Support teachers in using technology for professional purposes.
Provide teachers with support for securing interactive digital content.
Encourage teachers to partner with students to integrate technology into learning.
School principal must lead by example.
Embed technology integration into teacher and leader evaluation.
Support student acquisition and use of technology in schools.
Work with students to develop responsible use policies.
Secure appropriate permissions from students and their parents.
Support teachers in using technology for professional purposes.
Provide teachers with support for securing interactive digital content.
Encourage teachers to partner with students to integrate technology into learning.
School principal must lead by example.
Embed technology integration into teacher and leader evaluation.
Support student acquisition and use of technology in schools.
Work with students to develop responsible use policies.
Secure appropriate permissions from students and their parents.
As schools put these building blocks in place, they will be able to work to
Federal site has some nice links to internet safety publications. Netcetera caught my eye. Free pdf download. we could photocopy for parent presentation
If anything, I think Minecraft is making kids smarter. But whenever I say that, the technophobes, the Waldorf parents, and a whole subset of very smart, compassionate, concerned parents and teachers get very curmudgeonly.
We need to stop blaming the video games and start trying to make kids as passionate about the life-world as they are about the game-world. The trouble is that our own egos are in the way.
interesting idea... what if a teacher maintained a diigo group so that s/he could bookmark sites s/he wanted her class to look at. This example is of a parent making a blog to aggregate content.
This district has popped up on my radar before. They have a great website for their students and parents. The math section of the website has great resources (www.sowashco.k12.mn.us/virtualmedia).
They've got their act together!