Thinking about the 7-10 year olds I have in my 2/3 combo classroom, there are many ways that I do, or can relate digital citizenship content to them directly. One thing I have done is show my students fake content from the internet. My favorite example is when I found a photo shopped picture of a man riding a giant chicken on April Fool's Day last year. I now use that picture to "teach" my class a mini lesson on these giant chickens that live in New Zealand, and talk about how you can actually ride them. After I tell them it's not true- we have a discussion about how anyone can make a website, and write on it whatever they'd like, even if it's entirely made up. This year I incorporated this element into a lesson on using the internet to research topics online. Using humor to connect to my classroom audience helps them connect to the point I am trying to make. Another way I can relate to my students is by learning what they are interested in on the internet. For example, I know that my current group of students mostly uses the internet to play Minecraft, and to browse youtube. Youtube is one of the biggest problem areas I've seen with children using the internet. It's easy for them to keep clicking recommended videos and find themselves watching something entirely inappropriate for their age, even if they started on a kid-friendly channel or video. I think that this would be one very relatable digital citizenship lesson for my students. Finally, I know that my students are interested in communicating with other people online. In my classroom we use Seesaw as a blog, and parent communication platform. I have had issues with students using their class work time instead of posting their own work or writing useful comments to chat with each other via the comments section of the blog. I can see that my students are ready and eager to communicate online in this way, however they need to learn how and when it is appropriate to do so. I am trying to teach them that on our class blog, we post our work and we can write useful comments back to other students about their work. For the time being, I had to take away the comment feature from them until they can begin to practice useful comment writing. This is where my Communication Lesson Plan will come in.
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Maria Dowling
2/12/2018 10:04:16 pm
I like your picture of the giant chickens. I plan on teaching a lesson about evaluating websites and I may show them this picture as an example. I think that my 4th graders will get a kick out of it.
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Scott Marsden
2/13/2018 02:46:31 pm
I too enjoyed the giant chicken example. Your kids must have found that enjoyable. How do you like SeeSaw? Also, what did you think of the resources in the iCARE like Common Sense Media and Google's Be Internet Awesome? Where any of the resources useful for you?
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Kayla Bryant
2/13/2018 11:13:28 pm
The students are always a little annoyed with me for tricking them, which I think helps drive the point home for them! I love Common Sense Media for teaching students about digital citizenship, I also use it to look up shows and movies for my students to watch on rainy days, or celebrations. Today I had a couple students try out Google's Be Internet Awesome at school, and they really enjoyed it.
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Heather C Feinberg
2/13/2018 05:47:13 pm
The picture is a perfect example of fake news! Students really want to believe that everything posted on the web is real. If we continue to educate our students about using common sense in the digital world, all we can hope is that they will apply these skills!
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Diana Olguin
2/13/2018 09:33:07 pm
From what I have experienced in my own classroom of high school students, they also struggle with limiting their time watching Youtube videos. My other issue in class is students wanting to communicate with friends via Facebook, while they are suppose to be working on class assignments. It is difficult to keep track of what every student is doing in class, unless you have multiple eyes or constantly walking around in class.
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Jeff Albertazzi
2/13/2018 11:51:33 pm
So it begins at such a young age. The chat feature in google docs may be the death of me in middle school. It's this generations form of passing notes in class. I really think it is important to teach them technology discipline. I let my kids know adults are the worst at it because we think we are actually good at multi tasking. Go to any staff meeting and look around at how many of us are distracted by technology.
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AuthorKayla Bryant is an elementary school teacher in Napa, CA. This year she teaches a 2/3 combo class. She keeps a journal with funny quotes from her students, and enjoys learning and laughing alongside them. Some of her main educational interests are related to goal setting, growth mindset, and creativity. Archives
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