Unit 1 — Safety and Ethics in Media Use
Description
Students will review and evaluate Montague Township School's Acceptable Use Policy. Students will also learn and apply safe online behaviors.
Essential Questions
- What is an Acceptable Use Policy (AUP)?
- Who, what, where, and when are AUPs located, read, and signed?
- What are in-school, and real world, examples of consequences if one breaks a rule on an AUP?
- How can one remain safe online?
Learning Objectives
- Review and evaluate the Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) of Montague Township School.
- List, identify, and apply safe online behaviors.
Supplemental Resources
- Montague Township School AUP (print and digital)
- Common Sense Education Digital Passport: Share Jumper Game
- AUP Examples (school and business use)
Networks and the Internet
Digital Citizenship
No interdisciplinary standards aligned for this unit.
Formative Assessments
- AUP review (school and business examples)
- Online Safety Behavior Matching
Summative Assessment
Montague Township School AUP review and quiz; Online Safety Contract
Benchmark Assessment
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Alternative Assessment
Students may demonstrate understanding of the Acceptable Use Policy and safe online behaviors through a verbal discussion with the teacher, a picture-based matching activity, or a response using visual supports such as illustrated scenarios of safe and unsafe online conduct.
IEP (Individualized Education Program)
Peer mentoring on problems; Differentiated teacher feedback on assignments; Modeling out problems on whiteboard; Visual aids as we project problems on whiteboard; Study guides; Tiered assignments; Scaffolding of materials and assignments; Re-teaching and review; Guided note taking; Exemplars of varied performance levels; Multi-media approach to accommodating various learning styles
Section 504
Peer mentoring on problems; Differentiated teacher feedback on assignments; Modeling out problems on whiteboard; Visual aids as we project problems on whiteboard; Study guides; Tiered assignments; Scaffolding of materials and assignments; Re-teaching and review; Guided note taking; Exemplars of varied performance levels; Multi-media approach to accommodating various learning styles
ELL / MLL
Peer mentoring on problems; Differentiated teacher feedback on assignments; Modeling out problems on whiteboard; Visual aids as we project problems on whiteboard; Study guides; Tiered assignments; Scaffolding of materials and assignments; Re-teaching and review; Guided note taking; Exemplars of varied performance levels; Multi-media approach to accommodating various learning styles
At Risk (RTI)
Peer mentoring on problems; Differentiated teacher feedback on assignments; Modeling out problems on whiteboard; Visual aids as we project problems on whiteboard; Study guides; Tiered assignments; Scaffolding of materials and assignments; Re-teaching and review; Guided note taking; Exemplars of varied performance levels; Multi-media approach to accommodating various learning styles
Gifted & Talented
Supplemental reading material for independent study; Flexible grouping; Tiered assignments; Topic selection by interest; Enhanced expectations for independent study; Elevated questioning techniques using Webb's Depth of Knowledge matrix