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LFS Lesson Plan** Digital Literacy Day# ||
 * = **AVATARs
 * **Unit EQ: Why should you use computers responsibly?** ||
 * **LEQ: Why is an Avatar more appropriate than a photo.** ||
 * **Activating Strategies: What is an avatar? Show the teachers picture and their avatar next to it.** ||
 * **Acceleration/Previewing/Vocabulary: Avatar, Screen Name, Social Networking, Cyber Safety, Screen names** ||
 * **Teaching Strategies and Distributed Guided Practice/Summarizing Prompts:**

Have students use the schools moodle page to find links to avatar creation pages. Save avatar and upload it to the Ning Account. Annonimity is the key to creating an avatar. It keeps you safe when in chat rooms and online. Using your picture online can lead to cyberstalking. Your friends already know what you look like. || Show all students avatars by looking at the members list on t he ning site. || Make a better Avatar at home and use it to replace yours. Remember to keep it school appropriate. ||
 * **Summarizing Strategies:**
 * **Homework:**