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Leah Starr

The Path to Digital Citizenship | Edutopia - 0 views

  • oday's networked world gives everyone a voice, a digital space, a bullhorn to be heard. While this freedom of expression is nothing new to our society, the medium is taking us into uncharted territory.
  • One of the key issues is teaching kids offline before they jump into an online world. They need to know the harsh realities of a networked world, to discern between their real offline personality and tailored online personality, and to understand that both personalities should be the same.
  • They still need to know how to play nicely together, share, not tease or say hurtful things -- and they need to transfer these offline skills to a digital space as well.
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  • Have students create something on a large easel paper (a drawing, poem, short sentence, etc.). Once completed, ask them walk around the room as if they were in a museum and make comments on each creation. This is a great way of having students comment in public and provide authentic feedback that is constructive and not hurtful.
  • Generate safe usernames Discuss the difference between personal and private information Explain why there are logins and passwords for some hardware, software and websites Describe why stealing information and other people's creations is the same as stealing tangible items Use technology to explore personal interests Demonstrate to others how to use technology tools in ways that assist rather than prevent learning
Kelly Wilson

Technology-Enhanced Education - 0 views

  • questions that the group should address
  • provide support to faculty
  • create a more dynamic and effective environment
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  • enrich learning communities
  • engage new constituencies
  • flow of revenue;
  • access to higher education
  • assess best practices in teaching and learning?
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    How does a committee instill change?
Kelly Wilson

Education Innovation Clusters | Office of Educational Technology - 0 views

  • leveraging a region’s unique competitive strengths and common talent.  Across the country education innovation clusters are forming, where forward-thinking partners focus on breakthroughs in learning technologies, streamlining research in learning science and accelerating the development of new tools and approaches for learning.
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      This is what we want students doing too!
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      This is what we want students to be doing in schools as well! 
  • close the achievement gap,
  • improve national competitiveness, and drive economic growth.
Kelly Wilson

Projects & Initiatives | Office of Educational Technology - 0 views

  • broadband
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      This video really shared so much about what we are trying to do in schools.  The US is trying to get high speed internet for all students.  They have recognized a school that has "Bright Spots" to see what is working and where they can go.  
Michael Oquendo

Enhancing Communication with Edmodo - 0 views

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    Review of Edmodo by a classroom teacher new to the program.
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    Here, a teacher describes some pros and cons he has encountered while using Edmodo.
Michael Oquendo

Edmodo Reviews | edshelf - 0 views

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    A quick explanation of Edmodo.
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    A fun little video that shows the basics of Edmodo.
Michael Oquendo

20 Ways to Use Edmodo - 0 views

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    This is a great resource for ways to use Edmodo.
Michael Oquendo

Internet Safety Tips for Kids and Teens - 0 views

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    Another great resource for internet safety. It also includes links at the bottom for other sites that have information on internet safety.
Michael Oquendo

Kids Rules for Online Safety | SafeKids.com - 0 views

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    This is a great resource for internet safety because it puts all of the information in the first person. Kids can take ownership of these "rules" for being safe on the internet.
Michael Oquendo

NetSmartz Internet Safety Presentations - 0 views

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    A great resource for everything involving internet safety. There are presentations for all age groups and also information on specific technology tools such as blogging, e-mailing, etc.
Michael Oquendo

Internet Safety - 1 views

  • Many Internet service providers (ISPs) provide parent-control options to block certain material from coming into a computer.
  • Become computer literate and learn how to block objectionable material.
  • Bookmark kids' favorite sites for easy access.
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  • Be aware that posting messages to chat rooms reveals a user's email address to others.
  • Never trade personal photographs in the mail or scanned photographs over the Internet.
  • Never reveal personal information, such as address, phone number, or school name or location.
  • pedophiles may encourage kids to call them; with caller ID the offenders instantly have the kids' phone numbers.
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    This site gives an overview of internet safety and also goes in-depth on several key issues such as chat rooms and cyberbullying.
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