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Liza Alton

Continuing to develop a viable YouTube policy for my classroom. : Teachers At Risk - 1 views

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teachers classroom youtube policy

shared by Liza Alton on 17 Aug 11 - No Cached
  • have students know there are certain expectations around computer use in a classroom just like there are in a place of business that are different from the ones at home; help students understand  the YouTube videos they choose to watch should add value to what they are doing in class; encourage  students to think critically when watching YouTube videos to determine if the videos have the potential to add value to the task at hand; have students practice thinking critically about the videos they are watching and evaluating them.
  • chart type graphic organizer for students to use
  • I don’t think its much of a stretch for them to think critically about what they have seen.  They’ll be expected to complete an entry for each video they choose to watch during this activity.
  • Liza Alton on 17 Aug 11
     
    A teacher blogs about developing a YouTube policy for her classroom and has an idea for managing their usage of YouTube
Christina Schmitt

E-pals Around the World - ReadWriteThink - 4 views

www.readwritethink.org/...pals-around-world-178.html

ePals

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  • This lesson helps you select e-pals for your students and develop real-life writing and learning experiences for them.
  • Christina Schmitt on 06 Apr 14
     
    This is a lesson plan for grades 6-8. This lesson helps you select e-pals for your students and develop real-life writing and learning experiences for them.
mverbrugge50315

Should Schools Monitor Students Social Media Accounts - 1 views

cyberbullying.us/students-social-media-accounts

education Twitter technology socialmedia Facebook

shared by mverbrugge50315 on 06 Aug 14 - No Cached
  • The company states that it actively looks for anything online that could threaten the safety and well-being of students in the district, including cyberbullying and threats of self-harm. These could be posts that are initiated from school, or not; using school-owned technology, or not. The technology also allows for the flagging and reporting of drug use or class-cutting – or really anything publicly posted by a student that could be viewed as problematic to the school
    • mverbrugge50315
      mverbrugge50315 on 06 Aug 14
       
      Seems like a good service to take burden off of administrators as they have a full plate and in the grand scheme of things, $40,500 seems fairly reasonable. Curious if price is based on number of students in that school?
  • The reality of course is that if a child wants to circumvent tracking and monitoring software, it is pretty easy to do.
    • mverbrugge50315
      mverbrugge50315 on 06 Aug 14
       
      Was a question I had, if district were to invest in a service, how easy would it be monitor. When our school caught kids drinking via Facebook/Twitter they caught on and changed settings to private.
  • Most people would agree that parents have a responsibility to keep tabs on what their kids are doing online.
    • mverbrugge50315
      mverbrugge50315 on 06 Aug 14
       
      YES!! I'm amazed when I see some things on FB or Twitter for some of my students and how do parents not have more control and make them take it down.
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  • that schools monitoring social media amounts to a violation of a student’s privacy. I am not particularly convinced of that. Most students I speak with are savvy enough to realize that what they post in public spaces online is open for anyone to see.
    • mverbrugge50315
      mverbrugge50315 on 06 Aug 14
       
      With anit-bullying laws becoming more prevelant, the issue of privacy is going to become more irrelevant b/c it's actually against the law
  • $40,000 could be used to hire an additional school counselor, at least part-time. At a time when school budgets are shrinking and support staff are routinely being cut, are schools trying to cut corners by relying on a technological solution to a problem?
  • And are they right for doing so?
    • mverbrugge50315
      mverbrugge50315 on 06 Aug 14
       
      Our district needs to cut nearly $3 Million dollars from our budget over a two year period, so it's a matter of weighing priorities. Student safety vs other things in place. All depends what current money is going towards
  • mverbrugge50315 on 06 Aug 14
     
    A service called Geo Listening is available for around $40,000 for districts to use and they monitor students social media. Questions about student privacy and whether this is a service schools can afford
Jenny Leudo

Guide to Using Twitter in Your Teaching Practice : KQED Education | KQED Public Media f... - 12 views

blogs.kqed.org/...tter-in-your-teaching-practice

shared by Jenny Leudo on 03 Apr 14 - No Cached
  • Our students’ needs have shifted and they require digital citizenship skills.
  • Teachers and students use Twitter for communication and conversation
  • great way to add context to content
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  • Help teens evaluate whether or not something is okay to be shared online
  • think before they tweet.
  • kindness
  • empathy
  • Promote critical thinking and encourage discussion by asking students questions like “Do you know the people who look at your profile?” and “What are some different ways your Tweet
  • 20 Ways to use Twitter (infographic) – specific ideas tied to Bloom’s Taxonomy levels for how to use Twitter in the classroom 50 Ways to Use Twitter in the Classroom – Very broad list of ways Twitter can be used in the classroom across disciplines. [blog post/article from teachhub.com] 5 Great Ways Students Can Use Twitter For Research – Five unique and interactive ways that Twitter can function as a research tool. [Laura Bates, Fractus Learning, Inc.]
  • Jenny Leudo on 03 Apr 14
     
