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Raising Awareness of Internet Safety and Information Literacy. Noelle Kreider Technology Integration Coach, Rialto Unified School District. Helping Our Students Learn to Swim in a Sea of Information. A Safe & Productive Online Community.
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Raising Awareness of Internet Safety and Information Literacy Noelle Kreider Technology Integration Coach, Rialto Unified School District Helping Our Students Learn to Swim in a Sea of Information
Strategies to Increase Awareness of Online Issues • New Acceptable Use Polices • Age-appropriate • Available resources highlighted • Guidelines for instructional staff • Classroom Posters • Lessons by Librarians • Parent Training • Teacher Training • After-School Program • School & District Websites
Parent Training – 3 Sessions • Internet Safety • CTAP Presentation • Group Investigations • Share out • School Website • Locating class pages • Student eChalk accounts • School Library • Research Databases • Grolier & EBSCO • Public Library • Research Grid My kid knows what he’s doing. I trust him. Wow! That’s a big ocean! I need to keep an eye on Junior.
Providing a Safe Environment • School Website • educational portal • NetSmartz links – kids & teens • Class Pages • Teacher-selected resources • Safe interactions • Student Email • Research Databases • After-School Program • Internet Safety Lessons & Activities
Learning to Swim Strategies to Improve Instruction
Improving Instruction Thru Professional Development • AUP: personal & instructional responsibilities • iSafe online training videos • CyberSMART curriculum • Designing effective instruction integrating online resources
Instructional Strategies & Tools • Research Process = Information Literacy Skills • Research Grid • Carefully Designed Instruction • Selecting valuable resources (CLRN, etc.) • Applying reading strategies • Establishing purpose & outcome • Managing online learning – helpful tools • Class page on eChalk • TrackStar, Filamentality • Citation Machine
Lessons by Librarians • Integrated into core classes & Freshman Seminar • Collaborate with content teachers • Focus on research process • Quality sources • Validity • Citation
Thank you! Visit us online at www.RialtoSchools.org Noelle Kreider nkreider@RialtoSchools.org