Saturday, November 28, 2015
Alberta Rider
Dear Teachers,
Next week is Digital Citizenship week. All the schools in our District will be participating in Digital Citizenship Week on some level next week and into October. If your classroom instructional week is totally booked next week, please try to fit in teaching your students about being safe, responsible and ethical in the digital world during the month of October. There are three focus areas recommended: Password Safety, Cyberbullying and Online Health. TTSD has adopted the Common Sense Media curriculum for teaching Digital Citizenship. Here is the attached link to the lessons. Please use these as starting points and adjust as needed for your students:
Sample Schedule (feel free to adjust to fit your needs):
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Day
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Topic
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Lesson Idea
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Monday
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Password Safety
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Common Sense Media -Lesson1
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Tuesday
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Cyberbullying
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Common Sense Media -
Lesson 3
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Wednesday
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Online Health & Wellness
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Discussion about screen time and being physically active. See resources below.
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Here are a few links to resources and short videos that fit nicely with the above lessons:
Protecting Personal Information & Digital Footprint
Cyberbullying
Online Health & Wellness
http://www.digitalcitizenship.net/uploads/GuideAct2.pdf (See Lesson Plan #13)
Each morning next week on the announcements Ann will read a technology tip. Please have your students listen for it and briefly discuss it. Please also include a little blurb in your classroom newsletter sometime in October letting your families know what students are learning about being safe, responsible and ethical in the digital world.
Sample Newsletter Blurb (feel free to cut & paste into your newsletter):
This week (month) is Digital Citizenship week (month.) Students have been learning about being safe, responsible and ethical in the digital world. We discussed why it is important to not share our private information, such as our full name, password, address and phone number with people that we don't know. We also learned about cyberbullying, and that we should always use kind words and comments when posting online. Lastly, we learned just how important it is to balance our time online. We need to limit our screen time and make sure we are being physically active too.
Byrom
The technology team met and went over lots of items. ....he technology team sent a school wide e-mail with links to the DC lessons, some i-pad usage/care posters, and the ambassador made video. I'm hoping to get some parent letters home either via print or e-mail as well as tips on the morning announcements.
Thanks for sending us posters. I will make sure they are posted around the school for next week
THS
Initial Conversations with principal...Working on plan for implementation...
Posters delivered and posted around school by FRC Marketing Group during the Tech Team Meeting
Posters delivered and posted around school by FRC Marketing Group during the Tech Team Meeting
Deer Creek
We ordered the posters. They should be arriving soon.
I like the template we have for k-5. The announcements are a great idea as well as parent resources. We are going to send the teachers the address for Digital Dreaming Lessons. Maybe everyone could show a video or do a lesson on digital
citizenship: https://www.commonsensemedia.org/educators/scope-and-sequencehttps://www.commonsensemedia.org/educators/scope-and-sequence
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Posters have been delivered. Information will be shared on announcements next week. Teachers will be showing videos, doing lessons in digital citizenship. All good. Teachers will be sharing information at conferences about how we are being digital citizens.
Digital Communication
It’s Digital Citizenship Week! We will be sending you some quotes and resources to help bring attention to this topic throughout the week.
Digital Citizenship is composed of 9 elements. One element is Digital Communication:
Proper Digital Communication:
The ability to associate with other people online in a way that is safe, appropriate, and beneficial to the online community.
Tips for Proper Digital Communication:
- Remember that every thing you post or send online has a record. Even when something such as an email or blog post has been deleted, there is usually still a digital record. Be smart. Do not post or send anything that you may want to later get rid of.
- Think positively. Negative posts towards a person or association of people can cause a number of negative side affects. Also, do not personally attack or hurt another individual emotionally. Think before you send.
- Do not post your personal information. While today's society revolves around social media and sharing, remember that anything you post online can be accessed by a number of people. Abstain from giving out your personal information or phone number to outside resources or strangers.
