The Technology Tail: A Digital Footprint Story (Communicate with Confidence)

My 10 year old I think got a lesson :) easy to read, fun, bright pictures.

It's hard to go wrong with a Julia Cook book for the many school and social issues children face. Entertaining, informative and frequently hilarious without being preachy. The topic of phone smarts is so important for kids and adults. This is probably the 15th book we have by Cook. Even as the kids get older, her books are always a hit in our house.

This book is a tad wordy but I use it to teach digital citizenship.

Good concept but difficult for younger students to fully understand.

Julia Cook has written many great books for kids that offer lessons in behavior. This is another one and perfect to help teach kids about being safe online.

My 9 year old daughter loved it, it has pictures and colors, the story provides a very good graphic description of the technology tail, how everything you do on internet can become a gift, a scar or a big hole that you can never repair and all the consequences (good and bad, depending on the type of marks you carry on your tail) that will bring to your future life. As a parent I believe there is no better way to protect your children than by educating and teaching them how to protect themselves, this books is a worthy investment towards that.

I’ve been reading this book to my Third graders during my guidance lessons on Digital Citizenship. They are loving the story! Makes it easy for them to understand why it’s important to be safe and kind online. Love Julia Cook books!!!

Lot of good information and guidance on being nice to others while online, but this book has too many lessons crammed into each page. The pictures are likely to be most appreciated by younger kids, but the guidance is for the older grades, so there's some disharmony here. I think most kids will quickly realize this is basically a lesson, or rather, many lessons, and they will lose interest. Not an effective tool for parents or teachers.