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veronica occelli

Introducing School-Wide Digital Citizenship Practices with iPads « EdApps.ca - 0 views

  • Introducing School-Wide Digital Citizenship Practices with iPads 8Share An elementary school in our district recently got 30 iPads and asked for some advice implementing them with students and teachers. In addition to suggesting some starter apps, I recommended that we have conversations with kids around the appropriate use of these devices. While almost every child has used an iPad, iPod Touch, or iPhone, the exciting learning opportunities these mobile, Internet-connected, media creation devices create also open the door to new challenges. Cyberbullying or inappropriate web publishing happens more through the camera than regular computer use does; the mobility of the device combined with the reality that multiple users are using the device with no personalized, password-protected, network-tracked accounts makes it more challenging to keep track of who is doing what with the device or that the device itself is safe. R
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    We need to read this before we start taking our own videos and photos of students for the class!
Gretchen Dillon

Welcoming Mobile: More Districts Are Rewriting Acceptable Use Policies, Embracing Smart... - 1 views

  • “The advantages of digital media now greatly outweigh the disadvantages and require that schools update their thinking and policies to provide guidance on the use of these tools to improve student learning and achievement,” the paper says.
  • “Digital responsibility is big.” Rankin said. “We’re teaching students how to operate in this new world. We wanted to change the wording in our guidelines because we don’t want students to accept them; we want students to be responsible for them.”
  • “The depth of thought and level of discourse gets much deeper when you add an online environment,” Wells said. The teacher can present information in class, and then the students are free to explore it online – they can look at other students’ work, or check out videos on YouTube. Time constraints are no longer a factor, the process becomes more individualized, and school becomes more relevant, Wells said.
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    • Gretchen Dillon
       
      Great discussion of mobile learning policies in schools.
    • Gretchen Dillon
       
      I find it interesting that some schools are now lessening internet filters.
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    No longer afraid of giving kids access to the internet and using mobile technologies for learning, a growing number of school districts across the country are developing digital media policies that emphasize responsibility over fear.
Mauricio Castaneda

How Teachers Make Cell Phones Work in the Classroom | Spotlight on Digital Media and Le... - 1 views

    • Catherine Short
       
      Math classes almost always start with a "problem of the day." This would be a great way to do it!
  • Using Socrative, an app that shows real-time poll results for both multiple-choice and short-answer quizzes, he challenges his students at the end of class to answer specific questions in order to get a broad look at whether they understood the concepts discussed that day.
    • Catherine Short
       
      Great app!  Awesome for exit questions or closing comments.
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  • As soon as kids walk in, Musallam sends out a text blast through Remind101, asking them a challenge question that’s related to the day’s lesson.
  • The idea of mobile learning touches on just about every subject that any technology addresses: social media, digital citizenship, content-knowledge versus skill-building, internet filtering and safety laws, teaching techniques, bring-your-own-device policies, school budgets.
Carolina Montes

The pros and cons of social media classrooms | ZDNet - 0 views

  • It is a familiar tool.
  • u are making yourself more aware of issues surrounding students today.
  • Resource availability.
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  • Improvement of research skills.
  • rmation online is a skill that is now important in the workplac
  • improvement of communication.
  • or students and teachers to communicate effectively.
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  • Relevant, real-life learning.
  • The promotion of digital citizenship.
  • tudents have to learn about how to conduct themselves appropriately online.
  • Engaging your students.
  • he ability to share learning material.
  • The potential to appeal to different learning styles.
  • create a Facebook group dedicated to your class, or set a task to research something across these networks?
  • Ease of access.
  • Social networking requires no expensive equipment or modern upgrades
  • Assisting shy students.
  • Distractions.
  • Unless teachers properly supervise their students
  • The risk of cyberbullying.
  • imiting face-to-face communicat
  • The need for schools to research, understand and implement.
  • Continual social media change.
  • There are constant changes to platforms themselves and their security settings — of which schools and teachers must keep up to date with and act accordingly.
  • The need to manage multiple sites and keep updated.
  • he possibility of malware infections or phishing scams.
  • The need to filter and plan.
  • Inappropriate content sharing or exposure.
  • Controlling device use in class.
  • Exposing the ‘haves’ and ‘have nots’.
Jenna Kubricht

It's a Party- BYOD! | edSocialMedia - 0 views

  • It’s time to meet our students on their own turf; I mean, hey, we’re basically inviting our non-digital-native selves to our media-crazed students’ party.
  • Because a BYOD atmosphere encourages students to learn through interaction with technology.
  • I’ve come to accept that students who’ve grown up with computers in their pockets aren’t going to be excited about a boring flat piece of paper.
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  • education is still about finding that balance between tradition and innovation
Michelle Munoz

How Teachers Make Cell Phones Work in the Classroom | MindShift - 1 views

  • ext blast through Remind101, asking them a challenge question that’s related to the day’s lesson. “First person to tell me the units on K for a second order reaction gets chocolate,” he types and sends off. His students know he does this regularly, so they’re constantly anticipating the question during the day, in and out of class.
  • fun ways to stay motivated in our day,
  • hum gets louder when kids are excited or working together, then quieter again when they’re working out problems on their individual little whiteboards
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  • Students work in groups, and when they have a question, they call him over. He arrives with iPad in hand and records his voice and his writing on the iPad, which he immediately uploads to the class website so other students can benefit from the explanations instantaneously.
  • he incorporates peer-instruction and inquiry-based learning,
  • “I’m using it in the context of peer instruction, which is research based. You get anonymous feedback, which is great, and kids see all that information condensed,” he says. “Sometimes it’s just cute and fun and that wears off. But much more often, it’s more efficient and meaningful, and it makes the classroom feel like a bigger place.”
  • Using Socrative, an app that shows real-time poll results for both multiple-choice and short-answer quizzes, he challenges his students at the end of class to answer specific questions in order to get a broad look at whether they understood the concepts discussed that day.
  • makes the experience more immediate. I want it to be as rich and as visual as possible. I want them to see things, not just know it.”
  • idea of mobile learning touches on just about every subject that any technology addresses: social media, digital citizenship, content-knowledge versus skill-building, Internet filtering and safety laws, teaching techniques, bring-your-own-device policies, school budgets.
  • The data integration wouldn’t be as rich, the experience wouldn’t be as dynamic, the cognitive load is higher,”
  • It’s our responsibility as educators to teach kids how to interact with the world,” Sanders says. “Those interpersonal human conversations are incredibly valuable.”
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    Ideas on how to us the cell phone in class.
Lee Ann Seifert

How to Get Started Designing Mobile Games For Your Classroom | Spotlight on Digital Med... - 0 views

  • If you’re interested in using mobile games in the classroom, but feeling intimidated about how to get started, Mathews says you need not be
  • starting small and not being afraid to jump right in and experiment. He’s shared his rules of the road here:
    • Lee Ann Seifert
       
      So much technology... so many new things... where to start? Here are a few tips...
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