Techie Books - The Techie Teacher® In 2016 I wrote a blog post about 10 Techie Themed Read Aloud Books and my list keeps growing! I wanted to compile all of the elementary picture books arranged by topic in one area. Let me know if you have any recommendations we can add to this list! **All links are Amazon affiliate links** Also be sure to check out my post: 5 Reasons to Use Technology Themed Picture Books to Help Reinforce Digital Citizenship. Responsible Use of Technology Online Safety Reliable Sources Digital Footprint Cyberbullying Screen Time/Technology Addiction/Unplugging Coding/Programming 3D Printing Drones Email Etiquette Other Books with "Techie" Themes Thank you to the following educators for introducing me to some of these titles:Mrs.
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Digital Citizenship Week: 6 Resources for Educators. How to Teach Digital Citizenship. Recently, Common Sense Media named Ask a Tech Teacher as one of the 2014 blogs to watch on the topic of digital citizenship. It reminded me what a massive topic this is! To my count, it includes at least 19 topics: Cyberbullying -- Harassment that happens on the Internet. Digital citizenship -- Live in the digital world safely, responsibly, and ethically. Digital commerce -- Electronic buying and selling of goods. Digital communications -- Electronic transmission of information including email, IM, SMS, chatrooms, forums and multiplayer games. In this article, I talk about the broad strokes I use teaching this topic. Start teaching digital citizenship in kindergarten and include it every year through middle school.
Vary classroom dynamics with the student's age. Specific teaching strategies that use individualized instruction in the... Our step-by-step approach to learning all student first names by the start of... A few teaching strategies guaranteed to keep your students engaged. Nearpod and Common Sense Digital Citizenship Curriculum. Digital Citizenship | Mrs. Molly's Menagerie. Every Media Specialist in my district has been tasked with teaching our students about Digital Citizenship.
Our students are growing up in such a fast-paced, technological world and these skills are essential for them. I am very fortunate because my district has purchased NearPod for all the Media Specialists so we have access to the Common Sense Media Digital Citizenship lessons. These are filled with a lot of good information but I wanted a way to introduce the topic to the students that would be engaging and fun! I created a Digital Citizenship Jeopardy-style game for this purpose. My students always LOVE playing Jeopardy-type games.
I used this to introduce internet safety and as a way to stimulate discussion but it could also definitely be used as a review. The game corresponds to information in both the Common Sense Media NearPod lessons and their free online lessons. Click here to see the complete game and let me know what you think! New Digital Citizenship Posters. Lesson Plans. Click on the titles below to print age-appropriate lesson plans. These lesson plans are related to the online activities and easy to implement with few extra materials. Printable handouts are included. Parents may want to skim through the activities to get ideas for discussing Internet safety with their children. Primary (Ages 5-7) Bad Netiquette Stinks Students will learn the definition of netiquette and discuss the importance of having good manners online.
They will create a “netiquette net” to capture examples of bad online manners. Intermediate (Ages 8-10) Attitude Overdrive Students will watch the NSTeens video "Attitude Overdrive" and discuss what to do when they encounter "griefers" while playing games online. Battling Fake News in the Classroom.
In this post-election period, there has been a lot of discussion about fake news, particularly about how it is spread and shared online, and whether it influenced the recent presidential election. On November 22, Stanford University released an influential study showing that middle and high school students—and even some in college—have trouble distinguishing which online resources are credible. The inescapable fact is that young people need to be prepared for the Wild West of information that they live in and will grow up in. It is also imperative that we, as educators, prepare young people for the important job of responsible and informed citizenship. Media Literacy and “Crap Detection” Teaching media literacy is not new, but with the explosion of social media and the lightning speeds at which information is shared, critical evaluation skills have never been more important. The Role of Educators So how can educators address this emerging crisis in digital literacy?
What’s Next? IFLA -- How To Spot Fake News. Critical thinking is a key skill in media and information literacy, and the mission of libraries is to educate and advocate its importance. Discussions about fake news has led to a new focus on media literacy more broadly, and the role of libraries and other education institutions in providing this. When Oxford Dictionaries announced post-truth was Word of the Year 2016, we as librarians realise action is needed to educate and advocate for critical thinking – a crucial skill when navigating the information society. IFLA has made this infographic with eight simple steps (based on FactCheck.org’s 2016 article How to Spot Fake News) to discover the verifiability of a given news-piece in front of you. Download, print, translate, and share – at home, at your library, in your local community, and on social media networks.
The more we crowdsource our wisdom, the wiser the world becomes. Download the infographic Translations. How to Spot Fake News. Save The Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus. Help Save The ENDANGERED From EXTINCTION! The Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus Rare photo of the elusive tree octopus (Enhanced from cropped telephoto) The Pacific Northwest tree octopus (Octopus paxarbolis) can be found in the temperate rainforests of the Olympic Peninsula on the west coast of North America.
Their habitat lies on the Eastern side of the Olympic mountain range, adjacent to Hood Canal. An intelligent and inquisitive being (it has the largest brain-to-body ratio for any mollusk), the tree octopus explores its arboreal world by both touch and sight. Map of estimated tree octopus maximum range, including spawning waters Tree octopuses have eyesight comparable to humans. The reproductive cycle of the tree octopus is still linked to its roots in the waters of the Puget Sound from where it is thought to have originated. Why It's Endangered Route 101, separating the rainforests of the Olympic Peninsula from Hood Canal Tree Octopus hat from 1923 How You Can Help. What Is Digital Citizenship? Super Digital Citizen.
How to Be a Super Digital Citizen. Digital Citizenship. Internet Safety. 5 Internet Safety Tips for Kids. Internet Safety for Kids K-3. How to Spot Fake News - FactCheck.org.
5 Ways To Spot Fake News. What is Fake News? 9 Citizenship in the Digital Age - AddInfographic.