iKids and Sleep

If your iKid is having problems falling to sleep at night, it could be from looking at a tablet screen (or other backlit device) too close to bedtime. Those screens prevent/slow down the production of melatonin, a natural hormone that aids sleep. Solution?  "Turn off screens 2 hours before bedtime.  Read a book or play a game."

~taken from iKids: Parenting in the Digital Age by Craig Kennet Miller

iKeep Bookmarks--St. MaryTechnology/Media Bookmarks

  • Tech/media students use many of these links in class.  Students can sometimes work on lessons from home using these links, e.g., Class Chatter blog (7th an 8th grades).  Students have passwords if required by a website, e.g., Class Chatter, Typing Web.
  • The keyboarding section includes Typing Web, our primary typing lesson software for Grades 3-8. Additional student practice at home is recorded online and can be accessed by the teacher.  Students who aren't at the WPM goal for their grade need additional practice. If Internet access is not available at home, please arrange to have students practice before or after school.
  • Words Per Minute Goals 3rd Grade--15 WPM     4th Grade--20 WPM     5th Grade--25 WPM     6th Grade--30 WPM    7th Grade--35 WPM    8th Grade--40 WPM
  • Numerous typing lesson and game options are available at I Keep Bookmarks / Keyboarding to improve keyboarding accuracy and speed. 
  • Students are virtually always able to redo their projects to earn additional, usually maximum, points during a grading period.
  • Please let me know whenever I can be of more help to your children! I'm at St. Marys on Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays.

http://www.ikeepbookmarks.com/browse.asp?account=349076

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Voki--Read!

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