Popular Film: Into the Cloud Season 1

General Information:

• Title: Into the Cloud Season 1
• Producer: NetsmartzKids, National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
• Year: July 31,2019
• Length: 29:30
• Rating: G/PG (?)

 This is a series called Into the Cloud off of Netsmartz. This movie, that includes six episodes, is about two children, named Nettie and Webster, who find themselves lost in a strange new realm called the internet “cloud”, after stepping on a hidden transport tube. They have to put their skills to the test and find their way home before the Outlaws get up to no good. Along the way, Nettie and Webster discuss many issues with social media safety, that include online privacy, revealing too much information online, and making safe decisions. All of these ideas can be tied into our topic of social media safety for children. This film is made in a way that is both entertaining and educational for students and is perfect for fifth graders.

Embed/Share link (Vimeo): Into the Cloud

Into the Cloud Movie (The complete season 1 series) from NCMEC on Vimeo.

Core Integration:

• This film can be incorporated into an art lesson. There is a coloring sheet available on NetsmartzKids, of Nettie and Webster that the students can color while watching the film. But since this lesson is aimed for fifth graders, this coloring sheet might be way below their level. A more appropriate lesson could include students drawing a scene from the film, after watching, that describes something they learned about social media safety. They can use any art supplies and their creativity, to create a drawing/ image of something they just watched and learned from the film. While the students are drawing, you can then take this time to talk about the ideas of social media safety that were mentioned in the film and discuss them at a deeper level.

 Standards:

Health Standards:

NHES 1: Students will comprehend concepts related to health promotion and disease prevention to enhance health.

• 5.3 List examples of dangerous or risky behaviors that might lead to injuries.
• HBO4-Apply safety rules and procedures to avoid risky behaviors and injuries.

NHES 2: Students will analyze the influence of family, peers, culture, media, technology, and other factors on human behaviors.

• 5.6 Describe how relevant influences of media and technology affect personal safety and injury prevention practices and behaviors.
• 5.6 Describe how relevant influences of media and technology affect personal health and wellness-related practices and behaviors.

NHES 3: Students will demonstrate the ability to access valid information and products and services to enhance health.

• 5.4 Demonstrate how to locate sources of accurate safety and inquiry prevention information.

NHES 4: Students will demonstrate the ability to use interpersonal communication skills to enhance health and avoid or reduce health risks.

• 5.4 Demonstrate how to effectively ask for help to avoid or reduce personal injury.

Art Standards: Visual Arts

• Anchor Standard 1.1: Combine ideas to generate an innovative idea for art-making.
• Anchor Standard 1.2: Identify and demonstrate diverse methods of artistic investigation to choose an approach for beginning a work of art.
• Anchor Standard 7.1: Compare one’s own interpretation of a work of art with the interpretation of others.