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Nine Themes of Digital Citizenship Digital citizenship can be defined as the norms of appropriate, responsible behavior with regard to technology use. 1. Digital Access: full electronic participation in society. Technology users need to be aware that not everyone has the same opportunities when it comes to technology.

This webpage explains the nine elements of digital citizenship in great detail. It also breaks the elements down into "repetitions" of what elements to teach to students at what age. Very helpful.

This webpage explains the nine elements of digital citizenship in great detail. It also breaks the elements down into "repetitions" of what elements to teach to students at what age. Very helpful.

This article details the challenges learned by a teacher attempting to incorporate PBL into their classroom. This article also gives tips for teachers wanting to use PBL in their classrooms.

Educreations is a community where anyone can teach what they know and learn what they don't. Our software turns any iPad or web browser into a recordable, interactive whiteboard, making it easy for teachers and experts to create engaging video lessons and share them on the web. Students can replay these lessons any time, any place, on any connected device. We're on a mission to dramatically improve student achievement by extending the reach of great teaching.

Tells how teachers deal with the new technology in the classroom, and how they should not be afraid of it. Some teachers do not want to use new technology in the classroom because they do not understand it or do not want to learn. This gives encouragement to those teachers who struggle with technology. It also gives helpful suggestions such as have a phone that automatically connects a teacher to a tech agent, so they do not have to wait a half hour for help.

Integration of dance technologies in the classroom, there are a lot of different technologies that go into dance classrooms. From projectors, to microphones, to lighting, it has become a very important aspect of this classroom.

D2L is a Learning Management System (LMS) that we here at OSU know quite well thanks to the Online Classroom. It is a great way to connect all of your students into the class. You can do online quizzes, synchronous communication, asynchronous communication, upload syllabi and other content, etc.

Teaching is all about storytelling. By incorporating technology into storytelling, we can move ourselves and our students to higher levels of thinking.

Like so many websites, this one gives a list of pros and cons for the Mobile Laptop Lab.It shows success stories about how there have been multiple success stories about how they have implemented this into their curriculum and it being successful.

This is a website centered around multimedia in the classroom. It does a good job of defining what multimedia means and discussing how to implement it into the classroom.

This is an excellent and concise article on what teachers who are skilled at integrating iPads in their classroom do. The format is very simple, but it teaches ten very helpful tips on how to be the best educator you can be when incorporating this technology into the classroom.

Check out some tips on management in a BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) classroom!

This article is extremely helpful as it provides teachers with tips on how to manage a classroom that implements BYOD. It gives great suggestions that make integrating personal devices into the classroom easier and more efficient.

Separated into 2 lists of 10 items each that detail how to use PLNs and how to build them, respectively.

"Ipads in the Classroom" pages 18-20 This article includes the benefits and the disadvantages of ipad use in the classroom. It mentions how ipads help students with adhd and applies the use of these technological tools into different classroom settings, varying on subject and education level.

Welcome to our professional learning series on building a PLN. This series guides you step by step through the process of setting up your own PLN. The aim of this first step is to: Explain what is a PLN. Help you understand why educators create their own PLN.

Welcome to our professional learning series on building a PLN. This series guides you step by step through the process of setting up your own PLN. It's great for people who still need to delve deeper into what a PLN actually is.

This is a very information-rich site that further introduces the PLN and delves into several different avenues a teacher can take in developing their PLN, with one avenue explored being Twitter. I particularly found the Step 6: Curation page to be intriguing. This page introduces curation, the strategic collection and compilation of knowledge and media found online, and demonstrates how it can be a valuable tool for educators engaged in expanding and sharing their constant learning and teaching journeys (See the video towards the middle of the page where a teacher shows his netvibes and scoopit accounts, and the very complex ways in which teachers can organize and share knowledge from these information collection/filtering tools. VERY valuable for our fast-paced and information-heavy time.)

This website explains why infographics are so important to student creativity and learning. It provides extensive knowledge about the background of infographics along with some great resources to look into if you have questions about them!

PBL Explained

This site provides a great summary of PBL, as well as informing the teacher why they should use PBL in the classroom. It is very thorough, and it provides external resources.

A website that breaks down the basics of project based learning into simple, and easy to understand ideas.

Class websites can be a central hub of online activity for your class. With all the digital content and great web tools available, there's so much you can do. This will show us how we can incorporate more technology into the classroom.

WHAT WORKS IN EDUCATION The George Lucas Educational Foundation

WHAT WORKS IN EDUCATION The George Lucas Educational Foundation

While technology integration is obviously very beneficial, it is important to make sure that you aren't falling into the challenges associated with it. Here is a great resource with some of the challenges associated with technology integration. Looking at the challenges outlined in the PDF will help you brainstorm ways to overcome them!