This is a DRAFT ONLY of a potential Internet Safety and Ethics Training for school staff and employees.

1. Staff Training
Fall 2011

2.  As staff and employees of the Fort Dodge
Community School District, we are role
models for our students, their families, and
our community members. What we say and
do is reflected not only on ourselves, but also
on our school system.
 While it is easy to realize the effects of our
actions out and about in society, it is more
difficult to comprehend the effects of our
actions in the digital world.
 Just as we are careful of what we say and do
in public, we also need to be careful of what
we say and do online.

3.  The following few pages will help you
understand the online expectations for
FDCSD staff and employees.
 Next, the plan for implementing Internet
Safety and Ethics curriculum for our students
will be presented.
 Finally, in order to help ensure our students
are safe and behave appropriately online, we
need to make sure parents and other trusted
adults are duly informed. Ideas for educating
these partners in education will be presented
towards the end.

4. FDCSD Staff and Employees

5.  Do you use Facebook? What about Twitter,
Flickr, Skype, Blogger, or YouTube? These
are referred to as social media--media used
to socialize with others. With social media,
users create and exchange ideas and
information.

6.  Watch Social Media in Plain English from
Common Craft in order to better understand
all that social media entails.
 In plain (well, ice cream) English, what do you
feel is the purpose of social media? What are
the pros and cons of social media?

7.  Social media can be advantageous in education.
Facebook is a way to communicate with parents.
Skype can bring cultures from around the world
into the classroom. Twitter can allow immediate
sharing of websites. YouTube allows students to
build their background knowledge on topics.

8.  We can gain much knowledge from social
media.
 We can also share our knowledge with others.
 To help us maintain our professional stature
online, FDCSD has created social media
guidelines. See the links on the next page.

9.  Now, please read through the following.
 Social Media Guidelines (link coming soon)
 Suggested Social Media Sites (link coming
soon)

10.  Are there any parts of the guidelines that you
would like explained further?
 What do you have questions about?
 Feel free to visit with your Teacher-Librarian
or email Sara Richardson at
srichardson@fort-dodge.k12.ia.us with
questions or comments.

11.  Internet safety deals with the topics of
identity theft, viruses, keeping information
safe, and cyberbullying, among others. In
order for us to teach our students how to be
safe, we must first understand ourselves.

12.  GCFLearnFree.org is a wonderful website
funded with the proceeds Goodwill Industries
makes from their retail stores.
 Please take the time to browse the
lessons, interactives, and extras presented in
this Internet Safety section.
 What information was new to you?
What surprised you?
What do you agree/disagree with?

13.  To In order for us to be safe, the FDCSD has
an Acceptable Use Policy (AUP). Please
familiarize yourself with the following Board
Policy and Procedures.
 Acceptable use of
telecommunications/computer resources
 Procedure 400.25
 Procedures Exhibit 400.25A

14.  What questions do you have over the Internet
Safety content presented here?
 Feel free to contact your Teacher-Librarian or
email Sara Richardson at srichardson@fort-
dodge.k12.ia.us with questions and
comments.

15.  Digital Ethics means doing the right thing
with content (even when no one is looking),
as well as knowing and following laws. It
means being a good cybercitizen, knowing
and applying copyright, and always keeping
your digital footprint in the back of your
mind.

16.  Although dealing with a situation in higher
education, this essay from The Center for
Digital Ethics and Technology communicates
well some of the digital ethics conundrums
we deal with today.
 Put yourself in both the shoes of the
professor and of the student. What would
you be thinking? How would you feel?
 The Ten Commandments of Computer Ethics

17.  To be solid role models for our students and
our community, we need to follow the
copyright law. Please read through Copyright
Basics and the Internet. If you ever have
questions about content you are using,
please ask your Teacher-Librarian.

18.  Digitally, it is easy to copy and distribute
content. Sometimes this can be harmful, but
other times people want their content to be
copied. Sharing helps us grow and learn. To
make it easier to share, there is something
called Creative Commons.
 Please watch this video to learn about it.
 Learn about Creative Commons Licenses
here.

