Resources for the Classroom
Fiction
- Fredericks, Mariah. Head Games, Simon Pulse, NewYork 2004
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ISBN 9781416913351.
What happens when an online game gets serious?
Grade 7-9
Use: either individual or classroom use; for examining playing games online with strangers. - Goldschmidt, Judy. The Secret Blog of Raisin Rodriguez, Razorbill Paperbacks.
- ISBN 1-59514-071-9.
Raisin Rodriguez has moved with her family to a new state. Luckily she can vent to her best friends from home in her secret blog.
Grade 7-9
Use: individual or classroom. - Myracle, Lauren. TTYL, Amulet Books, 2004.
- ISBN 9780 8109 59712.
Told entirely in Instant Messages, this smart, funny novel is about humour, hangovers and heartaches in high school and the friendship you get through it all.
Grade 7-9
Use: individual. - Myracle, Lauren. TTFN, Amulet Books, 2006.
- ISBN 9780 8109 59712.
Myracle captures the banter and shorthand of Instant Messaging. Teens will enjoy the novelty of its style. A sequel to TTYL.
Grade 7-9
Use: individual. - Ruby, Laura. Good Girls, HarperCollins, 2006.
- ISBN 13 97800 608 8223.
A girl’s photo has been taken while having sex with a boy. It is being passed around via e-mail, even to her parents before she arrives home from school.
Grade 8-10
Use: individual or classroom.
Websites with Lesson Plans and Activities
www.cybersmartcurriculum.org/lesson_plans/
http://www.cyberbullying.us/resources.php
http://www.bewebaware.ca/english/activities_home.html
Websites for Children and Teens
http://www.wiredkids.org offers http://www.internetsuperheroes.org: a fun site for kids that uses Marvel Comics characters to teach about the potential dangers on the web.
YOUCAN is a Canadian youth-led organization for the promotion of peaceful resolutions of conflicts: www.youcan.ca
Teen Central is a teen help website run for teens by teens which includes password access to safe cyber-space and a forum for asking questions and posting experiences that may help other. The site is professionally monitored by teen counselors and psychologists: www.teencentral.net
A teen talk website in coordination with the Kids Help phone 1-800-668- 6868:
