Avatar Lesson

Title:  Avatar Lesson
Objective:  Students will...

• Learn that the informatino they put online leaves a digital footprint or "trail"
• Reflect on how a digital footprint can be big or small, helpful or hurtful, depending on how it is managed
• Explore what information is appropriate to put online

Standard:  NETS-S (2007):  1a, 1d, 2b, 2d, 3d, 4a, 4b, 4c, 5a
Lesson Outline:


Internet Safety
2-3 Grade:  Follow the Digital Trail
4-5 Grade:  Talking Safely Online; Privacy Rules
6-8 Grade:  Private and Personal Information; Secret Sharer; Top Secret; Which me should I be; Trillion Dollar Footprint; Oops I broadcast it on the Internet


Creating an avatar with Doppel Me


Intro:  One way to protect private information is to create an avatar rather than using personal photos. 

1. After going to the Doppel Me website, follow directions to creating an avatar.  
2. In order to save and edit the avatar you will need an email address to register with.  (Use google account)
3. Now, you can use avatar where pictures are allowed on blogs, websites, edmodo, etc....

Resources:

1. Internet Safety Lessons
2. Doppel Me website
3. Student Email Address
4. iPad2 (optional)

Reflection:


The only place I have had problems putting my avatar is facebook even though the DoppelMe site specifically states you can.  I still need to figure this out.  Also, I can't figure a way around using an email account.  Although it wouldn't matter if students had the ability to edit...it seems like when I first did this on the iPad, I must have run into this same problem and moved to my computer.  However, haven't been able to get my image on a student edmodo account yet using the iPad.  I need to do more research.  Will also talk to Gail and Ann since they are using these in their classes already.