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Predators are using these 19 apps to lure minors, especially Fortnite, Minecraft, Kik, Musical.ly. This is what parents need to know. "Making sure a child or teenager doesn't get wrapped up in a conversation with someone much older than they are pretending to be boils down to parents taking note of the apps their kids are using and talking through what is appropriate, authorities say." Click here to read the full article!
Below is a link to the top 50 Children's Books & Series on Biblionasium in 2018. We have most of these books in our libraries. When your children are looking for a "good" book to read, use this list as a starting point! Biblionasium Book List
When you think of a library, you probably think of a quiet place. That is somewhat TRUE. Instead, the library of today is the "hub" of learning and a place I want students to come and relax with a good book. Even better, is the discussions and sharing that occurs over a good book as well. This is Mrs. E's class enjoying their time in the library! Fortnite is the newest video game rage. Please click the link to get some helpful parenting tips in dealing with this game and your children.
Fortnite on CommonSense Media We've been getting into the spirit of fall through some pumpkin activities in our libraries and makerspaces. At Jefferson, student were challenged to create a pumpkin based on a storybook character. Three students rose to the challenge. At Washington, students learned clever carving techniques in the makerspace area with Ms. Smith. Their creations also graced our library shelves and help create a pumpkin patch!
I have ordered hundreds of new library books for each school. Some are based on student and teacher requests while others have been purchased with the new reading curriculum in mind. Others still have been purchased to fill in gaps of series we currently have or lack of a type of genre (fantasy, realistic fiction). Finally, some are replacements for those books that have been lost or damaged or were just great books that have been “loved” to death. Once the allotted money has been spent, I do not get any more money until the following school year to replace or buy new books. So, please, when a notice comes home with your child, please look for the missing books or pay the fine for damaged/lost books. With your help, we can keep our library up to date with great books. TECHNOLOGY UPDATE: All students have access to online magazines through the app called Flipster. Students in 1st-5th gradehave been shown how to use the app. As long as your child downloads the magazine at school, no WIFI is needed. The other app/resource I would like students 2-5 to use is Destiny Discover. It is on their home screen. Destiny Discover has links to databases (online encyclopedias essentially) that are written at their reading level and can read the material to them. It is so much safer and kid-friendly than Google or Safari. Students can even get images and watch videos on the topic they are studying. Besides databases, the app searches the school library for books on the topic as well. The ebooks can be downloaded at school for reading at home without WIFI. Please encourage your child to use this resource the next time he/she is gathering information. If you've been shopping around for parental controls to help manage your kids' Apple devices, you might want to put on the brakes: The new operating system, iOS 12, has a feature called Screen Time that might have what you're looking for. Screen Time lets you see exactly how much time your kids spend on their phones and tablets, the times of day they're most active, and which apps they use the most. You can also set app time limits, filter inappropriate content, and schedule "downtime" -- basically, shut down the device -- whenever you want.
Usage Tracking Screen Time gives you a weekly report showing how long your kids have used their device that week and at what times of day. You can also see what categories of apps (Productivity, Entertainment, etc.) and specific apps (Snapchat, Fortnite) they use the most. App Limits If your kids are using apps that you're concerned about you can use App Limits to cut them off after a certain amount of time or on certain days. You can set App Limits by category, such as Social Networking or Entertainment, and for specific apps. If you want to limit everything, you can go into App Limits and select All Apps & Categories. Once kids hit their time limit, they can send a request for more time; you can either approve it or not. Downtime This feature lets you block off a chunk of time when kids can't use their phones -- like from right around bedtime until they wake up. If your kid says, "But I listen to music to help me go to sleep!" No problem: You can set the Music app to Always Allowed, and your kid can access that app during Downtime. Always Allowed This is where you can select apps that your kid can always access, even during Downtime. The phone is always allowed no matter what your settings are, but you can turn off core apps like Messages, FaceTime, and Maps so that they won't come on either. For more information click the website here: https://www.commonsensemedia.org/blog/what-apples-new-ios-12-parental-controls-mean-for-you? Information taken from commonsensemedia.org |
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