Online/Virtual Event

Thursday, December 9th 2021 from 4:00pm to 5:00pm

See a recording of this webinar here.

How can librarians integrate discussions on digital citizenship, even without the benefit of a designated technology class, with tweens and teens? Manuela Aronofsky is a middle school technology integrator who engages with 10- to 14-year-olds on a daily basis. She shares some of the things she's learned from discussing online habits, trends, and activities with this age group. For those who want to start these conversations in their own library spaces, she shares prompts and lessons that have been implemented successfully in the classroom.

Viewers can expect to:

• Learn where and how tweens and teens are spending their time online, as well as a few prevailing online habits
• Discover where collaboration opportunities exist for information professionals to discuss digital wellness with tweens and tweens
• Better understand the middle school tech spectrum, including what changes from 5th to 8th grade, and what differences exist even within a single age group
• Receive prompts and talking points for starting communication with tweens about their online habits. Learn what works to get the conversation started, and what doesn't

Manuela Aronofsky is the Middle School Technology Integrator and Digital Essentials teacher at The Berkeley Carroll School in Brooklyn, where she previously worked as Middle School Library Assistant. She serves on the ALSC Children + Technology committee, and is interested in youth data and digital literacy; expanding inclusivity and cultural competency in the school library environment; coordinating volunteer work with the Prison Library Support Network; art librarianship; and teaching the act of reading as a community-building experience. She earned her MSLIS from Pratt Institute, with a concentration in Youth, Literacy, and Outreach.