    Includes safety for students using Twitter as well as ways to incorporate it into lesson plans! Awesome!
meineckee

Helping students from rural Mexico feel comfortable in your classroom - Connecting with... - 1 views

www.learnnc.org/...933

students mexico spanish language barriers classroom

shared by meineckee on 30 Jun 14 - No Cached
  • Children from rural Mexico may frequently feel uncomfortable in the American classroom environment. For starters, students may have grown up playing only with their siblings and cousins.
  • if a student is attending an American school for the first time, it may also be the first time he or she is surrounded by a different culture, language, food, and set of expectations for behavior. This can make a child feel very nervous, out of place, or shy.
  • the definition of a good education, or una buena educación, held by Mexican parents is far more comprehensive than the dominant American definition of a good education. For Mexican parents, the term una buena educación is a term used to refer to the broad education of a child rather than the solely the schooling of a child. In fact, the term in Spanish meaning “well-educated” is synonymous with the term ser gente decente, or “to be a good person.” A good education serves as the foundation for all other learning and instills in children a sense of moral, social, and personal responsibility. This includes teaching a child how to treat elders with respect, behave properly, and become a person of good moral standing.
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  • While parents in rural Mexico place a very high value on education and learning English, mothers bring the cultural understanding that schooling is the responsibility of the teacher and the school rather than the parents. They often do not realize that most children entering kindergarten already know their ABCs, the colors and the numbers. A mother from rural Mexico might expect that her son or daughter would learn all of these things in school.
  • some new immigrant parents may work long hours, may be unable to read, or may fill the house with things other than books or school supplies.
  • she may not understand that teachers’ requests to bring in supplies are to be followed, that classroom open-houses are normally attended by parents, or that homework frequently comes before family time in many American households.
  • Without authentic caring relationships with educators, students may feel disillusioned with their schooling experience and struggle to do well in school
  • To show respect to a teacher, a student may refrain from acting silly or boisterous, may not call out, or may not ask a question if they feel like they would be bothering their teacher.
  • may feel uncomfortable performing in front of the class or displaying information upon request.
  • but would be very willing to share in a small group setting.
  • Assign small group work in class to create a less intimidating environment for a new student. Avoid asking a new student to display their knowledge in front of the class until that behavior seems more familiar. Allow the student to be bicultural! Treat his or her language and ethnicity as assets rather than hurdles to overcome.
  • meineckee on 30 Jun 14
     
    This article has a lot of good information on relating to students and parents originally from rural Mexico. There are many good points in the first and second chapters of the article.
Liza Alton

Rationale for Using Skype in the Classroom « Ed Tech Ideas - 4 views

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skype Teacher classroom education

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  • Liza Alton on 09 Aug 11
     
    Nice source for a plan for how to include parents in the loop about why/how going to use Skype with students
ericksonda

Be a Good Digital Citizen: Tips for Teens and Parents | Common Sense Media - 3 views

www.commonsensemedia.org/...zen-tips-for-teens-and-parents

cyber citizenship

shared by ericksonda on 16 Jul 14 - No Cached
  • Digital Citizenship Tips for Teens For teens, we offer five simple rules of digital citizenship to help them create a world they can be proud of -- and inspire others to do the same. Think before you post or text -- a bad reputation could be just a click away. Before you press the "send" button, imagine the last person in the world that you’d want seeing what you post. What goes around comes around. If you want your privacy respected, respect others' privacy. Posting an embarrassing photo or forwarding a friend’s private text without asking can cause unintended hurt or damage to others. Spread heart, not hurt. If you wouldn’t say it in person, don’t say it online. Stand up for those who are bullied or harassed, and let them know that you’re there for them. Give and get credit. We’re all proud of what we create. Illegal downloading, digital cheating, and cutting and pasting other people’s stuff may be easy, but that doesn’t make it right. You have the responsibility to respect other people’s creative work -- and the right to have your own work respected. Make this a world you want to live in. Spread the good stuff. Create, share, tag, comment, and contribute to the online world in positive ways.
Kristina Dvorak

Essay on how to use YouTube as a teaching tool | Inside Higher Ed - 2 views

www.insidehighered.com/...-how-use-youtube-teaching-tool

youtube teaching education classroom technology

shared by Kristina Dvorak on 26 Jul 13 - No Cached
  • Look for videos of under 10 minutes in length. There are uploads of entire documentaries, movies, shows, etc. but you probably can’t devote one or more classes entirely to that source.
  • Try to find videos that do more than replace your talking head with another. The idea is to change the class pace, not replicate it.
    • Kristina Dvorak
      Kristina Dvorak on 26 Jul 13
       
