Charli D’Amelio needs no introduction and in this video she talks about a huge issue of concern to everyone, cyberbullying. We are online more now than ever. And with new social media apps and games, comes more and more opportunity to comment on strangers videos and posts and even send them DMs. Opening up our … Continue reading Charli and Dixie talk about Cyberbullying
Middle School Digital Literacy Lesson Whenever you visit a new site, you will most often get a message notifying you that the site uses cookies. Sometimes it will give you an option to choose to continue with cookies or not. You may have felt very confused about what a cookie was… is it a good … Continue reading C is for Cookie
By now you are all amazing digital citizens when you’re online; you protect your private information, you don’t post mean comments on other people’s blogs, photos, or videos. You are careful about the websites you visit and you balance your time online. Now let me ask you this… Do you remember to be a good … Continue reading Remembering to be a Digital Citizen While Gaming
Lower School Phishing Lesson Have you ever had a message pop-up on your computer saying that you have a virus but if you click a certain button you can fix it? Or that if you click on a link you can get a free iphone? Or an email in your inbox from someone you’ve never … Continue reading Steering Clear of Online Tricks!
Middle School Phishing Lesson for the week of May 4th You may have heard the word phishing in relation to online safety and wondered what it meant. Imagine that YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION is the fish these phishers are fishing for. Your phone number, address, financial information, passwords, etc… Phishers are online scammers who are trying … Continue reading Phishing For YOUR Personal Information
Online Safety for Grade 1 The internet is an amazing place to spend our time, but we need to learn some basic safety rules for when we are online. Just like how when we learn to drive we learn the rules of the road first, we need to learn online safety rules before we start … Continue reading A First Look At Online Safety
First we are going to watch a video about the North American House Hippo… When this video started, for a moment did you believe that this could be real or did you know immediately that it was not? What were some of the reasons you did or didn’t believe it? How could we be sure? … Continue reading House Hippos and Cabbits
Here is a picture that’s been floating around online. It is a photo of a Sea-Rex. What is your first reaction when you see this picture? Do you think it’s real or fake? Why? What are some of the reasons you think people might post a photo like this online? This is actually a photoshopped … Continue reading Seeing Should Not Always Mean Believing… Especially Online!
Your parents and teachers (including me!) are often trying to educate you about the problems and safety issues surrounding social media. That it’s addictive, that some platforms are inappropriate, that it is full of ill-intentioned strangers. There is of course some truth to some of this, but there is also a bright and shiny flip … Continue reading Using Social Media to Make a Positive Impact
Even though you are a kid, you can be exposed to a lot of serious and scary world news through social media, overhearing parents watching television or listening to the radio, or even listening in on adult conversations that aren’t intended for you. Hearing bad news can cause us to feel a lot of fear … Continue reading News Made Just For Kids!