Critical Clicks

Host curriculums:
Technology and Health


CRITICAL CLICKS
DEEP UNDERSTANDING:
Qualities of real heroes can be transferred to online heroes to create awareness of suitable and safe online behaviour
Critical thinkers generate ideas, use perspective and make changes
We can avoid risky online behaviour by being heroes and thinking critically before we click.
NOVICE APPRENTICE PRACTITIONER EXPERT SIGNIFICANT QUESTIONS
Knowledge Outcomes
I can share my ideas
about qualities and
behaviours that a hero
might do/have and those
that they might not
approve of.
I can share qualities and
safe actions that I think a
hero would do/have and
explain (examples) why
this is so (value).


I can explain what being
an online hero and
keeping myself, and
others safe on the internet
looks like
(transferring knowledge).
I can compare my own
and others ideas and
select using criteria to
assess the most valuable
and viable ideas for a
plan.

Key Competency: Thinking
I am identifying
behaviours that are OK
and not OK.
I can adapt my ideas and
thinking based on
feedback and
experiences.

I/We can question our own
and others ideas in order
to moderate our behaviours
to create, and be, online
heroes.
We can clearly critique
our own and others
behaviours in order to
ensure that our behaviour
is appropriate and safe.

Taking Action:
I question the decisions I
make to ensure that I
keep myself safe online.
(Myself)

I can use my initiative
make good choices to
keep myself, and others
safe online.
(Myself and others)
I/We can think critically in
order to create safe online
practices and promote
these with others.
(Influencing others)
I/We can evaluate the
safe online practices we
have created, respond to
feedback and adapt our
behaviours when needed.



Ignite:
Questions for co-constructing the knowledge and
KC layers of the matrix
What makes a hero a hero?
Novice & Apprentice
Who do people choose as their heroes and
why?
Why do different people choose different
heroes?
Why are heroes important?
Decide:
Apprentice & Practitioner
What are some of the key qualities heroes
have?
Why do I look up to my own heroes?
What qualities would I like to grow based on
my heroes?
Explore:
Apprentice & Practitioner
How do I decide on what is OK and not OK?
What would keep me safe online?
What might I need to change?
Practitioner & Expert
How can I critically make decisions that
affect my own and others online behaviours?
What qualities can I transfer to my online
hero to support this?
Practitioner & Expert
What are the steps and strategies for critical
thinking?
Novice
What are some things I can do to stay safe
online?
What questions can I ask to keep me safe
online?
Act:
How will we use our knowledge and our
thinking skills to keep ourselves, and others
safe online?
Reflection:
What ideas did I come up that had value?
What thinking strategies & tools do I like best
and why?

Data Collection Showing Shifts in Learning
DEEP UNDERSTANDING:

Reflection:
Beginning of Unit
Date:
End of Unit Date:
NOVICE APPRENTICE PRACTITIONER EXPERT NOTES
KNOWLEDGE OUTCOMES:












Key Competency:















EVALUATION:

















































Ignite
Qualities of real heroes can be transferred to online heroes to create
awareness of suitable and safe online behaviour
Critical thinkers generate ideas, use perspective and make changes

Prior Knowledge
To Establish Interest
Students Questions
Personal Experiences
Stimulate curiosity
Provide opportunity to learn new
information

Matrix Indicators:
Novice
I can share my ideas about qualities and
behaviours that a hero might do/have
and those that they might not approve
of.
Apprentice
I can share qualities and safe actions that
I think a hero would do/have and explain
(examples) why this is so (value).

Significant Question:
What makes a hero a hero?
Novice & Apprentice
Who do people choose as their
heroes and why?
Do different people choose different
heroes?
Why are heroes important?