      Need to try this for Art History.
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  • Those who already use PowerPoint in classes can simply copy the URL of the clip selected, paste it into a slide, hit the space bar, and the link becomes "live."
  • As in the example above, take a few moments to ask for student feedback on what they saw.
  • A good listening exercise is to ask students to jot down the three major points or details they see in the video.
  • This generation of undergraduates grew up with video, but it’s no longer dazzled by it. It sees video as a ubiquitous vehicle in which information is communicated,
  • Third, don’t make the URL public unless your video is good enough to not add to the YouTube clutter, and it won’t get you into trouble. You need to own rights to any images you use before going public, but you can use most things for educational purposes as long as you don’t distribute them.
  • Kristina Dvorak on 26 Jul 13
     
    Great article about using YouTube in the classroom, directed at college level, but has valuable information for any lecture class.  
Kristina Dvorak

Met Any Good Authors Lately? Classroom author visits can happen via Skype (here's a lis... - 3 views

www.slj.com/...st-of-those-who-do-it-for-free

classroom skype education global technology

shared by Kristina Dvorak on 23 Jul 13 - No Cached
  • She introduces the students, who start off quietly, a little wary of this newfangled sort of author visit. But soon they’re taking turns sharing their favorite characters and we forget the computers that connect us. It feels like we’re all in the same room, and the questions fly across the miles.
  • The video connection allows for some show and tell. I hold up the leaf collection from my school that sparked the idea for the book. The students also get a sneak peak at the outline I’m working on for my new project, a middle-grade mystery. I love the way they talk not just to me but to one another, building on ideas like readers do in any book club discussion.
  • Almost all authors have an online presence with Web sites and email links, so it’s often possible to send a quick note to inquire.
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  • Once students are used to the technology (and they adapt more quickly than we do, most often) they’re happy to carry on a conversation as if the author is sitting in the room with them.
  • Met Any Good Authors Lately? Classroom author visits can happen via Skype (here's a list of those who do it for free)
mverbrugge50315

Cool Ways to Use Skype in the Classroom - 9 views

www.teachhub.com/using-skype-classroom

education classroom technology socialmedia

shared by mverbrugge50315 on 18 Mar 14 - No Cached
  • virtual author visit or other amazing guest speaker
  • screen is large enough
  • stand up and walk in front of the camera.
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  • do a “test” Skype call ahead of time
  • More Skype Tips for Teachers
  • Skype Pen Pal Projects
  • skype with partner classrooms across the country or across the world.
  • ePals
  • Skype for Parent/Teacher Conferences
  • Skype for Professional Development
  • Jenny Leudo on 18 Mar 14
     
    Tons of Skype tips!
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  • ssempeer on 11 Jul 14
     
    Great article with ideas shared from how other schools have used Skype in the classroom.
  • mverbrugge50315 on 06 Aug 14
     
    Personally I prefer Google Hangout, but it's the same concept. What a great way to get a good guest speaker from someone that may not be local and speak in person. Personally I like the idea for professional development. Can do it one-on-one with someone and get specific questions answered for your class as opposed to blanket topics/statements in large group professional development settings.
  • kindermason on 28 Aug 14
     
    I use Skype along with my husband's 5th grade classroom. His students read aloud to my kinder students as part of our literacy block. We rotate through the kids until everyone has had a turn and then we get new books and start over. It's a win, win for everyone!
Anita Roche

Edmodo | Features for Schools and Districts - 1 views

www.edmodo.com/institutions

edmodo education

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  • School or District
  • Anita Roche on 18 Apr 12
     
    Edmodo provides teachers and students a secure place to connect and collaborate, share content and educational applications, and access homework, grades, class discussions and notifications. Our goal is to help educators harness the power of social media to customize the classroom for each and every learner.
  • Anita Roche on 18 Apr 12
     
    Facebook is not an option at our school. I don't see it ever being an option. Edmodo though is used in a local district and I just saw a presentation on it on last year. Looks very interesting.
  • Julie Bisher on 22 Jun 12
     
    I think edmodo would be good for sharing ideas between teachers on committees gathering materials for professional development.
Barbara Ellingsworth

Resources: Lesson plans - Google Apps for Education - 1 views

www.google.com/...lesson-plans.html

education lesson_plans

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    • Barbara Ellingsworth
      Barbara Ellingsworth on 22 Jul 13
       
      I could use this for kindergarten if I left out the reflection.
  • Jane Bambrook on 16 Jul 13
     
