The Connected Classroom

…Understand the Internet while learning online safety techniques!

NEW! Understanding Your Digital Footprint
June 10 | 8:30 am-3:30pm
$149 CSD member; $189 non-member (One Grad. Credit Available)
Do you know what type of digital footprint you are creating? Anyone using the web and mobile devices leaves a digital footprint. We teach our children how to be safe within the physical community, but what about safety norms for communicating in this highly digital age? Class time will include:

• Discussion about social networks
• Resources for using the Internet
• Tips on guarding your identity
• Netiquette and posting information to the web
• Creating a code of conduct for your digital presence

NEW! Cyberbullying In and Out of the Classroom
July 6 | 8:30am-3:30pm
$149 CSD member; $189 non-member (One Grad. Credit Available)
Technology + 24/7 + Bullying = Cyberbullying. That’s the formula for the newest bully on the block. Learn what a cyberbully is, why kids become cyberbullies, how the cyberbully target can protect him/herself, and how schools/districts should address this issue. Online resources/lessons and suggested student projects and activities will be shared. Time will be allotted to begin developing your student project.

NEW! Web Literacy for Educators
July 21  | 8:30am-3:30pm
$149 CSD member; $189 non-member (One Grad. Credit Available)
Today’s students must know how to find, evaluate and utilize electronic resources. However, do our students know how to validate information found on the Web? Too often, information published on the Internet is viewed as truth, but is it really? Also, what about copyright? Do students have the legal right to copy and paste information from a website into their multi-media presentations and/or their own documents and websites? This class will include:

• Reading URL web addresses to find their hidden meaning
• Locating owners of websites
• Conducting an efficient and effective search
• Evaluating the validity of a website
• Investigating fair use as it applies to student-created digital documents
• Locating and using new Creative Commons sources
• Recognizing the intent of a website

Tags: Creative Commons, Cyberbullying, Digital Footprint, digital presence, Internet safety, Netiquette, online safety, social networks