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Digital Citizenship for Elementary -- great resources

Good find Carly- I think that it will become increasingly important for elementary students to learn digital etiquette.

A new blog created by primary grade elementary teachers about how they are using technology in their classrooms.  If you're in the primary grades, keep an eye on this blog!

great resource, all of the activities i have looked at so far have a kid-friendly explanation to them

This is a great site with various battles and war generals turned into digital stories. It would better suit upper elementary because of the large amounts of text and potentially difficult-to-interpret graphics.

Collaborative projects for older secondary students and elementary students to explore current issues in science

Educational webquest on Snakes that could be used for almost any elementary grade! Relates to SOL 5.5 The student will investigate and understand that organisms are made of one or more cells and have distinguishing characteristics that play a vital role in the organism's ability to survive and thrive in its environment. Key concepts include a) basic cell structures and functions; b) classification of organisms using physical characteristics, body structures, and behavior of the organism; and c) traits of organisms that allow them to survive in their environment.

wish I learned this better when I was in elementary/high school, pretty obvious/important factors to online research

Great webquest for lower elementary weather units-may even work with some upper classes!

Great resource page full of different lesson plans (for both elementary and secondary) from a Canadian Digital Citizenship program.  Scroll down the page to see loads of individual lessons on all topics of D.C., including privacy, copyright laws, internet safety, online etiquette, cyberbullying, and so much more.  Good stuff.  

Awesome first sentence that could be used in an elementary school classroom in the beginning of the year to define a digital citizen.

"Establishing a cooperative-learning environment in an upper-elementary classroom" -- great for the first few days/weeks of class!

This is a great website to find creative images. Many have some version of a creative commons license. WARNING: The website contains art of ALL kinds. I do not recommend searching the site while at school or telling your elementary school students about it.

Thanks for the warning, Kim. :o)

Good website for educational math games for upper elementary/middle school-aged students.

BlogPost written by a teacher who struggled with how to explain 9/11 to her upper elementary students. Offers a couple book titles and activities, as well as a little perspective.

My elementary school offers accounts to this website -- exploring it now and am finding great read-alouds!

More Field Trip opportunities for Teacher

Forum detailing other teachers' thoughts on various means of digital storytelling.

One class's journey through creating a digital story!

Cartoons? Maybe a more interesting way of telling short stories for students? Could apply to political cartoons?