Great resource for CCSS-ELA. This site is geared for grades 5-12. The library is full of informational and literature text that can be found by lexile range, grade level, theme, genres, device or standards. You have the ability to get paired text, related media (videos), a teacher guide, and a parent guide. Assessment and discussion questions are included that asked students to prove their answers using passages from the text.
“If you wouldn’t say it, do it, or watch it with me in the room, it’s not okay.”
Sit down with your kids to create an “acceptable use” policy for your own home—they’re much more likely to follow the rules if they’ve had a say in writing them
Even if you enable restrictions, however, this isn’t a “set it and forget it” situation.
Might be a bit overkill here, but keep the password from the kids might be a good idea. Still, they can operate off of 3G or 4G on their phones.
Do they know, for example, how to ensure that only their friends can see what they’ve posted on Facebook? Do they understand that tweets live on in cyberspace forever?
One popular idea is to change the Wi-Fi password for your home network daily, and only give it to your kids when they’ve earned it via whatever rules you’ve determined.
ar too many parents don’t bother to check on what their kids are doing online—and the results can be disastrous.
Don’t let your teens sleep with their phones or computers
keeping desktop computers out of bedrooms.
The key to this is that Mom and Dad also have to follow the rules, because kids will always do as you do, not as you say. Try establishing a daily device-free time of just 10 or 15 minutes at the breakfast or dinner table, and see if you feel it has a positive impact on your family.
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