Blog: Given your student’s grade level and the subject matter you teach, consider how you can teach digital citizenship and specifically digital citizenship as it relates to to digital communication. Please provide 3 specific examples on how you might make learning digital citizenship personal for your students. As a multiple subject, general education, 4th grade teacher -- who also teaches students whose learning capacities range the entire spectrum (from those in a functional skills class to those who are struggling to decode/comprehend what they read as well as those who have been identified as advanced learners) -- it is important that I teach digital citizenship in such a manner that reaches all students. That is, the lessons must include 1:1 support, peer/student coaching, and differentiated learning paces with both traditional paper handouts and computer technology to meet their needs. Additionally, all students will use the academic discussion guidelines and sentence starters/stems I provide them to help guide their communication skills. Finally, to be certain they are communicating digitally in a safe, respectful, and responsible manner, they will use the Common Sense Media game Digital Passport for 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders to learn what is considered the BEST manner to conduct themselves while using technology, whether at home or school. While all Cohort 10 students have written great blogs, the three that I responded to brought up fascinating concerns: Kristin noted several students fly-under-the-radar by getting onto websites they know they are not allowed to be on, which is a monitoring challenge; Kris pondered about exactly when and who ought to be teaching Digital Citizenship to all of our students if each classroom teacher is not a Computer Science/Technology teacher--would the Math and/or History and/or P.E. teachers be required to teach Digital Citizenship?; and, Florencia shared her concern for students' digital security. These are all important issues that need a systemic response!
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AuthorJulie C D Meyer-Houston began her exciting journey during Spring 2016 as a grad student in Touro University - California's Innovative Learning program to earn her Master of Education (M.Ed.) degree, which focuses on Social Justice & Equity and the use of technology in education. Archives
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