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FREE Digital Citizenship Lessons for Grades 3-5

CMLE understands the importance of learning good digital citizenship and literacy! One of our fantastic school library members shared that the FREE digital citizenship curriculum provided by Common Sense Education has been very well-received at her school. So we wanted to make sure you know about this resource in case it may be useful to you!

Today we’re looking at the curriculum for grades 3-5. In case you missed it, we covered the lessons for K-2 in last week’s post. For these older grade levels, more topics and lessons are available. Most lessons include slides or videos and tackle topics like privacy, cyberbulling, media literacy, and more. All lessons also come with family activities and tips.

Third graders get to practice their media balance and well-being through an interactive Rings of Responsibility activity. They learn about the meaning of the word “password” and practice creating a strong one. There’s also an important news literacy lesson about how fake photos and videos are created and contribute to the spread of untrue information.

Fourth graders learn about the definition of “digital footprint” and how their online activity contributes to the creation of their online identity. This information is delivered through a footprint game and quiz. There’s also a lesson about social interaction when playing video games, with a video and discussion time to analyze communication and behavior.

Fifth graders get acquainted with the concept of clickbait and learn strategies to avoid it. There are handouts and a quiz to go along with the lesson. There’s also a lesson that shows ways gender stereotypes can lead to unfair treatment online. A poem and avatar activity go along with the lesson. Cyberbullying is covered again, with a discussion about the similarities and differences between real-life bullying, being mean, and strategies to use if you encounter someone being bullied online.

Clicking the Bait: Helping Patrons Decipher Fake News and Alternative Facts

This, and many other opportunities, can be found on our Continuing Education calendar! Check it often, or add it to your own Google calendar, to be sure you see all the neat opportunities happening for you around the profession.

And remember that CMLE has up to $200 in scholarship money for you (yes – YOU!) to attend a training program or conference each year. (We ask you to tell us about your experience in return, so it’s pretty painless!)
How to spot fake news

Clicking the Bait: Helping Patrons Decipher Fake News and Alternative Facts

March 29, 2017, 10:30 am – 12:30 pm CDT

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Video Production Has Begun!

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A small group of high school media specialists and college librarians continue to work with CMLE  on our attempts to Bridge Information Literacy Efforts Across Libraries. Recently, we crafted and implemented a college-student survey that basically asked college students: Based on your experience, if you could tell a high-school student three things to help them prepare for college-level research, what would it be?

We received over 400 responses from students at four local colleges and  69 respondents indicated a willingness to appear in a video. Hard choices were made to arrive at whom to film and we have begun  production of a short video capturing some of the responses. We hope to make the video available widely through YouTube. The video will be used for various purposes, and we hope to use it as a conversation starter at an upcoming event that is open to all types of libraries in late spring as a springboard to new “bridging”activities next Fall. Are you curious about the work of the three media specialists and three college librarians to date? Go to http://tinyurl.com/bjsugro to read the executive summary of the group’s work. Watch for further updates on this exciting work!

Five Tech Skills Every Student Should Possess

Recently, eSchool News asked its readers for their thoughts on the top five technology skills that all students should learn. A big part of what came through loud and clear is the ability to easily  adapt to change. Tip: the comments at the end of the article are probably as interesting as the article itself. The full text of the article is available at  http://tinyurl.com/ckb63x5

What do you think the top five technology skills are for students?