Series Common Sense Media: Online Talk: What's Safe and What's Risky?

ELA.SL.6.1c

Common core State Standards

  • ELA:  English Language Arts
  • SL:  Speaking and Listening Standards 6-12
  • 6:  6th Grade
  • 1c: 
    Engage effectively in a range of collaborative
    discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacherled)
    with diverse partners on grade 6 topics,
    texts, and issues, building on others'\x80\x99 ideas and
    expressing their own clearly.

    a. Come to discussions prepared, having read or
    studied required material; explicitly draw on
    that preparation by referring to evidence on
    the topic, text, or issue to probe and reflect on
    ideas under discussion.

    b. Follow rules for collegial discussions, set
    specific goals and deadlines, and define
    individual roles as needed.

    c. Pose and respond to specific questions with
    elaboration and detail by making comments
    that contribute to the topic, text, or issue
    under discussion.


    d. Review the key ideas expressed and
    demonstrate understanding of multiple
    perspectives through reflection and
    paraphrasing.

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ELA.SL.7.1c

Common core State Standards

  • ELA:  English Language Arts
  • SL:  Speaking and Listening Standards 6-12
  • 7:  7th Grade
  • 1c: 
    Engage effectively in a range of collaborative
    discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacherled)
    with diverse partners on grade 7 topics,
    texts, and issues, building on othersâ\x80\x99 ideas and
    expressing their own clearly.

    a. Come to discussions prepared, having read
    or researched material under study; explicitly
    draw on that preparation by referring to
    evidence on the topic, text, or issue to probe
    and reflect on ideas under discussion.

    b. Follow rules for collegial discussions, track
    progress toward specific goals and deadlines,
    and define individual roles as needed.

    c. Pose questions that elicit elaboration and
    respond to others' questions and comments
    with relevant observations and ideas that bring
    the discussion back on topic as needed.


    d. Acknowledge new information expressed by
    others and, when warranted, modify their own
    views.

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ELA.SL.8.1c

Common core State Standards

  • ELA:  English Language Arts
  • SL:  Speaking and Listening Standards 6-12
  • 8:  8th Grade
  • 1c: 
    Engage effectively in a range of collaborative
    discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacherled)
    with diverse partners on grade 8 topics,
    texts, and issues, building on othersâ\x80\x99 ideas and
    expressing their own clearly.

    a. Come to discussions prepared, having read
    or researched material under study; explicitly
    draw on that preparation by referring to
    evidence on the topic, text, or issue to probe
    and reflect on ideas under discussion.

    b. Follow rules for collegial discussions and
    decision-making, track progress toward
    specific goals and deadlines, and define
    individual roles as needed.

    c. Pose questions that connect the ideas of
    several speakers and respond to others'
    questions and comments with relevant
    evidence, observations, and ideas.


    d. Acknowledge new information expressed
    by others, and, when warranted, qualify or
    justify their own views in light of the evidence
    presented.

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Online Talk: What's Safe and What's Risky?

Lesson Objective: Evaluate online behavior using written scenarios
Grades 6-8 / ELA / Online Security
6 MIN
ELA.SL.6.1c | ELA.SL.7.1c | ELA.SL.8.1c

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Discussion and Supporting Materials

Thought starters

  1. How do the red, yellow and green cards help students make sense of situations?
  2. Why are the scenarios an important part of the discussion?
  3. What evidence are students using to justify their choice of red, yellow or green for a particular scenario?

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Transcripts

  • SAFE TALK

    GRAPHICS ON SCREEN
    TCH Teaching Channel & Common Sense Media Present
    Dr. Melina Johnson OC
    Good morning, everybody.
    Group

    SAFE TALK

    GRAPHICS ON SCREEN
    TCH Teaching Channel & Common Sense Media Present
    Dr. Melina Johnson OC
    Good morning, everybody.
    Group VO
    Good morning, Dr. Johnson.
    Female #1 VO
    You are the sunshine of our lives.
    Dr. Melina Johnson VO/OC
    My name is Melina Johnson. I teach at Rancho...
    GRAPHICS ON SCREEN
    Dr. Melina Johnson Rancho Milpitas Middle School, Milpitas, CA
    ...Milpitas Middle School and I teach English Language Arts and the AVID elective.
    Dr. Melina Johnson OC
    How many of you have a computer at home? Well the lesson I'm going to teach is on safe online talk. I'll start with getting sort of some background information from the kids about their online usage. How often they're online? How much time they spend online? How many of you spend at least 30 minutes a day online? An hour? Two hours? Three hours? Oh my goodness, four hours? We're using common core standards and this has to do with reading for information. In middle school that's a big deal. Along with reading fiction, the students have to be able to read non-fiction, read for information. Can they provide evidence from the text? Can they make inferences based on what they've read, what they know? Experiences that they've had. So my next question then is who do you talk to?
    Female Child in Black Dress OC
    Our friends.

    Dr. Melina Johnson VO/OC
    You talk to your friends. I think that's the number one answer, right? How many of you would say you're talking to your friends? Okay. Who else are you talking to? Be honest. JD.
    JD OC
    Unknown people.
    Dr. Melina Johnson OC
    Unknown people. Random people. How many of you have talked to people you've never met in person? It happens, right? It's expected. That's part of the beauty of being online is I can learn from people that I've, that I can't communicate with on a daily basis. We will go over the key vocabulary and make sure they understand the terms that I'll be using.
    Dr. Melina Johnson OC
    So the first word is inappropriate. It's probably a word you've heard many times here at school, right? We talk about inappropriate behavior. Risky means potentially dangerous. This term online predator refers to an adult who sort of stalks kids or teenagers on the internet. We'll go through the list of the warning signs.
    Dr. Melina Johnson VO/OC
    This is a big one. If they ask you to keep the friendship a secret or your communication online a secret. The kids have shared that they're really comfortable already with knowing that they shouldn't share personal information. But some of the more subtle things, some of the grooming that online predators tend to use, they're not as familiar with them. And we'll go onto the written scenarios. And in those I want them to look for the warning signs that we've gone over.
    Dr. Melina Johnson VO
    At every table you have three pieces of construction paper. You have a green one, a yellow one and a red one. What do you associate these colors with?
    Female Child #2 VO
    A stoplight.
    Male Child #1 VO
    A stoplight.
    Dr. Melina Johnson VO/OC
    A stoplight. Green means?
    Group VO
    Go.
    Dr. Melina Johnson OC
    Go. Red means?
    Group VO
    Stop.
    Dr. Melina Johnson OC
    Stop. And yellow means?
    Group VO
    Caution.
    Dr. Melina Johnson VO/OC
    It means what? Slow down, yes. When you're online communicating with someone, these signs come up. These things happen. Do you give it the green light? Keep communicating. Do you slow down and say, "Maybe I need to be more cautious." Or do you stop and end all communication?
    Dr. Melina Johnson OC/VO
    I'm going to give you about a minute or so to discuss with your group which color light you're going to apply to that situation. And I want you to be able to explain to me why you chose that color light.
    Dr. Melina Johnson VO/OC
    I want them to sort of put themselves in the place of that, that character. What would you do if that was you? You know, would, would you continue on in that conversation? Would you stop? Would you tell an adult? Discuss with your group and decide.
    JD OC
    And they still met the person?
    Haley VO/OC
    With the person. He's older.

    Female Child In Black Top OC
    Like, what if he's like, he's done that before or something?
    Dr. Melina Johnson OC
    So it still seems sort of odd that the adult wants to friend the 14 year old? I think the curriculum is extremely effective because we're not approaching it in a way that we're saying, "Being online is bad. Stay away from the computer. Stay away from chat rooms."
    Male Child Wearing Glasses VO
    We're saying yellow?
    Haley OC
    Yes, yellow.
    Male Child Wearing Glasses OC
    Yellow.
    Haley OC
    Everything's high tech now. So we're online more often. And we get more careless of what we're doing. So I think that if we have these lessons, it'll like remind us and caution us.
    Dr. Melina Johnson OC
    Why yellow? Haley.
    Haley OC
    Because him asking for the age. It was still one of the warning signs.
    Dr. Melina Johnson OC/VO
    Okay. One of the warning signs, asking for personal information, right? Very good. I think some of the kids understand that, "Okay, maybe this is a conversation I shouldn't have anymore." But they're not taking that extra step to tell someone else about it, so someone knows that they've had this experience.
    Male Child With Black Hair VO
    What if he does this often? Because it's, it's just that he wasn't .
    Male Child In Gray Hoodie OC
    Yeah, but if he did something else like ask for personal information, that would be

    like more reddish yellow.
    Female Child With Long Brown Hair VO/OC
    It's good for people to be learning about this kind of stuff because it does happen in the real world. And it's, it's common. It's an everyday thing, and people should try and avoid that and stay safe.
    Dr. Melina Johnson OC
    This group had red. Why red?
    Haley OC
    Well because even though it says they didn't get too personal, she's still venting to him about like what's going on in her life. And like what makes her mad or whatever. So if it's like at home and at school, then he's going to know who those people are and then find out more that way without straight up asking her.
    Dr. Melina Johnson OC
    Okay. So because she's venting, she might actually give personal information accidentally. I'd say we're teaching them to be cautious, not to be scared. Because they can appreciate that we're not telling them don't do this thing that you love to do, they're willing to listen. Today he writes, "Can I show you a pic?" Before she types a response, he says again, "Keep this private, okay? I like you, Cat. I hope you like me, too." Everybody hold up your color.
    Haley OC
    Double red.
    Dr. Melina Johnson VO/OC
    If we can teach them to use these tools safely and in a positive way, they'll be okay. That they will make the right decisions when, when things are, seem inappropriate or risky or awkward that they're going to back out of that situation.
    GRAPHICS ON SCREEN
    TCH Classroom Takeaways:
    #1 Avoid A Fear-Based Tone #2 Encourage Group Discussion #3 Highlight Decision-Making Behaviors #4 Sensitive Topics Require Safe Classrooms
    FADE TO BLACK

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Rancho Milpitas Middle School
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