Monday, December 12, 2011

Internet Safety Day!



Today, we will begin with a BrainPop Jr. movie on Internet Safety:





We'll then take the Quiz!

The we will play a pair of games to explore issues of web safety, information literacy and digital citizenship.  Both games have been created by PBS Kids.

The first is a simple introduction to some of the major topics in Internet safety, such as downloading, passwords, meeting people online and being safe.  By navigating this game, and answering questions correctly, students will earn an official web license:




PBS has also created a more comprehensive game titled Webonauts, to be found here:









These games will kick off a discussion of Internet Safety that will take place next week.

Friday, December 9, 2011

Wow! The Animal Trading Cards are Beautiful!

I thought I would post a few examples of the Animal Trading Card project we finished up this week.

Amazing work, third graders...