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Digital citizenship is more than staying safe online, says ISTE's chief executive - 0 views

  • Practicing responsible “digital citizenship” requires students, educators and administrators to do more than simply avoid confrontations online, but to be proactive in improving their online communities, the CEO of the International Society for Technology in Education said at a conference Monday.
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      Great article on #digcit
  • Practicing responsible “digital citizenship” requires students, educators and administrators to do more than simply avoid confrontations online, but to be proactive in improving their online communities, the CEO of the International Society for Technology in Education said at a conference Monday.
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Projects | Stanford History Education Group - 0 views

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    Good resources for those of us looking into #digcit curriculum
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The Hottest Chat App for Teens Is Google Docs - The Atlantic - 0 views

  • As more and more laptops find their way into middle and high schools, educators are using Google Docs to do collaborative exercises and help students follow along with the lesson plan. The students, however, are using it to organize running conversations behind teachers’ backs.
    • pjspurlock
       
      Interesting point! Maybe something we could address in the curriculum and also inform teachers?
  • As more and more laptops find their way into middle and high schools, educators are using Google Docs to do collaborative exercises and help students follow along with the lesson plan. The students, however, are using it to organize running conversations behind teachers’ backs.
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When Kids Google Themselves - The Atlantic - 0 views

  • Natalie, now 13, said that in fifth grade she and her friends competed with one another over the amount of information about themselves on the internet. “We thought it was so cool that we had pics of ourselves online,” she said. “We would brag like, ‘I have this many pics of myself on the internet.’ You look yourself up, and it’s like, ‘Whoa, it’s you!’ We were all shocked when we realized we were out there. We were like, ‘Whoa, we’re real people.’”
    • pjspurlock
       
      Wow! Something interesting to add to a lesson on you digital footprint for sure!
  • Natalie, now 13, said that in fifth grade she and her friends competed with one another over the amount of information about themselves on the internet. “We thought it was so cool that we had pics of ourselves online,” she said. “We would brag like, ‘I have this many pics of myself on the internet.’ You look yourself up, and it’s like, ‘Whoa, it’s you!’ We were all shocked when we realized we were out there. We were like, ‘Whoa, we’re real people.’”
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Teaching Global Digital Citizenship? Use These 10 Essential Questions - 1 views

  • Here are 10 essential questions for teaching Global Digital Citizenship. Use them to get lively discussions going in your classroom. Ask how students feel about these issues. Explore ideas that make teaching Global Digital Citizenship effective and engaging.
    • pjspurlock
       
      Great resource to put the idea of Global Digital Citizens/ Leaders into perspective.
  • Here are 10 essential questions for teaching Global Digital Citizenship. Use them to get lively discussions going in your classroom. Ask how students feel about these issues. Explore ideas that make teaching Global Digital Citizenship effective and engaging.
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Students Should be Taught to be Digital Leaders Instead of Digital Citizens - The Tech ... - 0 views

  • Digital leaders do more than consume information. They synthesize learning and use it in collaborative environments. Digital leaders are dynamic change agents who transform the status quo, facilitate better communication and understanding, and integrate a variety of technology tools in their lives.
    • pjspurlock
       
      Great way to connect this to PBL and collaboration.
  • Digital leaders do more than consume information. They synthesize learning and use it in collaborative environments. Digital leaders are dynamic change agents who transform the status quo, facilitate better communication and understanding, and integrate a variety of technology tools in their lives.
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Podcast: How Ethical Thinking & Digital Citizenship Are Connected | Internet Safety | U... - 0 views

  • n an age where so many of a child’s waking hours are spent in front of an interactive screen, the ability to bring ethical thinking to the content they choose to upload, download, or otherwise consume is not only a critical component of their formational experience, it is a record of their behavior that, in Diana’s words, “will never go away.”  
    • pjspurlock
       
      Podcast about ethics and digital citizenship. Worth a listen to not only support the impact of digital citizenship lessons, but also how it helps enforce ethical thinking.
  • n an age where so many of a child’s waking hours are spent in front of an interactive screen, the ability to bring ethical thinking to the content they choose to upload, download, or otherwise consume is not only a critical component of their formational experience, it is a record of their behavior that, in Diana’s words, “will never go away.”  
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What's Involved in Technology Planning? | ECLKC - 1 views

