Resources for Educators and Parents

Are you ready to make use of the power of the Internet to support your teaching? Using the Internet for Active Teaching and Learning combines both theory and practice to introduce you to the Internet's potential as a teaching tool in your classroom.

Easy-to-use guide that helps elementary and middle school students develop their Internet skills while keeping safe.

Protect your children. The internet is not different than public everyday activities as far as parental concern, supervision, permissions, and restrictions are concerned.

Home computer users now have a reference manual for internet safety and cybercrime prevention. This book highlights the parallel of real world crime, individual rights and responsibilities related to the computer, internet and electronic devices including child predators, cyberbullying, fraud, harassment, identity theft, infectors, intellectual property violations, intrusion, legislation, malware, marketing, privacy, spam and reporting cybercrime

For educators of all disciplines, this third edition of a bestseller provides K-12 examples of how Web tools such as blogs, wikis, Facebook, and Twitter allow students to learn more, create more, and communicate better.

The social networking scene has its own rules and culture. Children and teens use this scene to communicate, and it is getting easier to use and more pervasive with the introduction of each new tool. This book answers the common questions of social networking so that students can enjoy this new and lasting form of communication, but in a safe and effective way.

Networking online is here to stay. Its one of the quickest ways to connect with others who wish to be found. Just as with every form of communication, online social networking has its own rules and etiquette. This book informs readers on the ways to use networking sites properly and to their advantage, and how to avoid making common mistakes.

Online networking is the wave of the future. However, many social networking sites are not appropriate for elementary school-aged kids. This book explains online social networking and explores kid-friendly networking options.