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Before class and learning a little bit about this topic I had no idea what digital citizenship was. I know digital is showing numbers that value something and citizenship is having the right to be is a country or state. Putting these two words together I had no idea what it was or how teachers can use it in the classroom. Some things that I am curious about are where I can use this in the classroom when I become a teacher. Also, how will students use this is the real world when working with other people. Hopefully looking through the resources that I have and learning from other people, my questions will be answered.
When preparing for class I learned the actual definition of digital citizenship. It is a concept where teachers, students, parents, or anyone learn about appropriate and responsible use of technology. Teachers teach students how to be responsible when online. For instance if one of the students is in a chat room and someone asks for their real name and where they live, the students will learn this not appropriate for people we do not know. There are multiple other examples that I could use for this but that is one of the basics. When being a teacher you have to teach children how to be responsible and how to be safe when using the computer. Since technology is being introduced to children so young, teachers have the responsibility in teaching students about how to be safe and responsible on the Internet. They should also be taught how to use the Internet in a safe and friendly way, not only by teachers but by their parents as well. "What Your Students Really Need to Know About Digital Citizenship." Edutopia. N.p., 24 Oct. 2014. Web. 30 Nov. 2015. On this website it shows you as a teacher what you should talk to your students about with digital citizenship. It talks about passwords, privacy, personal informational, photos, property, permission, professionalism, and personal brand. Under each of those there is a small description of what teachers could have students do and learn about. This would be a good website for teachers to use as an outline of what they would like to teach their students. It gives you great information on how to address this to the students. "5 Ways You Should Integrate Digital Citizenship Into Your Classes." TeachHUB. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Nov. 2015. On this website it gives you five different ways you can use digital citiszenhip in the classroom. The five steps to digital citizenship is use an LMS, model good citizenship, connect and collaborate, use google apps, and maintain balance. Under each of these tips, there is a summary of how you can use this in the classroom with the students. This would be a good website for a teacher to use to see what ways he or she can integrate this into the classroom. It also lets you see that a teacher has already been using this in her classroom; so using this in the classroom wouldn’t be a bad idea. In class this week I learned the eight different things you need to know about digital citizenship. Each group was assigned a different topic and they were supposed to teach the class what each of them was about. Each group did a great job at explaining what each of them were and did a video to teach the class. One of the groups that I enjoyed learning from was the Literacy and Creative Credit and Copyright. They talked about how each of these are about the same, but literacy explains the ability for students to notice where a certain topic was created. There are search engines in each of these and it can be used for educational purposes. Each site gives you if it is a trusted site or not. There was a lot of plagiarism in the school setting. It can be a big problem in schools, but if each student learns about it then they will be able to learn more about how to not plagiarize. Cyber bullying is something that teachers should talk about with their class. A lot of children can be cyber bullied from other students. When discussing with the students you should talk about what is it, how people do it, and how to handle it if it is happening with you. Everything I learned from other students will be good to teach my future class. My understandings about digital citizenship changed because before I didn’t know what it was. Preparing for class and learning more about this through resources I was able to get a different understanding of this. I believe that teaching digital citizenship would be good in the classroom because it teaches the students ways to be safe while on the Internet. It also can teach students the do’s and don’ts of using the Internet. I think having a lesson on this in the classroom will be great for the classroom and having the students learn different things about digital citizenship.
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Before class I thought that using social media sites for the classroom was interesting. But I also think that social media sites should be for upper grades. The younger students I feel like wouldn’t be able to use it like it should be. I would like to research more on how a teacher could use this in the classroom with younger elementary students. Some things that I am curious about how and when I can use this in the classroom, will the students be able to understand it or will there parents not agree with teachers using it. How will each student access looking at the social media sites. These are a few things that I question and hopefully through preparing for class and going to class I will be able to answer these questions.
