Grade 1 Learns Internet Safety Through Play Today, our Grade 1 students enjoyed a fun and engaging library workshop focused on an important topic: internet safety. Using the familiar game Red Light, Green Light, students learned how to make safe choices when they are online. This interactive workshop is part of the Common Sense Education … Continue reading Red Light, Green Light – Learning About Internet Safety
What Is Chat GPT, How Does it Work, and How Can It Be Used to Cheat? Chat GPT (Generative Pre-trained Transformer) is a large language model developed by OpenAI that uses machine learning algorithms to generate human-like text. It is trained on a vast amount of data and can generate text that is grammatically correct, … Continue reading Everything You Need to Know About ChatGPT – Written by ChatGPT
A DigCit Info Post You have probably heard people talk about something you find on social media called bots. You may even have had an experience with bots liking, retweeting, or commenting on your social media posts. But what exactly are bots? Are they dangerous? There was an event on TikTok a few months ago … Continue reading What Are Social Bots?
Here is a slides lesson to help students understand the risks of sexting, sending nude photos and videos, and Omegle. To view the slides in full screen, click the 3 dots and hit ‘enter full screen’.
Here is a workshop that can be used from grade 1 to grade 4. We will talk about some of the most important ways we can stay safe and kind online while gaming. Protecting our game passwords Not sharing personal information in game chats Being kind in game chats Not being overly competitive Finding our … Continue reading Keeping Online Gaming Safe and Kind
Considerations for Parents If you are the parent of an elementary aged student there is a pretty good chance your kids are on Roblox. Roblox is an online game or app in which players from around the world converge in different games that are created by its own users or professional game development groups. Some … Continue reading Reflecting on Roblox
A New Nearpod Lesson I have created a new Nearpod lesson that can be used anywhere from grade 4 to grade 8 in which we will learn about Digital Footprints. Digital Footprints are the tracks you leave all over the internet every time you go online. Any time you visit a website, leave a comment, … Continue reading Let’s Think About Our Digital Footprints
You might have heard that there are some very commonly used passwords that you should never use because they are very easy for hackers to figure out. Passwords we should never use include; your pet’s name your own name your siblings name your birthday your street name password 123456 abc123 iloveyou princess dragon But how … Continue reading Online Safety Workshop – Protect Your Passwords!
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