Media Balance is an important topic this year at the OJCS, and it’s one that we’ve been working on with students for many years. Students of all ages can learn and understand the lessons connected to finding a healthy balance of time online. For our younger students, I love using the book Unplugged by Steve … Continue reading Finding Media Balance at Any Age
An OJCS Library Workshop for Grades 4-8 This workshop has been offered to teachers both as a Nearpod lesson and in the following video format. This workshop focuses on ways to keep our online friendships healthy and happy. It also focuses on ways to deal with negative emotions that may come up, like jealousy.
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
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!
Today we listen to the story; Facts vs. Opinions vs. Robots by Michael Rex Afterwards we will complete a short assignment to make sure we understand the difference. Understanding the difference between facts and opinions is another way we can be great digital citizens. There is so much information online presented as a fact when … Continue reading Digital Citizenship Workshop – Facts vs. Opinions
This year the OJCS Reading Challenge is designed to make reading fun, encourage our students to reach for new reading goals, and to teach digital citizenship while connecting globally. We will be getting students to participate in the class creation of tweets, instagram posts, youtube videos or tik tok videos (whatever social media formats the … Continue reading Digital Citizenship Meets The OJCS Reading Challenge!
Lower Grades Digital Citizenship First, let’s read Unplugged by Steve Antony So how do you use your time? Everyone is going to get a sheet of paper and on one side you are going to write down all of the things you do plugged in (online) and on the other side, all of the things … Continue reading Let’s Get Unplugged
Lower Grades Digital Citizenship Lesson for the week of June 1st When friends or classmates are mean at school, we know what that looks like… making fun of how you look or what you wear not letting you play with them spreading rumours or lies about you that aren’t true sharing personal information about you … Continue reading Cyberbullying – Being Mean Online