About the Summer Camp
The Digital Safety Camp will be conducted at UNC Charlotte and at WR Odell Elementary School in Cabarrus County Schools in Concord, NC. It will be for 3rd - 5th grade students.
Each classroom will have a certified teacher and a pre-service teacher working with the students.
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The teachers and campers will follow COVID protocol to stay safe throughout the week.
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Masks may be required.
NSF Grant Info
Project Goals and Objectives Goal:
To increase cybersafety knowledge and skills among elementary-school students and teachers, and create digital safety awareness among parents of elementary-school students.
Objectives:
1.Design a comprehensive suite of digital safety education materials for elementary school students that include cyberbullying, digital security and privacy, footprint, and netiquette to educate responsible online behavior in Grades 3 to 5.
2.Train 40 elementary school inservice and preservice teachers through workshops to disseminate the materials to students in the greater Charlotte area.
3.Conduct thorough evaluation and improvement of the educational material through digital safety summer camp with 400 elementary school students.
4.Apply the train-the-trainer model by which the in-service teachers will train the teachers or students in their school so that the proposed materials can reach a wide range of end users.
5.Design and Deliver a Parent workshopand explorethe formation of a Student-Parent-Teacher-Researcher coalition for future digital safety education for elementary school students.
Resources
Information for Teachers
Independent work & one half-day training.
In May & June, teachers will work independently to familiarize themselves with an online Digital Citizenship course from UNCC. They must complete a pre-test prior to independently reviewing the online UNCC course. Teachers will review the online course at their own pace and participate in the discussion forums with other teachers that will be teaching the summer course. At the conclusion of the online training, they will take a post-assessment. In June & July, teachers will attend a half-day training at UNC Charlotte or W.R. Odell Elementary School in Cabarrus County. Teachers will teach a 4-day camp using the resources from the training. After teaching the course, the teachers will complete a post-assessment survey to help inform the researchers about potential edits to the workshop.
Information for Students
4 day camp
Students will also apply to be accepted into the camp. Students that are accepted will attend a 4-day camp with hands-on activities to learn about digital safety.
Day 1 of camp will take a pre-assessment. Teachers will acclimate the campers to the camp content and resources. Students will also be exposed to the first Module. The remaining 4 days of camp will each focus on a specific learning module. On the last afternoon of camp, the campers will take a post-survey and share what they have learned with their parents.
Learning Modules
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Module 1: Digital Footprint & Identity
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Module 2: Cyberbullying
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Module 3: Netiquette & Responsible Online Behavior
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Module 4: Digital Privacy & Security
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