Digital citizenship in the real world
Learning on and off-line civics Whenever I taught civics, I repeatedly told my classes that I would measure my success as a teacher on how many of them were voting in elections in five years. Of...
View ArticleWhat it’s really like to use an LMS with students
edmodo vs Schoology, digital badges and how to leave a great comment 5th grade Peoples Academy Middle Level teacher Hannah Lindsey returns this week with a look at what it’s really like to use an LMS...
View ArticleC is for Citizenship (digital of course!)
Approaching student digital citizenship from many levels Our students live in technology-rich worlds, regardless of how much technology they are using in school on a day-to-day basis. Technology has...
View ArticleTo lock or not to lock
School approaches to filtering internet content As social media,Youtube, and gaming become more educationally relevant, how do we leverage their educational potential while keeping student data safe...
View ArticleBalancing screen time and family time
When to put the device down Let’s face it, it’s a challenge to balance technology in our lives; but it’s essential. Parents and adults need to guide their young adolescents and children towards...
View ArticleExploring digital citizenship as a form of literacy
7th graders learn video as reflection tool When I sat down to work with my students on digital citizenship and literacy, I wanted to do something different. These are 7th graders coming from lots of...
View ArticleHelping your teen or tween with social media
To follow or not to follow… that is the question. Oh Hamlet, you would be so perplexed on this one! I’m sometimes asked this question as the mother of an Instagram-using 12 year old myself. Parents of...
View Articletwitter etiquette
Modeling twitter interactions as an educator and parent With twitter’s explosive growth in popularity with educators, it can get a little confusing as to what the new rules of social media look like....
View Article4 resources for fighting fake news
Standard 3-part story-driven post: 1) what it is, 2) what it looks like in a school, 3) how to do it in your school The post 4 resources for fighting fake news appeared first on Innovation: Education.
View Article4 ways of finding copyright-friendly media
The art of the responsible remix With the incredible popularity and ease of digital mediamaking comes great responsibility. As students unlock the power of digital storytelling and media creation, they...
View Article“When Student Published Videos Go Viral” (podcast)
In September of 2009, Sarah, the 9 year-old daughter of our keynote speaker posted a 90-second YouTube response to President Obama’s speech to US students. This video “went viral” and currently has...
View ArticleiMovie Exercise: Introduce yourself in a trailer
From Katie Sullivan and via our own @hennesss: “Look at this cool way to use iMovie for kids to be able to introduce themselves during the first few days of school: Each student creates one of these...
View ArticleAdam Provost on the need for ongoing instruction in digital citizenship
Adam Provost, Burlington High School tech integrationist and Partnership for Change Fellow, talks about how to talk to students about potentially dangerous or illegal technologies, and what use of...
View ArticleWho cares about copyright?
These VT students do. As you can see from the video below, users care, creators care, this class of 6th graders from Hunt Middle School cares, and they’ll tell you why you should care too. A big thank...
View ArticleMaking the most of twitter in your classroom
Twitter’s not just a great way to build your PLN as an educator, it’s also a powerful tool to connect students with the world around them in very unique ways. But how can you make those connections...
View ArticleCommon sense advice for tween social media use
Apparently, asking friends to follow HennesseyGirlsMom on Instagram would be social suicide. My 12-year-old twins are counting the days to their 13th birthday in April, anticipating with much more...
View ArticleThe 7 characteristics of a digitally competent teacher
How do you score? The fine folks over at Daily Genius recently created this infographic, which has subsequently made the rounds on twitter. If you haven’t seen it yet, may I present “The 7...
View Article#vted twitter chat, 4/15/15:
#digitalcitizenship Moderated by Franklin West Supervisory Union superintendent Ned Kirsch (@betavt), the #vted twitter chat takes place every other Wednesday from 8-9pm EST, and covers a wide range of...
View ArticlePodcasting with Principal Berry
How school change began with just one person, and just one podcast We talk with Richmond Elementary School principal Mike Berry about how he’s using podcasts and other digital storytelling to help his...
View Article4 ways twitter bots can help save the world
The Good, the Bad, and the Bot What does it look like when twitter bots work towards improving our world? Bots have a rightly deserved rap for being used nefariously, but much less attention is paid...
View Article“Because internet”: learning to communicate in different online spaces
When is a “lol” not a “lol”? Would a “ftw” hit as hard by any other name? Two things: Shakespeare’s The post “Because internet”: learning to communicate in different online spaces appeared first on...
View Article
