Lesson 1: Life online
Understanding the positive and negative effects of the internet and exploring ways to overcome negative feelings from being online.
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Before the lesson
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Lesson plan
Before starting this unit, you might want to check that the children can recall:
Some of the different ways of communicating online.
The internet can affect people's feelings and moods.
Permission should be received from others before sharing anything about them online.
Some of the methods used to encourage people to buy things online.
Privacy settings limit who can access important information such as names, ages, locations, etc.
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Sarah has 13 years of experience teaching in a primary school and leading computing.
She now works as a Subject Matter Expert for the NCCE across the East Midlands. In this role, she supports primary schools with bespoke training to develop and implement their computing curriculum. Sarah facilitates computing courses for STEM and runs a series of local network meetings for computing leads.
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