Parent Resources

General Information on the Digital Age

Digital citizenship awareness – a brochure to send home
MediaSmarts is a Canadian organization that supports the safe and healthy use of digitial and media tools. They have launched a brand new website section for parents and families to access. Topics covered include social media use, cyberbullying, online privacy, and many other issues parents can help their kids with. (http://mediasmarts.ca/parents)
Five practical pointers from Common Sense Media to help parents understand and manage the lives of their digital kids. http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-parents-commonsense-video
Digital Life Family Tip Sheet
Webonautis Internet Academy – Tips for Parents
CommonSense Media tips for Parents – pdf

Smart Searches

KidRex is a fun and safe search for kids, by kids! KidRex searches emphasize kid-related webpages from across the entire web and are powered by Google Custom Search™ and use Google http://www.kidrex.org/
SafeSearch™ technology. http://www.kidrex.org/parents/about.html
Smart Seaching https://d2e111jq13me73.cloudfront.net/sites/default/files/k-5-familytip-smartsearching_1.pdf
Common Sense Media and Smart Searching – A-B-C- Searching: https://www.commonsensemedia.org/educators/lesson/a-b-c-searching-k-2
Using keywords to search https://d2e111jq13me73.cloudfront.net/sites/default/files/uploads/classroom-curriculum/k-2-faws-unit2-usingkeywords.pdf

Copyright and Plagiarism

Join the C team – Parent brochure – https://www.jointhecteam.com/PDFs/CTeamTakeHomeBooklet.pdf
Common sense respecting creative work – https://www.commonsensemedia.org/sites/default/files/uploads/classroom_curriculum/k-5-familytip-respectingcreativework.pdf

Advertising and Marketing

Online Purchasing and Selling

Learning More About Online Shopping
Better Business Bureau Website
Shopping Online
Online Purchasing
Online Purchasing – Suggestions for Good Practices
Kijiji Safety
Shopping Safely Online – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkEzuDQvUh4&list=PL8F1EF413B7665743 –

Cyberbullying

Promoting Ethical Online Behaviours with Your Kids
Building Empathy in Children and Teens
Family Online Rules
Parents’ Guide to Cyberbullying
http://mediasmarts.ca/digital-media-literacy/digital-issues/cyberbulling/strategies-fighting-Cyberbullying
http://www.spvm.qc.ca/en/jeunesse/parent-Cyberintimidation.asp
Sexting Resource – Very comprehensive and engaging – https://www.commonsensemedia.org/sites/default/files/uploads/landing_pages/sexting_handbook_ce_1020_1_.pdf?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=csm
Video featuring celebrities about the Bystander Revolution – http://www.digitalcitizenshipquebec.ca/media/protect/bystander-revolution-break-the-cycle

Online Safety and Digital Footprint

Private Today, Public Tomorrow (9-12) – How can you respect the privacy of others online?
Facebook Privacy Settings – Resource from Facebook about privacy settings – https://vimeo.com/105198517
Summarizes the positive and negatives about developing a digital footprint, including information about what employers look for when researching job candidates online. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZjmrJvL_eg
Digital Dossier Video: looks at all the digital information that’s accrued over one’s lifetime… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79IYZVYIVLA
Shopping Safely Online – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_F003p4v5js
Online Safety Brochure and Parent/Student Contract for going online – http://www.safesurfingkids.com/Safe%20Surfing%20Kids%20Brochure.pdf
Parent Guide to Online Safety (PDF) – https://www.esafety.gov.au/-/media/cesc/documents/parent-guide-english-brochure-pdf-parents-guide-to-online-safety.pdf
Protecting Children’s Privacy – A Guide for Parents, Carers and Educators – https://www.comparitech.com/blog/vpn-privacy/protecting-childrens-privacy/

Online Communication

Common Sense Media on Effective Email Communication – https://www.commonsensemedia.org/sites/default/files/uploads/pdfs/k-5-familytip-effectiveemailcommunication.pdf
Skype in the Classroom- https://education.microsoft.com/skypeintheclassroom