chanced upon this initiative termed “23 Learning 2.0 Things” which is a nicely laid out 9-week programme. might give some ideas on how one can encourage fellow teachers to become 2.0ed. if you’re able to throw in some incentives, that would definitely be nice. otherwise the process in itself can be fun i suppose (:
Australian Internet Safety Education Resources
Cyberwellness is quick becoming a concern for teachers and parents alike. Chanced upon this and it seems the Australian government has quite a head start:
For primary school: Cyberquoll
Cyberquoll is a computer based Internet safety program for primary school students. It teaches students about the risks of using the Internet and provides advice on managing and minimising those risks. (adapted from this resource index)
For secondary school: CyberNetrix
CyberNetrix is a computer based Internet safety program for secondary school students. It teaches students about the risks of using the Internet and provides advice on managing and minimising those risks. (adated from this resource index)
Social networking anyone? Beware !
just saw this off /. :
“Facebook Users Get Lower Grades In College”
so if you’re very engaged in facebook, myspace etc, BEWARE 😉
and if you’ve students who are extremely engaged in fb as such, perhaps it’s time to highlight this article to them :O
ideas from Classroom News Feb 09
juz “fetched” my copy of feb 09 classroom news from the server.
some useful ideas within:
1. on cyber-wellness/safety: a study that involved emailing students who posted explicit contents to their socialnetworking profile (myspace, facebook as such). awareness through email brought about behavioural change to some students. this idea could be tested n come in handy for a teacher 🙂
2. students turned to video clips in youtube/teachertube/schooltube for learning. students can “watch the video as many times as … needed”; thinking out loud processes can be recorded and shared as well, and it may be ‘not as daunting’.
3. reports and discussed a survey that suggested “sending or posting nude or semi-nude cell phone pictures starts at a young age and becomes even more frequent as teens become young adults” … this would fall in the same category as (1) as well. some food for thoughts, including “Most parents have at least some sort of experience or
understanding of what adolescence was like in terms of other risky behaviors, but no one old enough to have teenage children today had a cell phone when they were
teens”
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Footprints …
The title of Will Richardson’s latest article on ASCD reads “Footprints in the Digital Age” (first saw this article mentioned in Anne Davis’s post. Thanks Anne for highlighting the article). As I read through the online article, the following sentences resonated:
- (As) a consequence of the new Web 2.0, … (we) are becoming increasingly woven into the fabric of almost every aspect of our lives.
- … like it or not, social Web technologies are having a huge influence on students …, even the youngest ones.
- … like it or not, social Web technologies are having a huge influence on students …, even the youngest ones.
- One of the biggest challenges educators face right now is figuring out how to help students create, navigate … the Web and helping them do this effectively, ethically, and safely.
- The things we create are searchable to an extent never before imagined and will be viewed by all sorts of audiences, both intended and unintended.
And the recurring theme on the importance of teachers’ leading/scaffolding appears in the following sentences:
- … we may find opportunities to empower students to learn deeply and continually in ways that we could scarcely have imagined just a decade ago
- … they’re doing all sorts of things with online tools that, for the most part, we’re not teaching them anything about.
- Our teachers have to be colearners in this process, modeling their own use … and understanding the practical pedagogical implications … technologies and online social learning spaces.
- (educators should learn that) transparency fosters connections and … (willing) to share our work and, to some extent, our personal lives.
- … still needs the guidance of teachers and adults who know them in their own practice.
- … students have the potential to own their own learning—and we have to help them seize that potential.
- Younger students need to see their teachers engaging …
- Middle school students should be engaged in the process of cooperating and collaborating with others …, just as they have seen their teachers do.
And the ending paragraph reminds us to be a lifelong learner in ICT if we were to teach and prepare our students for their future lives:
“But to do all that, we educators must first own these technologies and be able to take advantage of these networked learning spaces.”