This week our topic was Online Safety and how to stay safe when visiting a website. The lesson focused on understanding how being safe online is similar to staying safe in real life, how to recognize sites that are appropriate for them to visit, and to ask an adult when they are unsure. Listed below are some great resources for both kids and
parents to learn more about online safety:
- BrainPop Jr.: Free interactive video and activities.
- Common Sense Media: Answers many important questions about keeping your children safe online. Many great teaching resources for teachers also.
- Kids.gov: Online safety videos and games on a variety of topics for kids, parents, and teachers.
The students continued to work on their blogs this week. Because this is my first time using Kidblog we are still working out a few of the kinks but the kids have been very patient with the process and this week were able to post a response to the question I posed. The students then learned how to publish a new post on their own blog. I asked them to write about what they did on their snow day. Our next step will be to learn how to respond appropriately to a classmate on a post they have published.
What kinds of information should I keep to myself when I use the Internet?
Here are some great articles on the benefits of student blogging:
And of course there was coding...
 Look closely to see the math the kids need to be able to do in order for the line of code to work correctly. It is fun to watch the kids collaborate and help each other to solve a coding problem. They also get excited to share with each other what they have made. |
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