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Related: Digital Literacy • Digital Teaching21st Century Fluencies The Essential Fluencies The Essential Fluencies of innovative learning are structured processes for developing the skills that your students need to succeed, today and in the future. Get Started Now “The Essential Fluencies have nothing to do with hardware—they are about headware, and heartware!” Solution Fluency Develop problem-solving superpowers Scope & Sequence: Common Sense K-12 Digital Citizenship Curriculum Get Trained Use our professional development resources to learn best practices for teaching digital citizenship to your students. Onboard Students: Digital Passport Introduce students in grades 3-5 to Digital Passport, our award-winning suite of games that help onboard students to the foundational skills of digital citizenship and Internet safety. Teach Lessons: Unit 1
Dns Jumper - A Free DNS Changer DNS, or domain name system, is the internet protocol that turns human readable website names (such as sordum.org) into machine readable numeric addresses. In some cases, you can improve browsing speed and/or improve your security by replacing the DNS provided by your internet service provider. DNS Jumper is a tool which makes this easy for you. Why you should use DNS Jumper: 1. It can aid in accessing blocked websites 2. 8 Ways You Can Be Successful Incorporating Digital Literacy in the Classroom Posted January 8, 2016 in Insights & Research, Technology Tags: Schools | Brandi Young, B.S., M.L.I.S., an Integration Librarian (ILibrarian) at INFOhio, Ohio’s PreK-12 digital library, shares strategies for incorporating digital literacy in the classroom. INFOhio, Ohio’s PreK-12 digital library, supports digital literacy and encourages teachers and librarians to instruct students in digital literacy in order to prepare them for college and career. There are so many definitions of digital literacy, and these definitions continue to be in flux as new technologies are born.
Digital citizenship / Teaching Netsafe – Learn Guide Protect The myLGP website supports the Learn Guide Protect Framework . The site promotes a student-centred approach to teaching and learning about cybersafety and digital citizenship across the curriculum. Nine Elements 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.
A beginner’s guide to Minecraft in an elementary classroom “What’s it called again, Craftmine?” I wondered aloud with a confused look on my face to a classroom full of nine year olds, playing dumb the whole time. “It’s MINECRAFT!” they all yelled back in unison, smiling and laughing at how out-of-touch their teacher was with their world. The truth was, however, that I was playing them from the day I first mentioned any knowledge of Minecraft’s existence.
Do the (copy) Right Thing We’ve all been on the Facebook pages and seen the fabulous resources being shared by educators. But how many are breaking the law, and how many will have their work commercialised by others? School library manager Helen Muxlow went to a talk on Creative Commons – a system of copyright relevant to educators – and says, “I see huge value in it. Teachers and support staff often don’t realise that when they make something, they don’t own the copyright. “It’s actually the school through the board of trustees, or the centre, that owns the resource. Although for children, it’s the other way round – when they make something, the copyright stays with them.”
Digital Citizenship Week Ask your students to create their own pledges.How can your students become super digital citizens? Ask them! Begin by encouraging your kids to write their own personal pledges about being good digital citizens in their everyday lives. A pledge could take the form of a motto or a slogan, a song, or a rap. It can rhyme, but it doesn't have to.Download our Student Pledge Activity Sheet and share it with your students to get them started.