Kansas Learning First Alliance

"With so many career options available, where do you start?"

"A Career Cluster is a grouping of occupations and broad industries based on commonalities. The 16 Career Clusters organize academic and occupational knowledge and skills into a coherent course sequence and identify pathways from secondary schools to two- and four-year colleges, graduate schools, and the workplace. Students learn in school about what they can do in the future. This connection to future goals motivates students to work harder and enroll in more rigorous courses."

Jenny goes beyond the books to help you excel in class. Tips on reading, writing, and more.

"Students understand human, cultural, and societal issues related to technology and practice legal and ethical behavior. Students: * advocate and practice safe, legal, and responsible use of information and technology. * exhibit a positive attitude toward using technology that supports collaboration, learning, and productivity. * demonstrate personal responsibility for lifelong learning. * exhibit leadership for digital citizenship."

If you're reading this, chances are you have access to the Internet. But how much do you really know about the information superhighway-and how familiar ...

"Digital citizenship can be defined as the norms of appropriate, responsible behavior with regard to technology use. "

"Digital Citizenship is a holistic and positive approach to helping children learn how to be safe and secure, as well as smart and effective participants in a digital world. That means helping them understand their rights and responsibilities, recognize the benefits and risks, and realize the personal and ethical implications of their actions. Helping a child become a good digital citizen cuts across all curricular disciplines and includes knowledge, awareness, and skills "

"Have you ever used the internet to comment on what you see online, share information about yourself or others, communicate with friends, play games, get material for an assignment or buy stuff online? If you answered YES to any of these then you are a digital citizen. Why is digital citizenship important to you? Do you want to get the best out of using the internet and keep yourself and others safe and healthy in an online world? Use these materials to learn what it takes to become a positive digital citizen."

"Students interact with music, movies, software, and other digital content every day. Do they understand the rules that dictate the ethical use of these digital files, and do they understand why these issues are relevant? The Digital Citizenship and Creative Content program is a free, turnkey instructional program. The goal is to create an awareness of the rights connected with creative content. Because only through education can students gain an understanding of the relevance of and a personal respect for creative rights and grow to become good digital citizens."

One of my FAVE sites to forward to parents. Very deep in learning for parents and educators for all age groups.

""Take all comments seriously," Le said. "And if it turns out it's just a cry for help, then let's get the user help!"

"Learn about today's social landscape, discover the pressing need for digital citizenship, and act to become better digital citizens. "

A digital citizenship project for teenagers.

"The social web era has introduced new challenges to attribution and citation. In an information system where content discovery is the currency of cool, not crediting your sources is a new form of piracy, plagiarism perpetrated against fellow publishers, driven perhaps by the misguided notion that there somehow isn't "enough" - enough audience, enough interest, enough status - for everyone."

"Diana Laufenberg shares 3 surprising things she has learned about teaching -- including a key insight about learning from mistakes."

A little rough with the never EVER do it, but there's something to consider.

"Since this blog is entitled "Teach Paperless" I thought I would make my first post about some great Web 2.0 resources for students that can help them get organized and study. These resources are very useful, and all free."

"At King Middle School and Casco Bay High School, in Portland, Maine, every student works in a widely hailed project-learning method called expeditionary learning. Discover what your school can learn."