- Use technology at the proper time. When in the work place, classroom, or social situations, it is often thought of as rude or inappropriate to have out a cell phone or to be on a social networking site. Keep personal digital communication such as texting, tweeting, or IMing to a minimum within any type of formal setting.
- Do not add a friend or follower request from someone that you do not know. Though you may have a mutual contact, there is no sure way to determine whether or not they are a safe source
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"Digital Communication." Digital Citizenship. Tangient LLC, n.d. Web. <https://cunedigitalcitizenship.wikispaces.com/Digital+Communication>.
Lessons (K-5) for Online Health
Lessons for Online Health:
Here are some other online options for Health and Wellness for grade school students:
Here’s an excerpt from: (http://www.digitalcitizenship.net/uploads/GuideAct2.pdf, page 11)
7.13 – Guided Lesson Plan #13 Summary Description – How do you spend your time? Focus Question: Do students spend too much time using technologies? Additional Questions: 1. Where are students gaining information about the use of technologies? 2. How much do peers influence the use of certain technologies? Lesson Goals/Objectives: To illustrate how much time students use technology. Resources: Kaiser Family Foundation – Generation M: Media in the Lives of 8-18 Year Olds - http://www.kff.org/entmedia/entmedia030905pkg.cfm Apple – Education – Research http://www.apple.com/education/research/ Activity Description: 1. Create a questionnaire on students’ use of technology. Have it broken down by “at school” and “at home” or “other.” Make sure to list items like surfing the Internet, using an MP3 player, talking on a cell phone. Have students turn in anonymously for best results. Or have students keep a journal of technology use for one week. Have them be specific about what they were doing, what they were feeling, etc. 2. Compile the information gathered by students and see where they are using technology, more in school or away. 3. Ask students where they most learn about technology. Do they think about how they are using the technology with respect to others? Lesson Extension Ideas/Activities: Take the information gathered from the students and determine the kinds of technology they are using. Have students identify the technologies they might use more often if technology was used more widely in school. Teaching Tips: 1. Ask students to think about their technology use. Have them discuss about how the use of technology makes them feel. 2. Compare the results that are gathered in the classroom with national average (see Resources). Are these students following the national trends? Digital Health and Wellness: physical and psychological well-being in an digital technology world. See Chapter 2.8 for more information on Digital Health and Wellness (p. 28) NETS standards: NETS*T – Standard VI, A; NETS*S – Standard 2 (p. 193) 3. Provide help to students to look beyond the basic uses of technology. Urge them to think about all uses of technology (IM, blogging, MP3 players, etc.). 4. Reiterate that not all technology use is wrong (in and of itself) but how it is used and how often.
Hibbard Staff Meeting - DC Training
Don Engstrom and Lauren Walker presented to the Hibstaff on Digital Citizenship Week.
Supt Update DC Mention
Digital Citizenship week is Oct 19th – 23rd. We have been working with the Instructional Technology Committee members in your school to collect/share ways to bring focus to this content – lessons for students/teachers, posters, newsletter articles for parents, readerboard suggestions, ways to incorporate it into conferences, etc. Please visit with your committee member for details. Susan Barnard will be sending out a few emails over the next week to share these ideas so that you can have a plan by Friday, Oct 16th. More information about Digital Citizenship Week here: https://www.commonsensemedia.org/educators/digitalcitizenshipweek
DC Poster Order
We printed 4 different types of Digital Citizenship posters for schools (from https://www.commonsensemedia.org/educators/posters)
MWW
Mary Woodward Elem, Jennifer Cannon:
My class just started blogging for digital citizenship week :) I have had so many positive comments from parents about it during conferences - they were impressed to hear their child tell them how to be safe online and how to make quality posts/comments. I now have a Blogging folder on my Google Drive and have started to create detailed lesson plans on “How to start blogging with students” and will continue to work/refine these documents. I just shared the folder with you. https://drive.google.com/a/ttsd.k12.or.us/folderview?id=0B33g0_vmpi1dTHJWaXJZdEoxdG8&usp=sharing
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