Milestones & Dates:
Wiki or Blog class brainstorm
completed
Parent page shows what parents
think
Survey completed by rest of school

Week: 3
Learning Experiences / Activities:
To tune the students in we will investigate our heroes and compare to who our
parents see as heroes
We will then survey the rest of the school
We will co- construct the rubric what heroes do to be heroes
Create a self assessment activity for the knowledge and KC layers
Links to Literacy
Reading through what each
other, our parents and our school
mates thought a hero was
Build vocabulary to help children
communicate their thoughts,
ideas and feelings



Links to Numeracy
Looking at survey information and
what it tells us


Decide

Stimulate and maintain curiosity
Provide opportunities for students to
learn new information that may
answer own questions
Further questions for students to
explore in the future
Challenge prior knowledge, beliefs
and values
Share experiences
Develop research and information skills

Teacher creates a slideshow and presents
to class / can they name the heroes they
found online and do they agree they are
heroes too?

Matrix Indicators:
Apprentice
I can share qualities and safe actions that
I think a hero would do/have and explain
(examples) why this is so (value).
Practitioner
I can explain what being an online hero
and keeping myself, and others safe on
the internet can look like.
Novice
I am identifying behaviours that are OK
and not OK
Apprentice
I can adapt my ideas and thinking based
on feedback and experiences.

Significant Questions:

Apprentice & Practitioner
What are some of the key qualities
heroes have?
Why do I look up to my own heroes?
What qualities would I like to grow
based on my hero?

Milestones & Dates:
Students research information
completed and photo sent to the
teacher by
Week: 5

Learning Experiences / Activities:
Explore with students the idea they can research on a search engine; look at the
fact that they may have to be careful what comes up
Each student to choose and research online a hero that they admire
Students email a photo of their hero to the teacher with a statement about why
they think their hero is a hero
Teacher shows each photo in a slideshow so all get to look and discuss who their
heroes are and if they agree they are heroes too
Discussion what would a hero do if.and look at some scenarios together e.g.
what would a hero do if they were looking something up online and came across
something that made them feel uncomfortable? (link to Keeping Ourselves Safe if
you wish).
Links to Literacy
Scanning for information
Thinking critically about text
Making sense of varied texts or
images
Links to Numeracy


























Act
We can avoid risky online behaviour by thinking critically
before we click.
To make conclusions & generalisations.
To assess & demonstrate progress
towards understanding.
Encourages reflection.
Fosters synthesis helping students to
see the big picture ideas behind the
topic.
Develops metacognitive skills.
To make links between understanding
and experiences.
Enables students to make choices &
develop belief that they can be
effective participants in society.
Provides further insight for the teacher
Reinforces link between school, home
& wider community.
Provides further opportunities and
contexts for ongoing learning about
the topic.
Matrix Indicators:
Practitioner
I can explain what being an online hero
and keeping myself and others safe on
the internet can look like.
Expert
I can compare my own and others ideas
and select using criteria to assess the
most valuable and viable ideas for a
plan
Practitioner
I/We can question our own and others
ideas in order to moderate our
behaviours to be online heroes.
Expert
We can clearly critique our own and
others behaviours in order to ensure that
our behaviour is appropriate and safe
Practitioner
I/We can think critically in order to create
safe online practices and promote these
with others.
(Influencing others)
Expert
I/We can evaluate the safe online
practices we have created, respond to
feedback and the constant changes to
adapt our behaviours when needed.
Significant Questions:
How will we use our knowledge and
our thinking skills to keep ourselves
safe?
Milestones & Dates:
Movies/powerpoints presented to the
school community at an evening by
Week: 10
Learning Experiences / Activities:
The class view a video My Online Neighbourhood From the Cybersmart website
(www.commonsensemedia.org) to help them think about the issues that people
can come across online.
Students work with teacher to create a hero of the future that will be able to help
ensure all students are safer online.
Students create a Powerpoint, (or iMovie or Movie Maker movie if they wish) to
introduce their hero to the school community.
Links to Literacy
Presentation of information movie

Links to Numeracy


Explore
Processing & representing information &
ideas from Decide.
Allows for diverse range of outcomes.
Encourages application & transfer.
Develops skills in other curriculum areas.
Assists exploration of values & attitudes.
Concrete records of experiences.
Develop independent research skills.
Extends & challenge understanding.
Provide more information to broaden
understanding.
Informs further planning.
Meet particular interests.

