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A day-long live blog about how kids are using devices, apps and media in 2013.

SAMR for kids...by kids...

This new resource is INCREDIBLE !!! "Curious what Digital Bytes is all about? Digital Bytes is all about how you can explore and influence the digital world in which you live. Many kids have inspired/impacted the digital world in a big way... Seniors, known as the West High Bros, make the world a kinder place "one word at a time." A 9-year-old inspires imaginations globally with his cardboard magic. Erika used YouTube to take a stand and become a leader in the Dreamer movement. These kids have found their voices. When is yours going to be heard? Be part of a real conversation and show us what you've got."

Easy to understand video for kids on copyright and using Creative Commons

An important part of Digital Citizenship is understanding copyright, especially when it comes to images. SO many students just pull images from any website with no regard for whether they are copyrighted or not. This article has a lot of information on "Copyright curriculum for kids".

"They unplug at family dinner and before bed. They have a family movie night on Fridays, which is an example of the principle Radesky touts in her research, of "joint media engagement," or simply sharing screen time."

Crescent School teacher Robert Costanzo's view that students are "surviving English class by sampling, scanning, and browsing."

"Taking a cue from The Scarlet Letter, the website Jezebel compiled racially insensitive tweets directed toward President Obama by high school students across the country, naming names and even calling the students' schools. The tweets - posted by students under their real identities - covered the full range of bigotry, from racial epithets to basketball stereotypes, with the N-word in abundance. In response, Giga OMasked, "When does shaming racist kids turn into online bullying?" The answer to that is never. It would be a mistake to mischaracterize the denunciation of racially offensive speech as abusive. To the contrary, that give-and-take (or more precisely "say something deeply offensive and get verbally pummeled") is what free speech in America is all about. That's the flaw in virtually every strategy to keep students in both high school and college on the social media straight and narrow. High school is all about preparing the next generation for citizenship. We teach them civics, history, a smattering of math and science and hand them a diploma. But we too often also try to control their every move. That's literally the case with the news last week that a sophomore at John Jay High School in San Antonio was expelled after refusing to carry an ID with a computer chip designed to track the movements of every student in the school."

Personalized learning for extra practice and review of math facts. These are practiced and the results are sent to the teachers. This program could be used as a personal goal for kids to achieve and track progress in the primary years of basic facts. 

Wow - that is interesting research!

Very interesting article. I plan to share this with the iSTEAM team at my school!

Very interesting to me as we plan new learning spaces and look at effects of lengthening recess breaks for more outdoor time.

"Capturing the Moment: Webcamming, Sexting and Screen-Grabbing Teenagers have become their own paparazzi. Four out of five teens have cellphone cameras. From selfies to food porn and photo-bombing, kids are constantly "capturing the moment." They rarely seek permission from their subjects-making what were once private moments now very public. "

"4.0 Schools launches ventures that solve tough problems in education. We bring educators, entrepreneurs and technologists together to deliver relevant solutions that reimagine the way we teach and learn. Our community has a bias toward products that aren't band-aids on an outdated system. Instead, they are anchored to new ways of thinking about a fundamental set of questions: What is school for? Where does learning happen? What should kids learn? Who delivers learning?"

A great article in favour of social media in education: ""Student writers today are tackling the kinds of issues that require inquiry and investigation as well as reflection,""

10 great tips for teachers (and parents) to help kids understand digital citizenship.

Teachers' Expectations can shift their students, and even their own teaching. This is what Cohort 21 is all about too!