The school district that I work for has started to integrate technology into the classroom through the use of one to one devices. Computer adaptive program in both reading and math are frequently being used. Almost all students now have devices which is great, except that teachers aren’t instructed what technology aspects, what rules need to be taught and when they need to be taught. Teachers are individually deciding what and how technology is to be taught in their own classroom and there is no consistency from one grade level to the next. Students need to be taught how to use these devices and how to safely use the internet. Digital citizenship seem to be the new push this year. As of this year, the district now offers lessons on surf responsibility, fair use, privacy protectors, mannerly mail, be kind online and serf safety from Common Sense media. I wasn’t even aware of these lessons until someone from our technology department showed me during a class lesson about Google.
After going to the Common Sense website and watching the 1 hour slide and video, I realized how engaging these lessons can be for student when combined with the passport activities. The lessons themselves are great, but I think the passport will help to reinforce these lessons. These lessons are hands on and allow students to take ownership and responsibility when using a computer. When looking at the district’s matrix for k-6 on digital citizenship the first lesson is about responsibility. I can see how easy it will be to add this lesson into a unit that I have already created on communities. Students will have ownership of the word and can apply the technology piece to what they already know about communities. Students can start to make personal connections to digital citizenship when they play games like Interland on "Be Internet Awesome." After learning about these great resources I decided to it add the direct like to my Google classroom so students have easy access when we are working on digital citizenship or when they finish their work early. My students seem to really enjoy it and can’t wait to play it again.
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Scott Marsden
2/6/2018 07:28:52 pm
I like how you are integrating Common Sense and Be Internet Awesome into your Google Classroom, for ease of access for students. Classroom is an awesome tool for this. I'd be curious to know what is the first lesson you plan to use with your students? For me teaching 12th graders, it's the Stanford lessons on evaluating online sources.
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Teresa Barron
2/6/2018 09:13:42 pm
I just learned something from you; I did not know our district had digital citizenship lessons that are accessible to all staff! I was actually questioning why they did not have something in place since there is the 1:1 with chrome books and technology is definitely more present now than it was in previous years. I think it would be great for our school site to focus on providing digital citizenship lessons in a more organized way, throughout the different grade levels. Can you imagine the positive impact it would have on our students?!
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