schools have an obligation to teach students how to use social media responsibly.
hen you are filtering out legitimate websites and some of the social media sites, you’re taking away the chance to build capacity for students to use them effectively and responsibly,”
f you remove the chance for those websites to be used in school, then where are we developing those responsible habits for our students? How can we have an impact on developing digital citizenship skills?”
Social media is already a part of their frameworks as teens. They are all into it. If we block it, we have no chance to educate them on it
We run personalized learning over here, and a part of the norms our kids have created for themselves is listening one earbud in one earbud out, but still focusing on what our content is,
Teaching/using social media and digital citizenship to tie in personal learning... research, discuss and report out.. this can be SO powerful!
When I was growing up, I had a textbook, and we still got off track. The medium doesn’t change what a middle-schooler does or doesn’t do. We have to be ready as educators to redirect as needed and support students throughout the learning process,
this doesn't specifically talk about teaching digcit skills, but is definitely a point near and dear to my heart... remembering to think about students with learning issues
In our 24/7 digital world, kids come of age, learn, and make mistakes just like they always have, but the stakes are so much higher than in generations past.
ow can we help them actually act on this advice?
o help us ground our updated curriculum in the latest research around kids and their digital lives.