1. 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

2. A Safe & Productive Online Community

3. Recognizing Dangers Increasing Awareness of Online Issues

4. 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

5. Parent Training – 3 Sessions 1.Internet Safety –CTAP PresentationCTAP Presentation –Group InvestigationsGroup Investigations –Share out 2.School Website –Locating class pages –Student eChalk accounts –School Library 3.Research Databases –Grolier & EBSCO –Public LibraryPublic Library –Research Grid My kid knows what hes doing. I trust him. Wow! Thats a big ocean! I need to keep an eye on Junior.

6. Providing a Safe Environment School Website –educational portal –NetSmartz links – kids & teensNetSmartz Class Pages –Teacher-selected resources –Safe interactions Student Email Research Databases After-School Program –Internet Safety Lessons & Activities

7. Learning to Swim Strategies to Improve Instruction

8. Improving Instruction Thru Professional Development AUP: personal & instructional responsibilities iSafe online training videos CyberSMART curriculum Designing effective instruction integrating online resources

9. Instructional Strategies & Tools Research Process = Information Literacy SkillsResearch Process 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, FilamentalityTrackStarFilamentality Citation Machine

10. Research Process/Info Literacy Access Determine relevance Assess validity Extract information Apply to task Evaluate Apply Identify need Identify sources Locate information Go back

11. Research Grid Identifies purpose –Clarifies what information is needed Provides organization of information Encourages notes not quotes Highlights weaknesses in research Transitions smoothly to writing process Clemmons, Joan, and Lois Laase. Helping Students Write The Best Research Reports Ever (Grades 4-8). New York: Scholastic, 1999. Go back

12. Lessons by Librarians Integrated into core classes & Freshman Seminar Collaborate with content teachers Focus on research process –Quality sources –Validity –Citation

13. Thank you! Visit us online at www.RialtoSchools.org Noelle Kreider nkreider@RialtoSchools.org