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Think Before You Post

Digital Citzenship Week (October 19th-25th)

This week students are leaning about being a good digital citizen online.  They are leaning that good digital citizens need to:
THINK before they post.
FEEL with their heart and choose kind respectful words.
LISTEN to their gut, if they feel that something is wrong.
STAND up to cyber bullies. 
BALANCE their time online with other activities.

Creating A Movement Using Social Media

Students are learning positive ways to communicate their thoughts and feelings about social issues and to get people to join in a cause that they feel passionate about.

During the months of April and May students are learning about Earth Day and how they can use this platform to bring awareness to environmental issues that are effecting us right now!  Students are researching different environmental issues and ways to prevent them from causing further damage..

We are then using our knowledge and spreading the word through social media in hopes to start an Earth Hour Challenge where people from all over participate in a small way to make a big change.

Here is a example of how people use social media to create a movement that is spread across the world.

Blogging Comment Rubric

Blogging

In the month of January, students have been working on the creation of their very own kidblogs.  Students are using the writing skills that they are learning in their class to implement into their blog posts.  For example, students are using their persuasive essay skills to persuade audiences on wether or not kids should use videos games.  They are using evidence from many different sources including online research to back up their claims and they are using their kidblogs as a platform to share their views and opinions.  The blogs are private but if you are interested in seeing your child's work please message me and I would be glad to share our link.

Next week we will be opening up our blog posts to a school in Boston where students will share the different experiences of living in different cities.  Please stay tuned to see what happens!!