    Lesson plans for all grade levels using Google apps
  • Barbara Ellingsworth on 22 Jul 13
     
    This site gives some great lesson plan ideas using google apps for grades k-10.
Barbara Ellingsworth

YouTube Creates Separate Site for Schools - WNYC - 1 views

www.wnyc.org/...ates-separate-site-for-schools

youtube

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  • Barbara Ellingsworth on 24 Jul 13
     
    Didn't know there was a youtube just for schools.
Jeremy Henry

Be a Good Digital Citizen: Tips for Teens and Parents | Common Sense Media - 6 views

www.commonsensemedia.org/...citizen-tips-teens-and-parents

Jeremy Henry: Digital Citizenship Article

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    • Jeremy Henry
      Jeremy Henry on 23 Jul 13
       
      I may make a poster with Digital Citizenship Tips for Teens and hang it in my classroom next to my classroom expectations poster. 
  • Digital Citizenship Tips for Parents and Teachers
  • The Internet’s not written in pencil. It’s written in pen.
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  • Nothing is as private as they think.
  • Kindness counts.
  • Digital cheating is still cheating.
  • Embrace their world.
    • Jeremy Henry
      Jeremy Henry on 23 Jul 13
       
      I may make a handout and lay on my table at parent-teacher conferences for parents that are interested in different ideas to control issues with cyber bulling. 
Carl Spilles

Student Data Security & Google Apps For Education | Google Apps For Education Tips & Tr... - 1 views

www.googleappsforedu.com/rity-google-apps-for-education

education

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  • Carl Spilles on 18 Mar 14
     
    This is a good overview article with hyperlinked videos, blogs, and interviews with Google representatives responding to criticism that Google 'mines' student data.
Carl Spilles

McLaughlin: Bullying bill takes student activity monitoring too far - Iowa State Daily:... - 3 views

www.iowastatedaily.com/...ef-11e3-a776-001a4bcf887a.html

bullying opinion

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  • Another big point is regarding the power the bill would give to the schools when it comes to dealing with bullying, especially cyberbullying. The bill allows for school officials to deal with bullying which happens outside of school, including what happens on the internet. This gives school officials the right to monitor kids’ social media and other electronics and punish them for how they use social media even when they are outside school.
  • Carl Spilles on 29 Mar 14
     
    This is a really interesting and challenging legal issue. The article is an opinion piece on current anti-bullying legislation in Iowa. The author takes a position against the bills' position that schools have authority to discipline cyber-bullying issues outside of school hours. The author's position is that the bill violates students' first amendment rights. I would tend to agree, although anytime a teacher does set up a forum through facebook, twitter, or some other public sharing place, the school does have the responsibility to teach cyber-citizenship and monitor those forums created through or by the school. For example, if a classroom teacher has students create twitter accounts for class or a facebook group for a lesson, then the school has the responsibility to get involved. The lines do get blurred, though, and it is not a 'cut and dried' situation that one bill can adequately respond to on it's own.
Terri Kretzinger

Using Google Apps in the Classroom - 3 views

www.google.com/search

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  • Terri Kretzinger on 02 Jul 12
     
    Easily incorporate Google Apps into your curriculum with these classroom-ready lesson plans. Have a Google Apps lesson plan? Submit it for review. For more ... www.google.com/apps/intl/en/edu/lesson_plans.html - Cached Tools for your classroom. Since we launched Google for Educators, many teachers have come to us with stories of how Google products are helping them in the classroom.
  • Terri Kretzinger on 02 Jul 12
     
    I thought this was really neat!! It gives tons of lesson plans for different subjects in school. Each subject is labeled so you can look at just the ones you are covering!
Jamie Dee

E-pals Around the World - ReadWriteThink - 3 views

www.readwritethink.org/...pals-around-world-178.html

shared by Jamie Dee on 10 Jul 12 - No Cached
  • Jamie Dee on 10 Jul 12
     
    Terri - I found this exact lesson plans and can't wait to use it next year!!!
  • Jamie Dee on 15 Jul 12
     
    I'm planning on teaching a version of this assignment for a comparison/contrast essay for 10th grade.
Stacey Wigant

Skype in the Spanish Comprehensible Input classroom - 0 views

palmyraspanish1.blogspot.com/...author-skype.html

education classroom skype Spanish Comprehensible input

shared by Stacey Wigant on 20 Mar 14 - No Cached
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  • Stacey Wigant on 20 Mar 14
     
    For Spanish Classrooms that are taught through comprehensible input method of teaching.
  • Heidi Bellon on 20 Mar 14
     
    I found this website extremely helpful! This is what I was looking for/thinking about when I signed up for this class. :) Thanks for sharing this link!
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