Some things I learned through preparing for class was different ways to use social media in the classroom. Like tweeting about upcoming due dates or assignments, provide the class with a running news feed; coordinate assignments, and multiple more. I looked at some pros and cons of why using social media would be a good idea in the classroom. I learned that it is easier than everyone thinks. Children know how to use technology because they are accustomed to it. I learned that using social media could help students engage with other students while practicing a certain subject. "5 Pros and Cons of Social Media in the Classroom for Educational Use." School Is Easy Tutoring. N.p., 21 Feb. 2014. Web. 16 Nov. 2015. On this website they talk about the pros and cons of using social media in the classroom. It gives you five pros and five cons while giving a definition on what they mean exactly. Some pros they wrote were, can increase collaboration, encourage participation, useful for homework help, shares resources quickly, and keeps everyone on the same page. Some cons they list are, can be distractive, improper ways to use social media, it lessens human interaction, cyber bullies, and content may be inappropriate. It is good for people who are unsure if they want to use social media in the classroom. It discusses if they should use social media. It is useful for more information about what is good and bad. "50 Ways to Use Twitter in the Classroom." TeachHUB. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Nov. 2015. On this website they talk about multiple different ways to use twitter in the classroom. Some of the things they talk about are, tweet about due dates, coordinate assignments, follow issues and then discuss, facilitate research, and multiple more. This website is able to give teachers fifty ways to use twitter in the classroom. Then they would be able to accommodate this into their classroom. It is very useful because it was able to give multiple different ways to use twitter in the classroom and gave a little description about each. During class I was able to further my knowledge on social media in the classroom. I knew how to use each social media site that we were talking about in class but I still had some questions that my classmates were all able to help me with. I was in the Twitter group and my classmates wanted to create a site and create a poll and have people retweet some of the things that students would like to see. Twitter is great to write a short paragraph of information to let people know. Through Twitter students will be able to see this information and direct message a teacher when they have questions. Facebook is a good website to get information to students but there is a problem with ads that the students could get distracted by. When it comes to Instagram the only thing you really could use it for is taking a picture of something and writing information for the students too see. I think this social media site would be better for non-school related things. My understanding about social media hasn’t completely changed throughout preparing for class and learning more about this topic. I think that using social media in class would be helpful for some things and not helpful for other things. Using Twitter to take a poll or have a discussion would be great. Having Facebook connect with students and their parents is good because in my high school teachers did that when we went on a trip to Italy and Greece. But I don’t think Instagram would be useful in the classroom when teaching. I think there are always good and bad things about each site. Depending on what grade level I teach, I would decide what social media to use. Before coming to class I didn’t have any clue at what personalized learning was. I could put two and two together that it is learning through some sort of personalized way. I thought it had something to do with teaching students in a way that they can learn through what they like or in different ways of learning instead of lecturing. I don’t know the exact definition of personalized learning or what ways I could use it in the elementary setting. Some things that I am curious about is what the definition of personalized learning is, how can I use this in the elementary classroom, and how do you assess the students. I think once I prepare for class and sit in class with my classmates a lot of my questions will be answered.
When preparing for class I was able to watch a video from YouTube that I got to explain what personalized learning was. I also got to watch the videos that my classmates explained. When looking at the resources my teacher left me I was able to learn more ways to use this in the classroom, ways it can be useful in the classroom, and what accommodations I can use for each student. Preparing for class helped me learn more about personalized learning and helped me be able to talk to my classmates about what I learned. Howton, Robyn. "Turn Your Classroom into a Personalized Learning Environment." ISTE. N.p., n.d. Web. 09 Nov. 2015. https://www.iste.org/explore/articleDetail?articleid=416&category=In-the-classroom&article= On this website it gives you the definition of what personalized learning is. It gives you five reasons of what personalized learning is like, learn from others, use the technology you have, let the students make choices, choose the best content delivery method, and assess as you go. It also talks about ways you can pull all this together. I believe this is a good website because it gives you a clear definition of what personalized learning is, ways to use it in the classroom, and how to tie it all together in the classroom. "Personalized Learning Definition." The Glossary of Education Reform. N.p., 15 May 2013. Web. 09 Nov. 2015. http://edglossary.org/personalized-learning/ On this website it gives you the definition of what personalized learning is, examples