I am a primary teacher and would use the Stage 3 lesson ‘Don’t Feed the Phish’ (Common Sense Education, n.d.). The lesson has an expected completion time of 45 minutes. I would split the lesson into two parts to allow 30 minutes to deliver the lesson and the other 15 minutes for borrowing time. I will adapt the lesson to match it with the Australian Curriculum Version 9 (n.d.) to include learning intention and success criteria. I will seek my students’ prior knowledge of the topic so that I can provide a tailored program utilising this resource (Buehl, 2023).

 

For example, my students enjoy discussion, so I will divide the class into groups of different abilities to complete the discussion. As an introduction to assess my students’ understanding, I will stimulate their interest in the topic by asking them to give me examples of what things are Safe and Unsafe in an environment. All the words collected will be displayed as a Word Cloud. As I usually teach in low socio-economic areas, this lesson will be simplified in dot point form for students with a lower attention span to be able to follow. The dot point format makes it simple for students to pick up the important messages of the lesson. I will also incorporate a role-play activity, as my students learn better when it is practical. The guided activity will be hands-on, using the library laptops.

Of course, I will need to ensure the Wi-Fi is working smoothly as I demonstrate how to access the material online and guide the class through the online activities. I will search for a suitable video for this lesson as my students are visual learners, and this plan does not have a video attached. At the end of the lesson, I will ask each group to present their understanding of the topic and seek feedback to check what they would like to be improved so that they can gain more understanding if they would like to learn any topics related to digital citizenship in the future.

References:

Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. (n.d.). Australian curriculum: Digital literacy (Version 9). https://v9.australiancurriculum.edu.au/f-10-curriculum/general-capabilities/digital-literacy?element=0&sub-element=0

Buehl, D. (2023). Classroom strategies for interactive learning. Routledge. https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/10.4324/9781032680842/classroom-strategies-interactive-learning-doug-buehl

Common Sense Education. (n.d.). Don’t Feed the Phish. https://www.commonsense.org/education/digital-citizenship/lesson/dont-feed-the-phish

Drogatnev. (2018). Phishing scam, hacker attack stock illustration [Stock image]. iStock. https://www.istockphoto.com/vector/phishing-scam-hacker-attack-gm956400244-261133477