Creator: PBS Kids | visit site
Grade Range: K - 5
Ruff Ruffman is a comical canine who sets out to teach kids (ages 6-11) about being a responsible digital citizen. Short animated video clips answer questions about posting photos, texting, and searching, reminding kids to ask an adult for help with the more difficult undertakings like finding a kid-friendly search engine. This program also has discussion questions for parents and teachers and interactive quizzes. Creating an account isn’t required to use any material on the site. To create an account, you will need a username and a random password will be assigned, which can you can change later.
In the Classroom
Introduce Ruff Ruffman with a projector or interactive whiteboard, showing students all of the different questions Ruff will answer. Then either view the video shorts and quizzes as a class, or allow students to view the video shorts and take the interactive quizzes at a computer center. As a substitute for paper and pencil, have students use a video response tool like FlipGrid, <a href="/single.cfm?id=17677">reviewed here</a>, to reflect on their learning and share tips for their peers. To extend student learning, require students to view their peer’s reflections and make thoughtful comments.
At Home
Use this very entertaining PBS series with your student at home and go over the discussion questions and suggested guide lines with him/her.
Tags
internet safety, digital citizenship,
Subjects
English, ESL/ELL, Language Arts, Math, Reading, Science, Social Studies, Social Studies, Special Education,