BIG IDEA: How can an avatar help you be safe online?
The past two weeks we have discussed internet safety and cyberbullying. This week’s lesson provides an opportunity for kids to put into practice what they have learned by discovering a way to be safe online by creating an avatar to help protect their identities online.
Lesson/Discussion:
-What is an avatar? A graphical representation of a user online
-What is an avatar? A graphical representation of a user online
-What is the connection between an avatar and internet safety?
-How can an Avatar help protect your identity online?
Students can identify the human side of the actor while seeing the digital image of a created avatar in the making of this film.
VIDEO: Disney’s Hall of Presidents
Students will see an attraction of avatars that look and talk like our presidents
Students will see an attraction of avatars that look and talk like our presidents
EXTENSION: Want to build your own avatars? Check it out online!
NY ZOO Avatars: www.buildyourwildself.com
LEGO Avatars: www.reasonablyclever.com [Click on "Mini-Mixer" then "Classic Kid-Safe")
DID YOU KNOW?:
Use the "PRINT SCREEN KEY" to take a picture of the Avatar you have made online. Then open this image in Microsoft Word by pasting it into a document. Feel free to edit this image (crop. add a border, etc.) then save on your computer! Use this picture instead of a real picture when you are surfing online!
**If you are on a Mac, Command + Shift + 3 takes a screenshot of whatever is on your screen. It automatically moves this image to your desktop.