19.  Finally, some information about your digital
footprint. What you say and do online leaves
a trail to you that lasts forever.
 Watch the Digital Footprint Student
Introduction from Thinkfinity to learn about
it.
 See this Digital Footprint Activity from
MERLOT for more information.

20.  Are you prepared to be a positive role model?
 What did you learn about digital ethics,
copyright, Creative Commons, and digital
footprints?
 What do you still have questions about?
 Feel free to visit with your Teacher-Librarian
or email Sara Richardson at
srichardson@fort-dodge.k12.ia.us with
questions and comments.

21. FDCSD Students

22.  We need to ensure that our students are safe
under our supervision, both face-to-face and
virtually. In order to protect our students
from others and from mistakes they might
make themselves, we need to work together
to educate them. The following pages outline
our plan to do this.

23.  Elementary K-4
◦ Grade level classroom teachers will work with the
Teacher-Librarian to co-teach students in grades
K-4. The Teacher-Librarian will contact each
teacher to set up times. This could occur all in one
week, one lesson a week, or even one lesson a
month. Time for more specific in-building teacher
training will be organized by the building Teacher-
Librarian during one of our early-out Wednesdays.
◦ Preview the lessons here.
 K-2
 3-4

24.  Middle School 5-8
◦ Our middle school students will partake in 5
lessons each school year. These will be taught
within the team settings with each team deciding
when and how to accomplish the tasks. The
Teacher-Librarian will hold a more specific training
session during an upcoming early-out Wednesday.
Upon successful completion of certain lessons,
students will earn more internet access.
◦ Preview the lessons here.
(link coming soon)

25.  High School 9-12
◦ High school students will dig deeper into internet
safety and ethics issues, as well as review some
lessons from the past. The high school curriculum
entails 4 independent lessons per year. The
lessons do not have to be taught in a specific order.
The administration will set up the schedule each
year for the lessons to be taught in Dodger Time.
An upcoming Wednesday early-out will be spent
further discussing the plan.
◦ To preview the materials,
click here. (link coming soon)

26.  Our students will be directly taught and assessed
internet safety and ethics curriculum. Although
the lessons are exclusive, the learning should not
be. We are all in charge of guiding our students
in the right direction and discussing topics as
needed. Please teach any of the topics as they
come up in your classes.
 Feel free to visit with your Teacher-Librarian or
email Sara Richardson at srichardson@fort-
dodge.k12.ia.us with questions and comments

27.  Social Media Guidelines (link coming soon)

28. Parents and Trusted Adults

29.  What we teach in school will not hold
importance if it has no meaning out of school.
 “From the standpoint of the child, the great
waste in the school comes from his inability to
utilize the experiences he gets outside the
school in any complete and free way within the
school itself; while, on the other hand, he is
unable to apply in daily life what he is learning
in school.” John Dewey

30.  To bridge the gap between what we are
teaching our students at school and what
they are doing at home, we are planning as
much parental involvement as possible.
 One way we are doing this is by providing
assignments students will need to complete
at home with their parents or other trusted
adult. This process will be explained within
each particular lesson.

31.  Another way we are planning to educate parents is
through Internet Safety and Digital Ethics: Parent
Trainings. These will occur throughout the year, led
by Sara Richardson.
 K-4—Open House-type trainings during conference
times, before/after Booster meetings
 5-8—Scheduled sessions during the beginning of
the year student conferences and also one or two
other evenings during the school year.
 9-12—Open-House Q and A sessions on specific
topics. Technology Showcase nights twice a year—
once before winter break and once before summer
break

32.  One other way to connect with parents is by
providing them with tips and resources
through our district website and school
newsletters.

33.  Resources
◦ CommonSenseMedia
◦ FBI Resources for Parents
◦ GetNetWise
◦ iKeepSafe
◦ National PTA
◦ NetSmartz Workshop
◦ SafeKids.com and SafeTeens.com
◦ WiredKids
◦ WiredSafety

34.  Created Fall 2011