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Getting Started with our K-12 Digital Citizenship Curriculum

"Digital Literacy across the Curriculum handbook"

EasyTech makes it so simple - even tech novices get on board. Need time saving ways to teach critical 21st century skills? Accoring to the site, "EasyTech makes that possible too. An award-winning, K-8 technology literacy curriculum, EasyTech helps students efficiently integrate technology skills with digital literacy, higher-order thinking and core curriculum."

A list of free Family Feud PowerPoint templates that teachers can use to create a fun game of Family Feud for their students based on the curriculum.

A list of free Family Feud PowerPoint templates that teachers can use to create a fun game of Family Feud for their students based on the curriculum.

This blog post discusses the role of the teacher in the light of a connected world.  Beginning with a look at how the teacher's role (and curriculum) become fragmented, the post then discusses the "new" role of teachers in such a connected environment.

Alyssa, I appreciate that fact that you highlight the role of the teacher here. I sometimes feel lost in the world of learning theory as I tend to teach between them. That is, my teaching is a mixture of many different theories. I really like the idea of the teacher being the filter.

This is a great article. It starts with business and but then moves into teaching and how connectivism changes out roles. I love how it states that learners are not confined to one person's beliefs. It brings up outcomes/assessment and relates them to real-life. Thank you!

Interactive curriculum for keeping kids safe online.

curriculum sharing site

Under the curriculum link, I found "Digital Literacy and Citizenship Curriculum for Grades 9-12" This FREE, pioneering curriculum is designed to empower students to be smart about how they create, communicate, and treat others in our 24/7 digital world. Browse the units to find the right lessons for your students.

Meeting standards through integrated curriculum includes embedding technology across all subjects to teach not only the basics but higher level thinking.

This site details how a particular teacher, Steve, incorporated Facebook into his classroom and curriculum.  He gives step by step instructions.  It seems like a good idea.

Apps for science curriculum, but links to other content areas as well.

iEarn is a global project that connect students and teachers through a variety of projects that cover a spectrum of the curriculum.  One of the chief goals is to allow communication and development of understanding of other cultures.

Implementing an Open Approach #GoOpen District Launch Packet Across the country, districts are choosing to #GoOpen and transitioning to the use of openly licensed educational resources to improve student learning in their schools. This resource is designed for districts that have decided to implement a systematic approach to incorporating openly licensed educational resources into their curriculum by becoming a #GoOpen District.

Implementing an Open Approach #GoOpen District Launch Packet Across the country, districts are choosing to #GoOpen and transitioning to the use of openly licensed educational resources to improve student learning in their schools. This resource is designed for districts that have decided to implement a systematic approach to incorporating openly licensed educational resources into their curriculum by becoming a #GoOpen District. http://tech.ed.gov/

Ever considered PLN's for students, found this on Twitter. I really like the fishing analogy at the end. Great idea for creating student centered learning.

I like the idea of students creating their own personal learning networks. That is very 21st Century learning focused. It could open up a lot of opportunities for students and even educators. Nice source!

This article focuses on the student PLN and how a global PLN would help students with there search for knowledge. This would also lead students to self directed learning. Students could use their PLN to push their own learning in the direction they want to take it.

This tool provides science resources for teachers including virtual labs. It provides a wide variety of tools for integrating technology into the science curriculum.

Addressing the challenges of a new digital technologies curriculum: MOOCs as a scalable solution for teacher professional development

This paper discusses how Personal Learning Environments (PLEs) integrate formal and informal learning and help students self-regulate learning in "higher education contexts" through social media. Connectivism has given rise to the idea that "the community is the curriculum", so institutions should foster the creation of communities among their students to allow them a more personalized education. PLEs are the tools, services and communities that learners choose to use as they pursue knowledge. PLEs are an attempt to deliberately unify formal and informal learning, especially in e-learning situations. PLEs specifically address social media use and the creation of a cultivated online identity to enhance learning in the learner's chosen arena. In order to fully leverage PLEs via social media, students must use personal knowledge management (PKM) skills. S involves "creating, organizing and sharing digital content and information" and balancing contexts, among other skills. Students cano sumo mine their PLEs, but this requires knowledge management and self-regulation.

I like how this article views PLNs from the angle as if the user already has a social networking account. Most of the article I've come across have a list of steps that a person has to follow and sites that they need to sign up for, but this article assumes the reader has these log ins (because they probably do). It shows how to take what you are probably already using and turn it into a PLE to foster and grow knowledge.