of ways teachers have used personalized learning in their classroom, and discusses debates that this topic will have with certain topics. I think this is a good website for teachers that want to know more about personalized learning. It also gives you examples of ways to used personalized learning in the classroom. And it also gives you debates that may come out when talking about personalized learning. Some things I learned about this week in class was what personalized learning was and different ways I could use this in the classroom that I didn’t think of. I learned about accommodations that I could use when teaching to the students in my classroom. Working together with my group we talked about ways personalized learning is like a flipped classroom. Using personalized learning can help the students in the long run. Not every student is average so we shouldn’t accommodate to things that are average. We need to accommodate to students that need different ways of learning. No one learns the same way and using personalized learning gives students the way they like to learn. My understandings about this topic changed throughout the learning process. In the beginning I didn’t think that this was a successful way to teach children. Making a different lesson plan for each student may be a little excessive. But after researching a little bit more about this I thought it was a good idea to use in the classroom. Every student should learn about a subject in a way that they are comfortable with and can learn a subject through that learning. I believe that I will use this in my classroom when I become a teacher. Before coming to class I knew a couple things about what a flipped class was. I knew that it was different from a normal classroom. I knew that you taught the subject over a video and had the class watch it before class the next day. In my last year of high school a couple of teachers of mine tried this for math class. I never had math this way but my friends did. They told me that the teacher would put a video up of what they were learning and then come to class the next day and get help from the teacher. Some things I am curious about are if you can teach all subjects in this way, what happens if the students do not have Internet access, and what if the students do not understand the lesson being taught online.
Through my preparation for class I learned a little bit more about ways to use a flipped classroom. I was able to see how they would teach a flipped class and how the students like it. Also, I was able to see different ways the teacher can accommodate to students who do not have Internet access. Preparing for class I was able to view different videos that showed me all different uses of flipped classrooms. Once I found a video that I thought was good for my other classmates to watch, I shared the link and answered a couple of questions about it. These questions had me thinking about what ways I would use this for my classroom, why flipping the classroom was good, and examples of what I could use for my classroom. Berrett D. "Center for Teaching." Center for Teaching. N.p., n.d. Web. 02 Nov. 2015. https://cft.vanderbilt.edu/guides-sub-pages/flipping-the-classroom/ On this website people are able to see what the definition is of flipped classrooms, how it works, the theoretical basis, the key elements of a flipped classroom, and where you can learn more. I think this would be a good website because it gives you an actual definition of what it is and key elements of a flipped classroom. It also gives you different resources that you can use. This would be a good website for people that want to know more about flipped classrooms. Educause. "Seven Things You Should Know About Flipping Classrooms." PsycEXTRA Dataset (2008): n. pag. Web. https://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/eli7081.pdf On this website people are able to see seven things that they should know about flipped classrooms. It tells you what it is, how does it work, who is all doing it, why it is significant, what are some disadvantages, where is it going, and what implications teachers should use. I think this is a good website because although it tells you the definition of a flipped classroom it also tells you disadvantages. Also, it gives you examples of implications for teaching and learning. Some things that I learned in class this week was different ways you can take a video and have the students watch it. When video taping you can either have some tape it for you, use the SMART board, use ShowMe, and multiple other ways. Also, I learned that putting a link to your video is a lot harder than I thought. Making sure the video pops up in the same window as the instructions is better than having it open in a different window. This way the students do not lose the instructions. I learned that working together can get things done in a more timely fashion. Having one person help you video tape your lessons is always fast and easy. I learned that flipping the classroom can help student success. Throughout this process my understandings changed a little bit and then went back to what I thought before. In the beginning I didn’t know exactly what it was but thought that teaching a subject is easier in the classroom for younger students. Older students can use a flipped classroom easier. After learning more about it, it made me change my mind a little bit. I thought the videos could be used in elementary classrooms because other teachers did it. But changed my mind again when I learned how hard it is to put videos up and how Internet access could be a problem. I learned that I will probably not use the flipped classroom for my comfort. I believe teaching lessons during class and then getting work time is how an elementary teacher should teach. Also how I will teach in the future with my classroom. |
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