Review what is known as a group



Matrix Indicators:
Apprentice
I can share qualities and safe actions that
I think a hero would do/have and explain
(examples) why this is so (value).
Practitioner
I can explain what being an online hero
and keeping myself and others safe on
the internet can look like.
Novice
I am beginning to identify behaviours that
are ok and not ok
Apprentice
I can adapt my ideas and thinking based
on feedback and experiences.

Significant Questions:
Apprentice & Practitioner
How do I decide on what is OK and
not OK?
What would keep me safe online?
Practitioner & Expert
How can I critically make decisions
that affect my own and others
behaviours?
Which qualities would suit an internet
hero?
Milestones & Dates:
Assessment of knowledge and
thinking development so far.

Week: 7
Learning Experiences / Activities:
In pairs the students work to decide on the 4 best qualities a hero must have to be
a hero
In pairs or small groups they work to create a digital poster to share what they
think
When poster are shared, the class will work with the teacher to put these qualities
into a Wordle to see what the most common qualities chosen are
Decide together how these qualities could be transferred to create an online hero
whose mission it is to help students be safe online always by helping them to think
critically before they click.
Links to Literacy
Presenting poster to show information
Gathering information
Increasing vocab in the Wordle




Links to Numeracy
Wordle is a graph to show information

Reflection
DEEP UNDERSTANDING:
Qualities of real heroes can be transferred to online heroes to create
awareness of suitable and safe online behaviour
Critical thinkers generate ideas, use perspective and make changes
We can avoid risky online behaviour by thinking critically before
we click.
Develops skills & strategies for reporting
to others.
Analyse work of other students and
provide appropriate, constructive
feedback.
Develops understanding of purposes
behind activities.
Provides feedback & evaluation about
successful & less successful aspects of
the unit.
For students to gain connection
between themselves & unit.
Develops positive self-esteem & self-
awareness.
Assists stronger connections between
personal lives & global domain.
Matrix Indicators:


Significant Questions:
How did my knowledge of heroes
help create a new safety hero?
What digital tools do I like best and
why?
How successful was my safety hero in
making myself and others think
critically when online? Why?
Milestones & Dates:

Learning Experiences / Activities:

Links to Literacy



Links to Numeracy


Resources and Notes

www.criticalclicks.weebly.com

New Zealand Sites
http://www.netsafe.org.nz/owls/
OWLS is a fantastic safety site for New Zealand teachers that has a mainly
middle/senior school focus. However it could be easily adapted for juniors. There
are many discussion questions and lesson plans provided, as well as links to many
useful sites. Well worth using.

http://www.hectorsworld.com/island/index.html
HECTORS WORLD is a site for primary school children and their teachers mainly
junior and middle school. It has many activities and videos about internet safety. It
also has information for parents. Great for juniors.

International Sites
http://mediasmarts.ca
MEDIASMARTS is a Canadian site that provides tools for adults to support teens
and younger children to become digitally literate. It has many articles related to
internet safety, as well as other internet issues. Very easy to navigate.

https://www.commonsensemedia.org/educators/curriculum
COMMONSENSEMEDIA is a site for educators and parents. It has many useful
resources such as video, ibooks, textbooks, posters, etc.

http://www.netsmartz.org/internetsafety
NETSMARTZ is a site for everyone - educators, parents, and teens. It also has its
own kids site at http://www.netsmartzkids.org

Also recommended
Meaningful Learning With Technology - Fourth Edition
by Jane L. Howland, David Jonassen, and Rose M. Marra

Byron, T. (2008). The Byron Report. Safer Children in a Digital World.
Downloaded from
http://www.cybersentinel.co.uk/media_documents/Byron%20Report.pdf



Appendix One Lesson Plan to co-construct the Key Competency layer of the matrix

Session one Session Two Session Three Session Four
Co-constructing the Novice
I am identifying behaviours that are ok
and not ok
Who are heroes in our lives?
What do they do to be heroes?
Explore with students the idea they
can research on a search engine;
look at the fact that they may
have to be careful what comes up
Each student to choose and
research a hero online that they
admire
Parents are then asked to put their
heroes forward and why they
chose that person; other students
in the school are surveyed about
their heroes
Class compares the differences
between parents, other students
and their own choices

Why do people choose their heroes?
Ideas are recorded e.g. post-it
notes, photos etc

Write up as novice criteria reiterate
that heroes are special people to us /
people that we may look up to

Co-constructing the Apprentice
I can adapt my ideas and thinking based on
feedback and experiences.

