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Katy Vance

Educational Leadership:The Transition Years:Positive Digital Footprints - 1 views

www.ascd.org/...sitive-Digital-Footprints.aspx

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  • The truth is that students who engage in risky behaviors offline are more likely to engage in risky behaviors online.
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      Katy Vance on 08 Apr 13
       
      I think this is a key moment in this article.... 
  • Help students build positive digital footprints. Whether they're working to raise awareness of the genocide in Darfur—a project that George Mayo's students tackled (http://stopgenocide.wikispaces.com)—or doing a good deed every day for a month and sharing about it online—an initiative that 10-year-old Laura Stockman started to honor her grandfather's life (http://twentyfivedays.wordpress.com)—today's teens and tweens can come together electronically to learn about and act on issues that matter.
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      Katy Vance on 08 Apr 13
       
      It would be nice if all of this reflecting about personal projects and CAS hours were visible and online instead of hid in a place on ManageBac where no one can see...
  • Scare tactics like those my 7th grade informants described are not only ineffective at changing student behaviors (Online Safety and Technology Working Group, 2010), but they also prevent students from seeing digital footprints as potential tools for learning, finding like-minded peers, and building reputations as thoughtful contributors to meaningful digital conversations.
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  • Although some students are at risk because of careless choices—openly talking about sex in digital forums, posting inappropriate pictures of themselves or their friends to the Web, or failing to act when confronted with dangerous situations in social media spaces—those risks are often poorly understood by teachers, who receive little training about how to effectively introduce Internet safety and new media literacies to students (Online Safety and Technology Working Group, 2010).
  • Responsible Internet safety programs are tiered: Although all students receive basic training about responsible online behaviors, students who—because of psychosocial factors—are at higher risk in online spaces receive more targeted instruction
  • Whether we're comfortable with it or not, digital footprints—which Richardson defines as "online portfolios of who we are, what we do, and by association, what we know"—are an inevitable by-product of life in a connected world. Instead of teaching students to be afraid of what others can learn about them online, let's teach them how digital footprints can quickly connect them to the individuals, ideas, and opportunities that they care most about.
  • Katy Vance on 08 Apr 13
     
    The students gave me a definition right out of my worst nightmare: Digital footprints are the trails people leave behind when they live online-and Internet predators use these trails to track down careless tweens and teens. "At our elementary school, they really tried to scare us," explained a group member. "It's like they wanted us to be afraid of what would happen if we used the Internet."
Katy Vance

Understanding Visual Hierarchy in Web Design | Webdesigntuts+ - 0 views

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  • SizeObjects that are bigger demand more attention. Using size as a hierarchal tool is an effective way of guiding a viewer’s eye to a particular portion of the page. Because size is one of the most powerful forms of organization, it’s important to correlate size with importance in a design. The biggest elements should be the most important in most cases; the smallest elements should be the least important.
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      Katy Vance on 07 Sep 13
       
      Sigh... so you're telling me size does matter?
  • . When used as a personality tool, color can extend beyond into more sophisticated types of hierarchy; Using lush, comforting colors can bring an emotional appeal to a page.
  • Within a page there might be widgets that are separated from each other by space; within those widgets there is a new hierarchy of title, subtitle, and content.
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      Katy Vance on 07 Sep 13
       
      I like that these widgets are even being analyzed!  I can safely say that my widgets on the library site are not currently working for me.
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  • Good visual hierarchy isn’t about wild and crazy graphics or the newest photoshop filters, it’s about organizing information in a way that’s usable, accessible, and logical to the everyday site visitor.
  • List the key information points that visitors are likely seeking.Assign values (1-10) according to their importance to the average visitor.Now, look at the actual design again.Assign values (1-10) according to the actual visual importance as you see it in the live design.Consider: Does the expected importance match up with the actual designed importance?
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      Katy Vance on 07 Sep 13
       
      Really good approach.  I do this sort of thing informally, but formalizing the process and forcing reflection would mean an effective redesign of my website. 
  • Katy Vance on 07 Sep 13
     
    While it might seem like it's enough to just dish out information, as web designers, our task is to break down that raw information into delicious little chunks of visually relevant information that are easy on the eyes, and more importantly, effective at communicating the message behind a webpage.
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