My Creative Work

Learning Resource Type

Learning Activity

Subject Area

Digital Literacy and Computer Science

Grade(s)

Overview

Students learn the basics for giving credit to others for their work as well as giving themselves credit in order for others to use their work. Students will also learn to differentiate between the ideas they create from the ideas they use but someone else created.

This activity was created as a result of the DLCS COS Resource Development Summit.

Phase

Before/Engage

During/Explore/Explain

Digital Literacy and Computer Science (2018) Grade(s): 2

DLCS18.2.5
Cite media and/or owners of digital content at an age-appropriate level.

Vocabulary

artifact
plagiarism
credit
cite
url

Knowledge

Students know:

how to copy and paste a url and/or owner of digital content.
that it is plagairism to use someone else's idea without giving them credit.
credit for using some or all of someone else's work or idea.

Skills

Students are able to:

display the source of gathered information within an artifact.

Understanding

Students understand that:

using someone else's information without giving them credit is stealing or plagiarism.

Learning Objectives

The students will be able to:

define the word credit.
list reasons why it is important to give others credit.
give themselves credit for their original work.

Activity Details

The teacher will:

-Help students understand new vocabulary related to the lesson (found on the website).

Optional use of time capsule: (if you do not want to use the time capsule skip to step 4)

Open the time capsule and reveal works of art with no names.
Show students several images with no artist signature. Help students recognize that the artist cannot be identified because no credit was given to the artwork.
Facilitate discussion with the students about how we have no way of knowing who the work belongs to.
Show students examples of artwork that do contain an artist signature. Help students identify who it belongs to and how we know that information.
Discuss as a whole group or small group based on your class structure, reasons for giving credit to someone if you want to use their work.
Discuss with the students that when we use someone else's work in our own work then we need to give the other person credit.
Initiate discussion with students as to what types of information we should use to give someone credit and how they can appropriately credit the owners of digital content. This should be done in an age-appropriate manner, simple citations would suffice for this grade level.
Help students understand that you cannot give someone else credit if the creator does not first identify themselves and give themselves credit.
Allow students to create their own self-portrait using the student handout from the website or a digital drawing tool.
Guide students in determining what information they may include to publish their artwork:

Title of artwork
Name of artist
Date of completion
Publisher (create a fictitious publishing company if this is included)

-Assist students with publishing their work with the determined information. (This may be done on the document or with labels containing the information to attach to their artwork. If the digital artwork is being done, assist students with adding it in a text box or any other desired format to their digital artwork.)

-Discuss with the students that now, if their work is posted somewhere or shared in some way, then it will be known they are the owner.

-Discuss with the students that once they give themselves credit their ownership of the document will live forever.

Optional - Place students' artwork in a time capsule to live forever.

Assessment Strategies

Teacher observation of students discussion and feedback.

Student Work - completion of publishing label.

Paper assessment available from the website.

Variation Tips

Any type of student artwork may be used.

Repeat the discussion and publishing section of the lesson with future pieces of work.

Background / Preparation

Create a free teacher account on the website Common Sense Media to access the full lesson plan.

Optional: (if you would like to use the time capsule idea)

Make a pretend time capsule, such as a shoebox.

Place several drawings with no names in the time capsule.

Make copies of the Time Capsule Self-Portrait handout available on the website OR determine which online drawing tool students will use to create digital self-portraits.

OPTIONAL - Print template for labels for students to complete in order to give themselves credit.

Common Sense Media

https://www.commonsense.org/education/lesson/my-creative-work-k-2

Approved Date

2018-07-19

Owner (Author)

lwoolley