Parents: informational, resourceful General Information: unicef Coronavirus (COVID-19) guide for parents This website has a variety of reliable articles that cover a wide range of up to date information regarding COVID-19. It is straightforward and easy to navigate. As a teacher, I would send this resource home to families in a newsletter. It would also … Continue reading unicef COVID-19 Parent Resource
General Information: Headspace for Kids, created by Andy Puddicombe in 2010. Version 3.121.0, free with in app purchases, https://www.headspace.com/meditation/kids. This app would be helpful for multiple aspects of the classroom. Since the app teaches and practices guided self-regulation, students could use this app as a part of a “calm down corner” when they are getting into yellow, red, and blue … Continue reading K-2 App for Social Media Health: Headspace For Kids
General Information: Common Sense Media For Parents Common Sense Media is the best site I have found for educating parents about social media in a variety of contexts. It is continually updated so that information stays relevant and topical to the current issues. It also poses a variety of social media concerns parents may have … Continue reading K-2 Parent Internet Resource For Social Media Health: Common Sense Media For Parents
General Information: Common Sense Media for Teachers This site is a well known and highly valuable website for informing teachers on digital citizenship topics and aiding in lesson planning. There are a wide variety of digital citizenship and social media effects topics for teachers to educate themselves on and create lessons around. All information … Continue reading K-2 Teacher Internet Resource For Social Media Health: Common Sense Media For Teachers
General Information: Students will gather in the computer lab and watch a video about online safety from, BrainPop, a kid friendly website. Then they will individually complete the quiz about online safety and choose one related reading choice from the list. This website is perfect for students because it is easy to navigate and the … Continue reading K-2 Student Internet Resource for Social Media Health: BrainPop
Students General Information: https://jr.brainpop.com/artsandtechnology/technology/internetsafety/ How do we teach younger elementary students about internet safety? This video on Jr.Brainpop.com does an incredible job of explaining the rights and wrongs of searching the internet as a young student. Brainpop Jr. is a child friendly and easily accessible website that introduces a broad spectrum of lifestyle subjects … Continue reading Internet Resources for Social Media Safety K-2
General Information: App: Cloud Chaos (FREE) Rights-Holder: NetSmartzKids Publication Year/Version: 2019, Version 1.1 The Cloud Chaos App is an interactive way for students to learn all about staying safe online. Students get to pick a character and then explore different worlds that teach them different things about online safety. Students collect coins and attempt challenges … Continue reading Social Media Safety App Resource for Students- Fifth Grade “Cloud Chaos”
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 … Continue reading Social Media Safety Media Resource Popular Film- Fifth Grade “Into the Cloud Season 1”
Documentary Film: Dangers of Social Media General Information: Title: Dangers of Social Media Producer: Brian Stewart, Alexander Street a ProQuest Company Year: 2011 Length: 18:52 Rating: unable to find a rating We found that “Dangers of Social Media”, while a little dated, was the best documentary for discussing social media safety. The film covers a … Continue reading Social Media Safety Media Resource Documentary- Fifth Grade “Dangers of Social Media”
Nonfiction Resource for Students General Information: Book: Social Media Savvy: Facts and Figures about Selfies, Smartphones and Standing Out Author: Elizabeth Raum Publication Date/ Publisher: May 1, 2018: Capstone Press We found Social Media Savvy: Facts and Figures about Selfies, Smartphones and Standing Out to be the best nonfiction resource for students, that teaches children … Continue reading Social Media Safety Nonfiction Literature Resource for Students- Fifth Grade “Social Media Savvy: Facts and Figures about Selfies, Smartphones and Standing Out”