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With the end of the school year comes cleaning up your child’s ipad. For those of you whose teacher and child used SeeSaw to showcase their learning, this next step applies to you. If you would like to “keep” the SeeSaw treasures for years to come, click on this link Keeping SeeSaw and follow the step by step directions. You could also help your child and me out by deleting any photos and videos that are not school related from the ipad.
Another reminder is that all charging cords, blocks and ipads are to be returned to school by May 21st. We will still be using them in the final weeks of school, but after that date, no ipads will be coming home. So start rounding up those cords and charging blocks! On a final note, all library books are due May 29th. Please return them as soon as possible to that date. Any lost or damaged books will need to be paid for. If you are missing a book or have a fine, you will receive a notice before the end of the year. Thank you all for of your help getting materials back in a timely matter. Enjoy your summer and I look forward to seeing you next fall! Even though we discuss this every year with age appropriate content and dialogue at each grade level, we can never be too over protective about this topic. Common Sense Media (click here) gives you good advice on how to have these discussions with your child. Common Sense Media suggests, "We can start with safeguards such as avoiding apps that make contact with strangers easy (such as Kik and Tinder), keeping accounts private, and setting limits on where and when your teen can use a device (as in, not alone in their room at night). But the most powerful tool is becoming a guiding voice in our kids' heads. To get the ball rolling, find five or 10 minutes when your kid is receptive (in other words, don't interrupt their favorite show and demand to talk), and tell them you want to teach them skills that are similar to being able to change a tire: They can get you out of a sticky situation. You can also frame it as something like a driving test: To use social media, they need to be able to operate it safely. Make sure to acknowledge that they might already have many of these skills, so this could be a chance to show them off. Feel free to run through this script verbatim or riff -- whatever works for you!"
Ask your teen: What should you do if someone you don't know contacts you online? Follow-up: But what if they seem harmless and nice? Or what if they seem to know things about you? Follow-up: What if they just want one picture, your Snapchat handle, or your phone number so you can text each other? I mean, they don't know where you live, right? How dangerous could that be? Follow-up: What if they say they already have an embarrassing picture, and if you don't send more, they'll share that one with everyone? Follow-up: What if your friends think it's funny to chat with them just as a prank? Ask your teen: But what if this person really seems to know you or one of your friends? What should you do then? Ask your teen: What if the person really does know you, but you aren't really interested in being in contact online? Ask your teen: What if you feel like you've gotten to know someone really well online and they ask to meet in real life? Follow up: It's not safe to meet someone you don't know. But if you were going to do that, what do you think are the safest ways? Ask your teen: When is it time to ask me or another adult for help? |
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