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My two goals are to (1) Promote and Model Digital Citizenship and (2) Engage in Professional Growth and Leadership. This week, I’m reflecting on my goals and finding resources that I can use to carry out my plan. As far as promoting and modeling digital citizenship, I need to read current publications to stay up to date on copyright laws and procedures. Having a copy of our Internet Use Policy at school is important so that students know the expectations in the classroom. I am already modeling the citation of sources in my Power Points and Smart Board presentations. Students are also required to cite their sources whenever a project is assigned that involves research. I can talk to the English teachers and Technology Instructors in the school and find out good sources for teaching digital citizenship.
For my second goal, engaging in professional growth and leadership, I feel that taking online classes through Walden is a huge resource. I have learned so many aspects of integrating technology in my classroom. Sharing these ideas with other teachers and hearing their ideas is also another way for me to grow professionally in the area of technology. I have already carried on many conversations with other teachers regarding technology and have used some of the technologies in my classroom that I have learned about in my master’s classes. I want to continue to engage in professional learning opportunities to stay current in the uses of technology in the classroom. Many students will be able to benefit from technology depending on their learning style and if I stay current in new technologies, I will be able to be a more effective teacher.
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You are doing much better than I am when it comes to demonstrating digital citizenship with citing your sources. I tend to take shortcuts on that.
ReplyDeleteThere are other issues dealing with digital citizenship other than just copyright. If you check out http://www.isafe.org/ they have great resources for actually teaching digital citizenship. All of the lesson plans and PowerPoints are included. They even have a section on copyright. I'm not sure if it is still free or not, it was when I got my materials 3 years ago.
Brett
One really easy way to cite sources in PowerPoint or even in Word if you are viewing on the computer is to hyperlink cited information. I have found in the middle school and high school classes, many studens are very resistant to the whole MLA format. This doesn't mean I excuse them, but when they aren't writing a formal essay but rather creating a Powerpoint or website, I allow them to create a webliography with functional hyperlinks. I've also allowed them to hyperlink the author's name in the citation. For some reason, it seems to be more interesting for them. Just a thought!
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Brett,
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing that website. I looked on the site and you do have to buy a subscription now, but it would definitely be worth it to have all those lessons. I will forward the link to our IT people at school; I think they will find that very interesting. I would love to use those lessons to help students use the Internet responsibly. Thanks for the resource.
Bethanne,
I totally agree with you. I often times just have the hyperlink in my power points, and then go straight to the website. Sometimes I also take a print screen picture of the web-page and hyperlink it that way. As long as my students have a list of sources at the end of their reports or presentations, I am happy. However, if it is a formal report, I do require proper MLA style.