Respect, Responsibility,
& Reverence
Mrs. Sileo | Technology Class
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Welcome back students
Please sign and return your student's TWO Technology Behavior and Use policy, if you haven't already.
To start the year off, every class K-8 will be working on a Digital Citizenship Unit provided by Common Sense Media. This curriculum gives students a strong foundation for facing digital challenges.
Together we SHINE by creating a healthy digital life for our children!
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Kindergarten
Students will begin the year with Digital Citizens Unit brought to us by Common Sense Media. Skills we are covering include: (1) Students consider the feelings of themselves and others when making decisions about when, where, and how much to use technology. (2)Know when and why to take breaks from device time. (3) Consider the feelings of people around them, even when engaged in fun online activities. (4) Learn why it's important to be aware and respectful of people while using devices. (5) Learn the Pause, Breathe, Finish Up routine as a self-regulation strategy for transitioning from technology to face-to-face interactions. (6) Discover that the internet can be used to visit faraway places and learn new things. (7) Compare how staying safe online is similar to staying safe in the real world. (8) Explain rules for traveling safely on the internet.
Media Balance Family Guide Kindergarten
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First Grade
Students will begin the year with Digital Citizens Unit brought to us by Common Sense Media. Skills we are covering include: (1) Understand the importance of being safe, responsible, and respectful online. (2) Learn the "Pause & Think Online" song to remember basic digital citizenship concepts. (3) Recognize the different kinds of feelings they can have when using technology. (4) Know what to do when they don't have a good feeling when using technology. (5) Understand that being safe online is similar to staying safe in real life. (6) Learn to identify websites and apps that are "just right" and "not right" for them. (7) Know how to get help from an adult if they are unsure about a website.
Pause & Think Family Activity First
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Second Grade
Students will begin the year with Digital Citizens Unit brought to us by Common Sense Media. Skills we are covering include: (1) Understand that being a good digital citizen means being safe and responsible online. (2) Take a pledge to be a good digital citizen. (3) Recognize the ways in which digital devices can be distracting. (4) Identify how they feel when others are distracted by their devices. (5) Identify ideal device-free moments for themselves and others. (5) Recognize the kind of information that is private. (6) Understand that they should never give out private information online. (6) Learn that the information they share online leaves a digital footprint or "trail". (7) Explore what information is OK to be shared online. (8) Compare and contrast how they are connected to different people and places, in person and on the internet. (9) Demonstrate an understanding of how people can connect on the internet. (10) Understand what online meanness can look like and how it can make people feel. (11) Identify ways to respond to mean words online, using S-T-O-P.
Digital Citizen Family Activity Second
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Third Grade
Students will begin the year with Digital Citizens Unit brought to us by Common Sense Media. Skills we are covering include: Examine both in-person and online responsibilities. Describe the Rings of Responsibility as a way to think about how our behavior affects ourselves and others. Identify examples of online responsibilities to others. Define the term "password" and describe a password's purpose. Understand why a strong password is important. Practice creating a memorable and strong password. Consider how posting selfies or other images will lead others to make assumptions about them. Reflect on the most important parts of their unique identity. Identify ways they can post online to best reflect who they are. Define what a community is, both in person and online. Explain how having norms helps people in a community achieve their goals. Create and pledge to adhere to shared norms for being in an online community. Understand that it's important to think about the words we use, because everyone interprets things differently. Identify ways to respond to mean words online, using S-T-O-P. Decide what kinds of statements are OK to say online and which are not.
Family Activity - Media Balance & Well-Being - Grade 3
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Fourth Grade
Students will begin the year with Digital Citizens Unit brought to us by Common Sense Media. Skills we are covering include: Learn the "What? When? How Much?" framework for describing their media choices. Use this framework and their emotional responses to evaluate how healthy different types of media choices are. Begin to develop their own definition of a healthy media balance. Identify the reasons why people share information about themselves online. Explain the difference between private and personal information. Explain why it is risky to share private information online. Define the term "digital footprint" and identify the online activities that contribute to it. Identify ways they are -- and are not -- in control of their digital footprint. Understand what responsibilities they have for the digital footprints of themselves and others. Define "social interaction" and give an example. Describe the positives and negatives of social interaction in online games. Create an online video game cover that includes guidelines for positive social interaction. Reflect on the characteristics that make someone an upstanding digital citizen. Recognize what cyberbullying is.
Show ways to be an upstander by creating a digital citizenship superhero comic strip.
Define "copyright" and explain how it applies to creative work. Describe their rights and responsibilities as creators. Apply copyright principles to real-life scenarios.
Family Activity - Media Balance & Well-Being - Grade 4
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Fifth Grade
Students will begin the year with Digital Citizens Unit brought to us by Common Sense Media. Skills we are covering include: Reflect on how balanced they are in their daily lives. Consider what "media balance" means, and how it applies to them. Create a personalized plan for healthy and balanced media use. Define "the curiosity gap."
Explain how clickbait uses the curiosity gap to get your attention. Use strategies for avoiding clickbait. Define "gender stereotype" and describe how they can be present online. Describe how gender stereotypes can lead to unfairness or bias. Create an avatar and a poem that show how gender stereotypes impact who they are. Compare and contrast different kinds of online-only friendships. Describe the benefits and risks of online-only friendships. Describe how to respond to an online-only friend if the friend asks something that makes them uncomfortable. Recognize similarities and differences between in-person bullying, cyberbullying, and being mean. Empathize with the targets of cyberbullying. Identify strategies for dealing with cyberbullying and ways they can be an upstander for those being bullied. Understand the purposes of different parts of an online news page. Identify the parts and structure of an online news article. Learn about things to watch out for when reading online news pages, such as sponsored content and advertisements.
