6R Computer, May 10, 2012

USA-SOS (Safe Online Surfing) Internet Challenge

Students will begin taking the USA-SOS (Safe Online Surfing) Internet Challenge.  This is a FREE, online, educational program available to public and private schools nationwide. Designed to meet federal and state internet safety mandates, students take web-based quizzes and complete an online Scavenger Hunt to learn important internet safety and cyber citizenship concepts. At the end of May, the USA-SOS National Trophy is awarded to those schools with the highest scoring students on the USA-SOS Post Quiz.

Instructions:

Student Registration:

• Students register by clicking on the STUDENTS button at www.usa-sos.org.
• Each student must register accurately selecting his or her state, school and grade.
• Each student is to print the page with his or her username and password. The page should be cut  in half with one half kept by the teacher.

*The USA-SOS Internet Challenge, www.usa-sos.org, collects some technical information and holds each student's name in temporary memory until the registration process is complete. No student personal information is stored in the USA-SOS database or servers.

Pre-Quiz (approximately 5 minutes)

• Students click the Pre-Quiz button, log in and take the Pre-Quiz before starting the Scavenger Hunt.
• Questions and answers do not become available until the Pre-Quiz is over as indicated by the end date in the student account.
• Upon completion of the Pre-Quiz and Post-Quiz, students MUST click the Log Out tab on the top of the page before the next person can use that computer for the USA-SOS program.

Scavenger Hunt (approximately 60 minutes)

• Students may begin the Scavenger Hunt anytime after completing the Pre-Quiz by clicking the Scavenger Hunt button and selecting their grade.
• Scavenger Hunt icons lead students to websites holding specific internet safety information.
• The Scavenger Hunt may be completed at school and/or at home, individually or in groups.
• Once the Scavenger Hunt is completed, students are ready to take the Post-Quiz.

Post-Quiz (approximately 5 minutes)

• The Post-Quiz may be accessed by clicking the "USA-SOS Post-Quiz" button under the "Students" section.
• Students log in using their assigned usernames passwords and click the “Take Quiz” button.