8 - Digital Citizenship REP grouping (Respect, Educate & Protect) is a more global way to look at the 9 themes of Digital Citizenship. Respect Yourself/Respect Others 1. Digital Access: full electronic participation in society 5. Digital Etiquette: electronic standards of conduct or procedure 6. Educate Yourself/Connect with Others 2. Protect Yourself/Protect Others 7. The resources below will assist you in modeling the REP framework for teaching and learning. Respect Yourself/Respect Others Acceptable Use Acceptable Use and appropriate use of the Internet is something that both teachers and students must understand. Bullying The Learning First Alliance has provided a new comprehensive web library about bullying, with resources from educational organizations. Twitter Etiquette If you are a twitter user, there are many good resources to learn how to use Twitter more effectively. Educate Yourself/Connect With Others Cyber Safety Initiative The Attorney General runs what is known as the Michigan CSI. Staying Safe Online
r.cfm?B=19149&U=389818&M=5222&affTrack=1agsjokg21h3q&urllink=www.visualthesaurus David Crystal is one of the most well-respected writers on language and communication, having published an impressive array of books from The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language to The Fight for English. His latest, Txtng: The Gr8 Db8, tackles the facts and fictions of text messaging. In the first of our three-part interview, he explains how persistent myths about the dangers of texting, particularly in his native Great Britain, compelled him to write a book laying out the empirical realities of this novel form of communication. VT: Let's talk about your motivation for writing the book. What piqued your interest in the subject of texting? DC: It was a dawning realization about how universal the myth was about texting. VT: Why do you think the reactions have been so intense about texting? DC: I'm as amazed about this as anybody else. VT: Was the entire story a hoax, or did something actually happen that was embellished? DC: Exactly.
s Internet Safety Resources This free interactive site is an extensive digital literacy curriculum that improves technology proficiency, builds information literacy and digital citizenship skill, and provides 21st century and project-based resources online. The 21 Things are 'big ideas' in technology and learning such as Visual Learning, Collaboration, Cloud Initiation, Digital Footprint, and much more. The student activities use free web resources designed to address the ISTE National Educational Technology Standards for Students, and the Partnership for 21st Century Skills. The non-sequential Things, delivered as project-based Quests, provide links, resources, and activities for students to earn badges and awards. Registration for teachers is required and gives access to teacher resources and a downloadable Moodle version of the site; Moodle is not required to use this site. To access certain external activities and tools, students may need to register with an e-mail. In the Classroom
Try this: Why it's a dog's life in China | Education | Guardian Weekly Dogs can unite or divide a classroom. Some people love them while others can definitely live without them, which is why this article from the Guardian website about keeping dogs as pets in China caught my eye. It is a great article to build a lesson around as it's a topic which students can easily relate to and because it explores a number of controversial issues about which students are likely to have an opinion. Better still, there is also an audio version of this article available so you can combine reading and listening practice. Find more audio content on the Guardian's new Audio Edition. Before reading Image: The photograph accompanying the article (above) is quite strong. Headline: Part of the headline "Sold for £1m – or stolen and sold as meat" could also be used to get students predicting what they think the article may be about. Prompts: Lead into the topic by asking students what strange things they have eaten or if there is any animal they would never eat. Comprehension skills
Why should critical literacy matter to information professionals? Critical literacy is an approach to learning and teaching that has gathered momentum in recent years as it has become widely used in classrooms around the world. Critical literacy is not just important for formal education settings however. It is also relevant for libraries because it is an approach that can engage students (or other users)in more active forms of reading and more creative ways of critiquing texts, as well as equipping them with skills and strategies to challenge social and political systems. What is critical literacy? Critical literacy differs from most models of information literacy because it is not simply about the ability to evaluate information for features such as authenticity, quality, relevance, accuracy, currency, value, credibility and potential bias. One way of describing critical literacy is as a process that, ‘challenges the status quo in an effort to discover alternative paths for self and social development’ (Shor, 1999). Authors and readers Buy the book
Tech Tools for Teachers By Nik Peachey Tech expert Nik Peachey presents an invaluable series on using technology in the classroom. If you’re already tech-savvy, this series will give you a whole host of new ideas and suggestions; if you’re not yet comfortable with using new technology in your teaching, Nik’s help and advice will get you started in no time. There’s an ancient Chinese proverb which is sometimes also referred to as a curse, but it’s one that I like because it is very relevant to us as teachers today: “May you live in interesting times.” Each instalment will give you: Context is a key word when we think about how technology can be applied to supporting our students’ learning. Why do we need technology in the language classroom? Technology is transforming the world of global communications. Getting Started Getting started with new technologies can seem intimidating and demanding. Nik Peachey
Social Media and Digital Immigrants | Creative ideas for Literacy and Numeracy teaching February 6, 2011 by stitchesoftime In my travels round the internet I have come across an updated version of the impact of social media shown in class a couple of weeks ago. The video is made by Erik Qualman who writes about what he calls ‘socialnomics’. I was trying to embed the video into the post and came across the same problems I had last week with the Frank Sinatra video, which puzzled me as I had done it successfully with other video. Then I remembered that on the blog where I found the updated video it had the following message – ‘this video contains content from Sony Media, its playback is restricted on certain sites, watch it on You Tube‘ with a link which then took me to You Tube where I successfully watched it. There was an interesting comment left by one of the viewers of the video referring to the fact that 50% of the population are under 30 and are the ones more likely to have and use this social media and that older people may be disadvantaged. Like this: Like Loading...
Tools to Motivate Your Students Motivational Tools Motivating students to listen and learn and remain on task is not an easy thing to do. All teachers, of course, hope to present lessons so engaging and exciting that students intrinsically want to behave and learn, but in the real classroom, you’ll often find that you also need a little something extrinsic to motivate reluctant or restless learners. At those times, you might consider the use of a reward system. Implementing reward systems can be tricky, however, and they require careful thought. You don’t want a system that inadvertently punishes students. The first step in developing a successful reward system is to determine your goals. The concept of rewards involves using an extrinsic incentive (the reward) to encourage certain actions and behaviors from students. The three programs below are designed to address individual student behavior. Red Tickets: This system encourages class participation and offers everyone an opportunity to get a little something special.
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