Family Activity - Media Balance & Well-Being - Grade 5
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Sixth Grade
Students will begin the year with Digital Citizens Unit brought to us by Common Sense Media. Skills we are covering include: Reflect on their common online and offline activities. Analyze and prioritize the activities that are most important to them.
Identify ways to "unplug" to maintain balance between online and offline activities. Compare and contrast identity theft with other kinds of theft. Describe different ways that identity theft can occur online. Use message clues to identify examples of phishing. Reflect on reasons why people might create fake social media accounts. Identify the possible results of posting from a fake social media account. Debate the benefits and drawbacks of posting from multiple accounts. Analyze how well they know the people they interact with online. Reflect on what information is safe to share with different types of online friends. Learn to recognize red flag feelings and how to respond to them. Reflect on how easily drama can escalate online. Identify de-escalation strategies when dealing with digital drama. Reflect on how digital drama can affect not only oneself but also those around us. Learn reasons that people put false or misleading information on the internet. Learn criteria for differentiating fake news from credible news. Practice evaluating the credibility of information they find on the internet.
Family Activity - Cyberbullying, Digital Drama & Hate Speech - Grade 6
Family Activity - Media Balance & Well-Being - Grade 6
Family Activity - Relationships & Communication - Grade 6
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Seventh Grade
Students will begin the year with Digital Citizens Unit brought to us by Common Sense Media. Skills we are covering include: Make an inventory of their media choices and how those choices make them feel. Brainstorm personal strategies for balancing media use. Create personal guidelines for promoting healthy media balance. Explain why information about them and their behaviors is valuable to companies. Analyze how certain types of data are used by companies. Learn three strategies to limit individual data collection by companies. Define the term "digital footprint" and explain how it can affect their online privacy. Analyze how different parts of their digital footprints can lead others to draw conclusions -- both positive and negative -- about who they are. Reflect on what they want their digital footprints to be in the future and how they can monitor and shape them. Identify the role of social media in students' lives. Reflect on the positive and negative effects of using social media on their relationships. Recognize "red flag feelings" when using social media, and consider ways to handle them. Consider the different perspectives of those involved in a cyberbullying incident. Identify ways to be an upstander or ally to someone being bullied. Problem-solve potential challenges to responding to cyberbullying. Define the terms "copyright," "public domain," and "fair use." Identify the purpose of the Four Factors of Fair Use. Apply fair use to real-world examples, making a case for or against.
Family Activity - Cyberbullying, Digital Drama & Hate Speech - Grade 7
Family Activity - Media Balance & Well-Being - Grade 7
Family Activity - Relationships & Communication - Grade 7
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Eighth Grade
Students will begin the year with Digital Citizens Unit brought to us by Common Sense Media. Skills we are covering include: Explore ways that different digital media are, and aren't, designed to help them make good media choices. Reflect on how digital media is designed to either help or hinder the addition of meaning and value to their lives. Think about how to develop good, healthy habits when digital media. Reflect on the concept of privacy, including what they feel comfortable sharing and with which people. Analyze different ways that advertisers collect information about users to send them targeted ads. Identify strategies for protecting their privacy, including opting out of specific features and analyzing app or website privacy policies. Identify reasons for using social media and the challenges that often come along with it. Reflect on the responsibilities they have that are related to digital footprints -- both their own and others' -- when they're using social media. Identify ways to make the most of social media while still caring for the digital footprints of themselves and others. Use a circle-discussion structure to strengthen their class community. Explore the nature of hate speech by discussing whether it could happen at their school. Identify specific actions to positively affect a situation involving hate speech. Define breaking news, and understand why individuals and news outlets want to be first to report a story. Analyze breaking news alerts to identify clues of false or incomplete information. Reflect on the consequences of reacting right away to breaking news alerts.
Family Activity - Cyberbullying, Digital Drama & Hate Speech - Grade 8
Family Activity - Media Balance & Well-Being - Grade 8
Family Activity - Relationships & Communication - Grade 8
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Practice at home!
ALL STUDENTS 3rd - 8th Grade a subscription to the Qwerty Town Program. It is a web based program that can be accessed from any computer. We will be using the program in class and I strongly encourage you to have your student(s) play at home as well.
It teaches keyboarding skills while having fun! You can use the link listed in my subpages or access it by clicking go.qwertytown.com.
To log in, your students username is:
First Initial + Last Name (First letter capitalized). Example: KSileo And your student's password: seas2017.
Please feel free to email me with any questions.
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Discovery Education Experience
Each student at SEAS has a Discovery Education account. This vast resource provides content for all aspects of your student's education. SEAS teachers use this service to provide students with a safe content-driven digital learning environment. Your student was provided a login from their homeroom teacher. Don't have your login? Email me and I can share it with you.
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ksileosteas.comTechnology Administrator & Teacher
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News
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August 7I am happy to say that this summer the Computer Lab and the Library had new carpet installed! It looks awesome! No more unraveling carpet squares! Thank you Mr. Sileo for helping me take apart and re-install the lab for this! #SHINE4SEASRead More
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