Thursday, May 24, 2012
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
We are winding down the first year with the iPads here at Maryvale. Most students seem to really enjoy having and using them for educational and personal reasons. We still have the issues with breakage due to the cases being less protective than we had hoped. The time that I spend packing up and shipping iPads to the repair company is more than expected and we are continuing to look at how to get a better handle on this.
The students have found interesting and creative ways to use them for their own learning experiences. They have founds apps for taking notes and recording video and audio. They really took to the iPad intuitively and they say that they don't know what they did before they got their iPads.
Some apps students have used successfully this year include Quizlet, Snapguide, Kinotopic, Toontastic, iMovie, Keynote, and pdf-notes. We are looking forward to the ways the students will continue to use their iPads in the upcoming year.
The students have found interesting and creative ways to use them for their own learning experiences. They have founds apps for taking notes and recording video and audio. They really took to the iPad intuitively and they say that they don't know what they did before they got their iPads.
Some apps students have used successfully this year include Quizlet, Snapguide, Kinotopic, Toontastic, iMovie, Keynote, and pdf-notes. We are looking forward to the ways the students will continue to use their iPads in the upcoming year.
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Parent iPad Meeting Information
Basic Internet Safety Tips
- Be Aware. Keep the computer or iPad in a public area in your home.
- Get online. Visit forums, chat rooms and social networking sites. Understand how these sites work so you can talk to your children about them.
- Know where they go. Ask your children to show you their favorite websites. Encourage them to tell you about the exciting learning they have experienced online as part of their classroom or library activities.
- Be accessible. Encourage your children to come to you if they feel uncomfortable about information they see online or receive via e-mail.
- Add filters. Turn on parental controls and purchase content filters for Internet accessible devices.
- Think about the pictures. Photos of your children in their school uniform in front of their school can help predators find them. Consider keeping these kinds of pictures in photo albums or on protected web sites.
- Understand the lingo. Check your child’s cell phone message history occasionally. Learn the shorthand of texting and IMing.
- Stop the sexting. Sending and receiving nude or semi-nude pictures of boys or girls under the age of 18 is considered child pornography and your child can be prosecuted.
- Pause before you post. Anyone may be able to read those posts. This includes Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr. and messaging. Your 140 characters or fewer public “tweets” on Twitter will now be archived in the Library of Congress.
- Beware of strangers. Make sure your children understand that not everyone is who they claim to be when online. They should NEVER give any personal or identifying information without first checking with a parent.
- “Friend” your children. If you are concerned about what your children are doing on Facebook and other social media sites, consider “friending” them. Another option is to have your child give you her password and user name and then log in occasionally to her page. If your children know that parents are watching, they are less likely to post inappropriate content.
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Thursday, February 9, 2012
From the Archdiocese of Baltimore web site
http://www.archbalt.org/youth-young-adult/pastoral-care/Bullying.cfm
http://www.archbalt.org/youth-young-adult/pastoral-care/Bullying.cfm
Stop Bullying Now - The "Stop Bullying Now!" campaign was developed by the Health Resources and Services Administration in partnership with more than 70 health, safety, education, and faith-based organizations. The website, which has both children's and adults' sections, offers animated scenarios, public service announcements, and resources for educators, health and safety professionals, parents, children, and the general public.
Bullying Fact Sheet for Teens - Facts on bullying for teens, and advise on how to prevent it from happening to you or somebody else.
School Prevention of Bullying - This booklet provides an overview of what is currently known about bullying behavior and successful efforts to address it. It also profiles a number of anti-bullying programs and offers resources for further research and program development.
Preventing Bullying - this digest examines the problem of bullying and some of its effects, discusses steps schools are taking, looks at ways peers can discourage bullying, and identifies other strategies that are being pursued.
Addressing the Problem of Juvenile Bullying - This fact sheet defines bullying, noting that it can take three forms: physical, verbal, and psychological. It also describes a recently published report by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) and summarizes the report's findings on the long and short-term effects of bullying.
The ABC's of Bullying: Addressing, Blocking, and Curbing School Aggression - This online course from the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention examines the causes and effects of bullying, prevention techniques and programs, screening, treatment options, and legal/ethical issues surrounding bullying.
The School Bully Can Take a Toll on Your Child's Mental Health - This fact sheet explains steps parents can take to insure that bullying does not consume their children.
Bullying Among Children and Youth - Stimulated by the pioneering work of Dan Olweus in Norway and Sweden, researchers from several nations have begun to explore the nature, prevalence, and effects of bullying among schoolchildren. Although studies of comprehensive antibullying programs are scarce in the United States, evaluation data from other countries suggest that adopting a comprehensive approach to reduce bullying at school can change students' behaviors and attitudes, reduce other antisocial behaviors, and increase teachers' willingness to intervene.
Cyberbullying - when a child, preteen or teen is tormented, threatened, harassed, humiliated, embarrassed or otherwise targeted by another child, preteen or teen using the Internet, interactive and digital technologies or mobile phones.
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