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How to use Zoe and Molly Online, with the interactive online activities:

Welcome and thank you for using the Zoe and Molly Online activities to help teach your students about online safety! Before you begin:

Online Instructions:

• Hand out the pre-test and ask students to fill it out. Their responses will provide a baseline for where you are starting with their understanding of Internet safety.
• Brainstorm what kids use the computer for and some possible risks to be aware of. Continue activating students’ prior knowledge by asking them if they play games online and to provide examples. Ask students if they talk to people online (through games, msn, email, etc.).
• Bring students into the computer lab to complete the activities online. Before they begin, explain that they are going to read a comic about two friends who like to play games and talk to people online. The two girls end up in an unsafe situation. Explain that they are going to complete some activities and make suggestions about what the girls can do to be safer.
• Have students launch the Zoe and Molly Online game and start by reading the interactive comic book, flip through pages by clicking and dragging the lower right hand corner.
• Ask students to carefully read the story and pay attention to the behaviours that are and aren’t safe. (Option: Use a paper copy of the comic, assign characters to students and have them read it aloud. You may also want to use Readers’ Theatre to engage students.)
• Have students click continue to enter Part 2, the comprehension and critical thinking activities. Students can answer as many times as it takes to get the answer right. When they get a green checkmark, they know they have answered correctly.
• Next, have students click continue again to arrive at Part 3. This is their chance to create their own avatar, and to give Zoe and Molly some advice on what they should do in this situation. Students can name their avatar, and then have them enter the last panel of the comic, where they can type in their ending to Zoe and Molly.
• Student(s) can then print out a copy of their completed panel to share with their friends. Review responses together as a class.
• Distribute the post-test and clarify any misconceptions that may have formed.
• Students can then either print out the Zoe and Molly template to draw their own scene, or bring it into MSPaint and get creative. They can create their own situation and discuss the outcome with the class.