I have to start by saying...I need more hours in a day or atleast some staff in my library to help with clerical stuff so I can develop some great PD for my department!!! In our district we are often stuck with PD/workshops that have nothing to do with the library. I have had the opportunity to teach some PD sessions and really enjoyed it. I have been able to open the eyes of my staff as to what the library can do for them. Some of the teachers really had no idea...technology, databases, ebooks....we have it all!
After I read the articles about 20% time and Genius Hour I have my motivation for my summer work. With all the talk about the importance of student directed learning I am going to develop a plan to incorporate this - using the book Passion-Driven Classroom by Maiers & Sandoval. Our day is based on four Blocks on a rotating Day 1 and Day 2 schedule and I believe it will suit this movement quite well!
As I looked into developing the DIY Professional Toolkit....my eyes were opened to Twitter! I knew how it work...I knew all my students were on it but I really just saw it as another social media network....like facebook and do I really need to know that you are doing laundry while eating hagen daas at midnight!!
But Twitter really has value...I was so thrilled to see all of the educators sharing their resources. I loved that you don't really need to participate...you can just lurk! It is such a great way to connect that I am writing a brief article for our teacher newsletter trying to entice teachers to sign-up on Twitter. I loved Twitter4teachers.
I also signed up for Emerging Technology and Tech Tools - again I don't participate but I am always finding things to try out and take a look at...I am starting to feel guilty about not adding my two cents! LOL
MOOCS is something that I looked into last summer and always seems like such a great idea but then when I found something the timing never seemed to work out. I love the idea and all the different avenues it opens up not only for teachers but for our students. I have tried out EdX...there was nothing library related but I did follow up on an art history course and a Jazz Appreciation course. Both were archived courses but you can view all of the materials - watch the videos and audit the course when you are done. Again...I just wish I had more time in a day!
So I am now writing a proposal to see if some of these fabulous opportunitites for meaningful learning will get us the PD credit they so deserve!
Monday, May 12, 2014
Monday, April 28, 2014
Thing 18: Digital Tattoo & Digital Citizenship
This is another topic where I feel we are failing our students. I first heard the term Digital Footprint a little over a year ago...from Paige Jaeger and realized what an important lesson my students need to be taught! After speaking informally with my high school students I realized how clueless they are about digital citizenship and how the life they lead online will follow them in the "real world". I love the term Digital Tattoo - it seems a little more permanent and I believe the students can relate to it.
I did start with searching myself on Spokeo and other such sites and was shocked at the detail and how many years back these sites went with my personal information.
There is so much information out there on this topic it is staggering and yet we have students that are living their lives online not realizing the full impact...their online sharing will have on them.
The presentation I created for my upcoming 9th graders included:
A great video on youtube....Youth & Media Digital Dossier....it is a quick 4 minutes video that opens their mind to have is put out there and how it is used.
I also referenced an article in Time Magazine about Data Mining - Your Data for Sale March 2013. Some students were shocked to find out that their information was for sale...and that Facebook made 3.2 billion in advertising revenue.
Two books I found helpful were Digital Citizenship in Schools - Ribble & Bailey and Born Digital - Palfrey & Gasser.
I reviewed with my students some of the fine print details of what they are agreeing to when using things like Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat and other apps.
We also reviewed the Stephentown House Party last August that made the news because of pictures that were posted on social media sites.
Students were shocked to find out that employers and colleges want full access to Facebook! For many students this was the eye opener!! Or the pictures that they send via Snapshat that are supposed to be only viewed for a few seconds are never really "gone".
We touched on cyberbullying and the shocking statistics of students that have taken their lives because of such activity.
There is such a need here that I feel we are missing the boat on. Our students are living their lives out on social media with blinders on. We as educators need to fit this into the curriculum....somewhere between the common core and testing.... Many of the teachers believe someone else will cover it with the students and instead we are doing them a huge disservice.
When I did my lesson with my 9th graders some of the teachers were shocked at some of the information I shared and were unaware as well....so I think my next move is creating some inservice class for my teachers.
I did start with searching myself on Spokeo and other such sites and was shocked at the detail and how many years back these sites went with my personal information.
There is so much information out there on this topic it is staggering and yet we have students that are living their lives online not realizing the full impact...their online sharing will have on them.
The presentation I created for my upcoming 9th graders included:
A great video on youtube....Youth & Media Digital Dossier....it is a quick 4 minutes video that opens their mind to have is put out there and how it is used.
I also referenced an article in Time Magazine about Data Mining - Your Data for Sale March 2013. Some students were shocked to find out that their information was for sale...and that Facebook made 3.2 billion in advertising revenue.
Two books I found helpful were Digital Citizenship in Schools - Ribble & Bailey and Born Digital - Palfrey & Gasser.
I reviewed with my students some of the fine print details of what they are agreeing to when using things like Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat and other apps.
We also reviewed the Stephentown House Party last August that made the news because of pictures that were posted on social media sites.
Students were shocked to find out that employers and colleges want full access to Facebook! For many students this was the eye opener!! Or the pictures that they send via Snapshat that are supposed to be only viewed for a few seconds are never really "gone".
We touched on cyberbullying and the shocking statistics of students that have taken their lives because of such activity.
There is such a need here that I feel we are missing the boat on. Our students are living their lives out on social media with blinders on. We as educators need to fit this into the curriculum....somewhere between the common core and testing.... Many of the teachers believe someone else will cover it with the students and instead we are doing them a huge disservice.
When I did my lesson with my 9th graders some of the teachers were shocked at some of the information I shared and were unaware as well....so I think my next move is creating some inservice class for my teachers.
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