on posting to this wiki page.
  • Participants watch pre-training screen casts about ToonDoo
  • Participants experiment with ToonDoo.

3:00-3:05 Announce: During the break – think about a lesson plan in which you can integrate a cyber ethic element

3:05 - 3:25 Break

3:25 - 3:45 Identify Lesson Plan
  • Participants go to groups and decide on 2-3 lesson plans in which to incorporate a cyber ethic topic
  • Participants outline the integration of the two
  • Participants will work in small groups of 3 or 4 and be grouped according to grade level or subject matter

3:45-5:15 Creation of Project - Participants (in groups) create 2 or more cartoon strips
Posting of Results - Participants (in groups) post their definitions, problem areas, and websites to this wikipage.

5:15-5:45 Sharing projects with entire class

5:45-6:00 Closing: Summary and Evaluation of Course

Graphic Organizer

Click here to see a graphic organizer of the key concepts to be learned today and how they relate to each other:

Group Assignment

Based on your introductions, your workshop facilitator will put in in groups of approximately 3-4 people based on the grade level or subject matter that you teach. Each group will be assigned a number which you will use to post your results.

Pre-Training - Part 1

Definition of Terms
Begin by going into your group. Together, conduct online research and then answer these three questions:
1. What is Online Ethics?
2. List 3 or more areas of concern for teachers in regard to their students?
3. List 3 good websites for teachers to help them with teaching online ethics.

Here are some avenues to help you get started:
1. Use:


2. Use a search engine:
Consider using these terms for your search:
·Internet ethics ·Online ethics ·Cyber ethics or cyberethics ·Internet ethics for teachers ·Cyberethics for teachers
3. Here are a few websites to get you started.


You will post your answers to this Wikipage. See the Pre-Training #2 for instructions.


Multimedia Presentation on Online Ethics

There is a series of three videos to view. Click here for the transcript for all three videos:

Video 1: Introduction (1:01)



Video 2: Blend Online Ethics into the Curriculum - Why? (2:12)




Video 3: Blend Online Ethics into the Curriculum - How & When? (1:56)




Pre-Training - Part 2: Learn how to post your results to this wikipage.

Your group will post your definition of online ethics, your three identified areas of concern, your three teacher resource websites, and the link to your cartoons. Your facilitator has already worked with you to give you "editing" rights to this wikipage. So when you are ready to post your results, watch this screencast for a tutorial on how to post your results. (1:18)




Pre-Training - Part 3: Learn how to use the multimedia tool: ToonDoo

For the workshop, you will be creating cartoons using a free, web-based application called ToonDoo (www.toondoo.com). In this pre-training section, there are three tutorial screencasts to watch:

1. What is ToonDoo? (0:55) Scroll down to view it.
  • What is it?
  • Why use it?
  • An example

2. How to Use ToonDoo - Part 1 - Getting Started (1:00) Scroll down to view it.
  • The ToonDoo website: www.toondoo.com
  • Register for a free account
  • Log in to your account
  • View an already existing ToonDoo

3. How to Use ToonDoo - Part 2 - Create a ToonDoo (2:30) Scroll down to view it.
  • Create a ToonDoo
  • Save a ToonDoo
  • View the ToonDoo

What is ToonDoo? (0:55)


(Note: In the above tutorial, I read the cartoon out loud as part of the tutorial, but in actuality, there is no voice with the cartoons.)

How to Use ToonDoo: Part 1 - Getting Started (1:00)



How to Use ToonDoo: Part 2 - Create a ToonDoo (2:30)



Identify Lesson Plans

  • Participants go to groups and decide on 2-3 lesson plans in which to incorporate a cyber ethic topic
  • Participants outline the integration of the two
  • Participants will work in small groups of 2 or 3 and be grouped according to grade level or subject matter

Project Creation

Participants create their projects with their groups. Create 2 or 3 cartoon strips that you would use with your class to introduce a cyber ethics consideration prior to the start of your identified lessons. Click here for an example

Project Sharing


  • Each group will post their definition of online ethics, three identified areas of concern, three teacher resource websites, and the link to their cartoons. See the Pre-training part 2 screencast for instructions on how to post these items.
  • Participants will review the Teacher Posts link to see the results of other groups. Go to the 8847 Teacher Posts link.
  • Each group will get up and share with the rest of the class one of their cartoon strips and describe which lesson plan it was intended to introduce. If time allows, each group might share a second cartoon.

Assessment Rubric

Your workshop today will be assessed according to this rubric:

Course Evaluation


Click here to take the course evaluation.