Orem Library

"Learn tips about online safety for coders in this kid-friendly, easy-to-follow book, featuring real-world examples and fun illustrations. Online and offline activities also boost learning and skills."--

"Using the Internet can be an exciting adventure. But it is important to use it safely. How can you use computers responsibly? And how can you be a good digital citizen? Read this book to find out!"--Page 4 of cover.

Introduces online gaming, discussing internet safety, the benefits and dangers, and how game makers keep players coming back.

"The Internet has changed our lives. It has revolutionized research, altered the world of retailing, and caused virtually every institution to redefine itself. Meanwhile, e-mail has become an indispensable means of communication. But only a few decades ago the internetwas the 'Wizards Stay Up Late' is the fascinating story of the pioneers who created breakthrough since the telephone. In the 1960s, when computers where regarded as mere giant calculators,...

"Designed to support teachers as they integrate lessons about good digital citizenship into the daily life of the classroom; provides a rationale for addressing this issue in the early grades as a prevention for later harmful behavior such as cyberbullying; practical classroom strategies, suggested readings, and annotated lists of children's books and organizational resources. Cyber-Safe Young Children: Helping K-3 Students Use the Internet Safely...

Presents the argument that technology is profoundly affecting the brains of children in a negative way.

In the long-awaited follow-up to his 2016 best-seller The Strange Death of Europe, Douglas Murray interrogates the vicious new culture wars playing out in our media, universities, homes and perhaps the most violent place of all: online. The Madness of Crowds is a must-read polemic-a vociferous demand for a return to free speech in an age of mass hysteria and political correctness. The global conversations around sexuality, race, mental health and...

This is a call to arms about how to bring the big online platforms to their knees. It concerns the question of interoperability: the way that Facebook, Twitter etc make it very difficult for you to move and own your data. Doctorow shows that this is not a problem of technology but of law, business and apathy in face of growing monopolies. He covers ground such as anti-trust, and how the platforms deal with take down orders. Through this he shows how...

"Screens have become an essential part of modern childhood. This book will show you how to parent with them instead of against them."--Page 4 of cover.

"In this edition, the author assumes you know most Internet technologies and programs, and that you want to know how to use them to do your genealogy. The potential for finding clues, data, and other researchers looking for your same family names has increased exponentially in the last decade. Since 2000, push technology, streaming video, blogs, podcasts, social networking, and indexed document scans have radically changed what can be found on the...