STEM Resources: Digital Literacy/Citizenship

Provides ten lessons on how to write or film blogs and vlogs.

In “Innovate with iPad: Lessons to Transform Learning in the Classroom” primary teachers Karen Lirenman and Kristen Wideen provide a complete selection of clearly laid out engaging open-ended lessons to change the way you use iPad in the classroom. By simply downloading a few basic, open-ended creation apps, your students will engage in the learning process and demonstrate their newfound knowledge in the way that works best for them. In addition, throughout the book, Karen and Kristen provide beginner and advanced lessons and quick tips and practical suggestions to make the integration of iPad go as seamlessly as possible.--WorldCat.

On the Internet: Our First Talk About Online Safety introduces children to the basics of online safety in a story-based, conversational style. Using real-world examples set within the context of a child who is using the Internet for the first time and watching an older sibling interact with social media, Dr. Roberts takes readers through several common scenarios around parental supervision, online bullying and anonymity. She also includes examples of people who use the Internet to make the world a better place. On the Internet addresses common safety concerns in a child-centered way and offers easy-to-understand rationales as to why it's important to maintain boundaries online just as in real life.- Goodreads

Popcorn is, quite simply, the friendliest chicken at Fiddlesticks farm! When she finds a Fabulous Friend Machine in the barn, she sets about making some brand new friends. But behind the screen of the Fabulous Friend Machine, maybe her new friends are not so friendly after all...
A cautionary tale from the globally best-selling Nick Bland.

n this fourth Mrs. Skorupski tale, the librarian with the finest accessories in all of Liberty School shows students how to decide when the Internet is reliable. With the help of the Website Evaluation Gizmo, Hunter discovers that the Internet can provide true facts, Carmen learns that not everything there is true, and together they solve the question of George Washington's teeth.

"Rhymes and colorful illustrations offer a timeless message to a new generation learning to navigate the fast-changing digital age. Whether sending a photo or making a comment, "Screen" wants kids to know their posts -- the kind and the cruel -- will follow them for a very long time and will influence their friendships.--Publisher.

Jasper learns to recognize and overcome his video game addiction.

A child seeks a way to communicate with parents and a brother who are busy with their electronic devices.

If you give in to temptation and give a bored little mouse your iPhone, even for ten minutes, he’s probably going to beam to some faraway place beyond time, space, and the sound of your pleading voice. And if he’s that far gone, he won’t have any idea what’s going on around him, and he might end up missing out on all the real fun.

Caveboy Tek is obsessed with his electronic devices and ignores the world around him until his family and friends hatch a plan to get him to unplug

Spending all of his time on social media making online friends, Nerdy Birdy neglects his live friend, Vulture.

Chick discovers the Internet and enjoys online shopping and social networking, but when she arranges to meet a friend she made online, she discovers all is not as it seems.

Dot, a spunky little girl obsessed with electronic devices, uses her tech-savvy expertise and resourceful imagination when she sets off on an interactive adventure.

"... practical ways for taking digital citizenship lessons beyond a conversation about personal responsibility so that you can create opportunities for students to become participatory citizens, actively engaging in multiple levels of community and developing relationships based on mutual trust and understanding with others in these spaces"--Provided by publisher.

When Papa brings home a computer, the whole family is soon spending all day, every day staring at the screen, which means it is up to Papa to get the Berenstains back into the real world.