  • Technology planning is a process. TechSoup has broken it down into seven phases.Establish leadership and support. Assess your resources. Define your needs. Explore solutions. Write the plan. Get funding. Implement the plan.
  • Your organization's technology vision (together with a brief section about the current state of technology in your organization) can take the form of an executive summary. How will technology further your organization's mission? What is your long-range vision for technology use? While this isn't necessarily an essential part of the plan, this section can give an overview of your technology goals as they relate to your organization's mission.
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      What is the tech vision for GMUHS? How can this apply to us?
  • Taking your hardware and software inventory may be the most well-defined part of technology planning. As a result, you have more options for how to get it done. If someone on staff has even a minimal knowledge of hardware and software vocabulary, you may well be able to do it in-house. Is there someone who knows how to find out the processor speed of a computer?
    • pjspurlock
       
      Is there a better way for us to take inventory of what we have?
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    This is from the US. Dept of Health and Human Services but talks about, "Technology planning is a process that takes time and resources in order to understand what is appropriate for staff and the organization. Program directors and their management staff may use this resource to further their understanding of what is involved in technology planning." While HeadStart is under this government branch and the terms don't completely line up with education lingo, it makes some great points that ISTE also mention.
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VT Digital Learning Plan-DRAFT.pdf - 0 views

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  • Following the National Education Technology Plan, and realizing that Vermont has some unique needs, we’ll frame the Vermont Goals under the following areas:  Learning, in Vermont’s case, Personalizing Learning  Teaching and Pedagogy  Leadership  Assessment and Evaluation  Infrastructure
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      Vermont's Unique Needs to Digital Learning. Follows along with what I saw in ISTE and how GMUHS needs to build a strong vision.
  • How could/would digital learning environments increase students’: o Exposure to new ideas, communities and culture? o Civic engagement and responsibility? o Collaborations and community/state/national/global connections o Appetite for new experiences in learning?
    • pjspurlock
       
      Good points: Teacher and student buy in
  • Chromebooks, offering a low-cost solution to providing full or near full-time access for students, now comprise almost 50% of devices in schools.
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      GMUHS is Macbook vs Chromebook. Will this last for us? Will we have to consider the alternate?
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  • 150 schools are at 50% or above in terms of IT shifted to the cloud. 7 schools reported moving 100% of their services to the cloud.
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      Most of our is under the Google Cloud
  • Referencing the SAMR model, we still see a significant amount of Substitution, where traditional teaching and learning is simply moved to an electronic platform (i.e. a paper fill-inthe-blank worksheet is now an electronic fill-in-the-blank worksheet), but there are also examples that come up on the higher end of the model too, Redefinition. In this iteration of the creation of local Digital Learning Plans, we hope to bring more teachers to the Modification and Redefinition levels. So, one of our continuing areas of work must be in technology integration, perhaps following more of the models of embedded individuals that we know tend to produce better outcomes in terms of tech to support learning.
  • COMPUTER SCIENCE Revisited Another area of focus for our work moving forward is the re-development and a refocus of resources that can build teacher capacity around Computer Science as a field and possible career choice for our students
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      How can our district better support our teachers in this area?
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NETP17.pdf - 1 views

shared by pjspurlock on 06 Mar 19 - No Cached
  • Taking full advantage of technology to transform learning requires strong leadership capable of creating a shared vision of which all members of the community feel a part. Leaders who believe they can delegate the articulation of a vision for how technology can support their learning goals to a chief information officer or chief technology officer fundamentally misunderstand how technology can impact learning. Technology alone does not transform learning; rather, technology helps enable transformative learning. The vision begins with a discussion of how and why a community wants to transform learning. Once these goals are clear, technology can be used to open new possibilities for accomplishing the vision that would otherwise be out of reach. Moving to learning enabled by technology can mean a shift in the specific skills and competencies required of leaders. Education leaders need personal experience with learning technologies, an understanding of how to deploy these resources effectively, and a community-wide vision for how technology can improve learning. 1
    • pjspurlock
       
      Perfect resource for EDCI 325!
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