Students email a photo of their own
hero to the teacher with a statement
about why they think their own hero is a
hero
Teacher shows each photo in a
slideshow so all get to look and discuss
who their heroes are and if they agree
they are heroes too
Discuss the criteria that the different
groups used to choose heroes-
similarities/ differences
Rove listen to the talk freeze when
you hear children generating ideas
(explain to the children the thinking they
are doing)
Use camera to take photos and record
snippets of their conversation
Use computer programs (e.g.photo
booth) to record ideas.


What changes (adaptations) might you like
to make based on others choices and why?
I think a hero is . because .

Co-constructing the Practitioner
I/We can question our own and others
ideas in order to moderate our behaviours
to be online heroes.
In pairs the students work to decide on the 4
best qualities a hero must have to be a hero
Together they work to create a digital
poster to share what they think
The class will work with the teacher to
put these qualities into a Wordle to see
what the most common qualities
chosen are
Decide together how these qualities
could be transferred and used to
create an online hero. This heroes
mission is to help students be safe online
always by helping them to think
critically before they click.



As you think through your own and others
ideas, what do you now think a hero is?
Have you made changes to how you were
thinking about heroes?
If so, why?
How can we help others ensure they are
being influenced safely?

Critical thinkers generate ideas,
use perspective and make
changes

Co-constructing the Expert
We can clearly critique our own and
others behaviours in order to ensure that
our behaviour is appropriate and safe

The class view the video In my
neighbourhood from the Cybersmart
website to help them think about issues
that people can come across online.
Students work cooperatively to create a
hero of the future that will be able to
help ensure all students are safer online.
Students create an, iMovie or Movie
Maker movie, or Powerpoint to
introduce their hero to the school
community.
As you critique (compare and contrast and
make judgements) your beliefs about
heroes and create your movie; which ideas
will support keeping others online behaviour
safe and appropriate
Answers could be like:
This will work best because
This wont work because
Which aspects of your movies worked the
best? What would you change? Why?














Appendix Two Lesson Plan to co-construct the knowledge layer of the matrix










Co-constructing the Novice


Co-constructing the Apprentice

Co-constructing the Practitioner

Co-constructing the Expert
Novice
I can share my ideas about
qualities and behaviours that a
hero might do/have, and those
that they might not approve of

What is it that helps me to
choose my heroes/ What
influences me?
Brainstorm on Wiki or Blog
Survey other students using
Survey Monkey

What are the things that you
think heroes do to be heroes?
Email photos and descriptions
to teacher to show what a
hero is to you


Apprentice
I can share qualities and safe
actions that I think a hero would
do/have and explain (examples)
why that is so (value)

Share their ideas through a
slideshow and discussion with
other class members

What are qualities?
What are qualities a hero
might have?
What would a hero do if they
were searching online and
something came up that was
not so good and made them
feel uncomfortable?

Discussion in small groups /add
ideas to Blog of what a hero
would do if scenarios



Practitioner
I can explain what an online hero
and keeping myself, and others
safe on the internet can look like

Look at qualities of a hero
show these on a Wordle
together

Discuss which qualities would
be best to transfer to an online
hero. Why?

Create a digital poster to share
that includes specific qualities
a hero might need in relation
to online activities


What do we need to consider
when representing to others to
keep them safe?

Expert
I can compare my own and
others ideas and select using
criteria to assess the most
valuable and viable ideas for a
plan

Create a hero to share with
others that is available for
others to use to reflect on
being safe in their online
actions

How did you know which were
the best ideas?