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**Young Digital Citizens: Reading List** SORLA 2011

**Jen Legatt** **Technology Integration Specialist, Farmington Public Schools** [|**jlegatt@farmington.k12.mn.us**]

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 * Digital Generation Resources**
 * How the World Spends Its Time Online: http://thenextweb.com/shareables/2010/06/19/nifty-infographic-on-what-the-world-does-online/
 * Classic Posters: http://laughingsquid.com/fake-vintage-ads-for-facebook-youtube-skype/
 * Beloit Mindset List: [|http://www.beloit.edu/mindset/2002/]


 * Activity:**
 * 1) Click on the Digital Native Map: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/digitalnation/extras/digital_native.html
 * 2) Look at the different areas of the Digital Native Map. Type two things that you find interesting on the WallWisher Wall here: http://www.wallwisher.com/wall/SORLAYDC


 * More Digital Generation Resources**
 * Pay Attention: http://teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=448&title=Pay_Attention
 * Refugees and Bridges: http://www.infinitethinkingmachine.org/2006/10/digital-refugees-and-bridges.html
 * A New Balance: Trilling, Bernie and Charles Fadel. 21st Century Skills. San Francisco: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2009.

> Rules for complying with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act > Schools and libraries subject to CIPA are required to adopt and implement an Internet safety policy > Additional resources for Children's Online Privacy.
 * Protecting Children Online**
 * COPPA:http://business.ftc.gov/documents/bus45-how-comply-childrens-online-privacy-protection-rule
 * CIPA: http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts/cipa.html
 * Children’s Online Privacy: A Resource Guide for Parents: http://www.privacyrights.org/fs/fs21-children.htm


 * Activity:**
 * 1) Cybersmart- Go Places Safely: <span style="color: #000cf2; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">http://cybersmartcurriculum.org/safetysecurity/lessons/k-1/go_places_safely/
 * 2) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Private Information: <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">[]

> An activity for your students to do with their parents. > Help Captain Broadband catch the bad guy! > Become a Webonaut and explore what it means to be a good citizen on the web! For 8-10 year olds. > Watch Be Safer Online and Beat the Tricks > Netsmartz has a large collection of resources for kids, teens, and adults
 * Additional Safety Resources**
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">Digizen: Family Agreement: http://www.digizen.org/digicentral/family-agreement.aspx
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">AT&T: Safety Land: http://www.att.com/Common/images/safety/game.html
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">PBS: Webonauts: http://pbskids.org/webonauts/about/
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">NetSmartz Kids Videos: http://www.netsmartzkids.org/videos/index.htm
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">NetSmartz: http://www.netsmartz.org/index.aspx
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">CyberSmart Curriculum: http://cybersmartcurriculum.org/
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">An extensive collection of resources sorted by theme and grade level.


 * Blogging:**
 * Blogs in Plain English: http://www.commoncraft.com/blogs


 * Activity:**
 * 1) Plogging: http://www.notesfrommcteach.com/2010/09/learning-to-blog-using-paper.html
 * 2) Kidblog.org: http://kidblog.org/192tis/
 * Answer the question on the main blog.
 * On your own blog, create a post that tells how you feel when it is stormy outside.

> Check out Blogging Rules and Blogging Agreement. > A blogging platform designed just for education. > Edublogs explains how to create "valid" email addresses using one Gmail account. > A very simple blogging platform for use with elementary students.
 * Additional Blogging Resources:**
 * Netsmartz Blogging: <span style="color: #830081; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">http://www.netsmartz.org/Blogging
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">Scholastic: How to Use Blogs, Grades 3-5: http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=3749958
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">They also have a Grades 6-8 version. http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=3749960
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">Edublogs: http://edublogs.org/why-edublogs/
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">Edublogs: Creating Student Accounts Using One Gmail Account: http://help.edublogs.org/2009/02/27/creating-student-accounts-using-one-gmail-account/
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">Kidblog: http://kidblog.org/home.php


 * Texting/Twitter**
 * ** Twitter in Plain English: ** http://www.commoncraft.com/twitter
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">Twitter in the real world http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/05/02/man-live-tweets-u-s-raid-on-osama-bin-laden-without-knowing-it/
 * Imagine this Twitter Project! <span style="color: #000cf2; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2010/08/17/tweeting-the-bible-one-chapter-at-a-time/

Activity:
 * 1) Create a Civil War "Tweet Wall"
 * 2) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">Use only 140 characters.
 * 3) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">Spaces count!
 * 4) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">Use real words, correct punctuation.
 * 5) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">Find your date and "Tweet" it! Click here for the list.
 * 6) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">[[file:Twitter.doc]]

> It will only work once, but this can be a powerful conversation starter for a talk about Cyberbullying
 * Cyberbulling**
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Bulling Infographic: http://i55.tinypic.com/23j37si.png
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">Cry of the Dolphins: http://current.com/1l5g44c

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">**Activity:**


 * 1) The Power of Words: http://cybersmartcurriculum.org/cyberbullying/lessons/4-5/the_power_of_words/


 * Additional Cyberbulling Resources:**
 * <span style="color: #830081; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">http://www.stopbullyingnow.hrsa.gov/kids/
 * <span style="color: #830081; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">http://www.thatsnotcool.com/
 * http://www.stopcyberbullying.org/index2.html

> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">What is copyright? Does it matter how much of a song or video I use? What is attribution? Hover your pointer over a student for a question.
 * Copyright:**
 * <span style="color: #000cf2; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">http://www.copyrightkids.org/

> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">22 Question Challenge for students (and teachers, too!)
 * Activity:**
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Copyright Kids Quiz: <span style="color: #000cf2; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">http://www.copyrightkids.org/quizframes.htm

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">**Additional Copyright Resources:** > Check out the lesson plan and PowerPoint to go with it. > Take some time to look at other Digizen resources
 * <span style="color: #000cf2; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">http://cybersmartcurriculum.org/mannersbullyingethics/lessons/4-5/whose_is_it_anyway/
 * <span style="color: #000cf2; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">http://www.teachingcopyright.org/resources
 * <span style="color: #000cf2; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">http://www.cyberbee.com/cb_copyright.swf
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">Digizen: Plagiarism: http://www.digizen.org/digicentral/plagiarism.aspx
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">Digizen.org: http://www.digizen.org

> A place to practice good citizenship. > > A site designed just for tweens with news based on their interests and levels.
 * Connect Kids to the World**
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">Scholastic News Online: <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/scholasticnews/index.html
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">TweenTribune: http://tweentribune.com/