When do you
actually see a student that is not logged into to something?! Hardly ever would be my answer to this question. Students have access to the internet and
social media almost anywhere they are.
So I think that it is becoming increasingly important that teachers are
including bits about Digital Citizenship in their lesson plans especially if
they have already begun including technology in their classrooms. Teachers can consider using Blogs as a great
tool, and way to introduce their classrooms to technology as it seems to be a
multi-purpose tool. While using the Blog
for classroom assignments or lessons they could create a classroom conversation
around Digital Citizenship because the Blog allows for an exchange of conversation. The Digital Citizenship blogs could help students
learn the ways of safety on the web. Teachers
could tackle the Nine Elements of Digital Citizenship throughout their lesson
plans, and it could also be a good way to loop parents in so they can see the
classroom discussions and maybe even carry those conversations into their home
life.
You guys
should definitely check out Mr. C’s class blog I thought was pretty cool I
included the link below. He has a blend
of things for his students to access
anything from classroom assignments to video posts etc. It is very interactive for students and seems
that they will definitely be engaged as the school year goes on. The great thing about blogs to is that the
posts are always available to students, so if a student is out sick and the
teacher posts the assignment along with video of the lesson that day, it would
be super easy for a student to stay on track even if they couldn't physically
be in class that day. So there are so
many benefits to using a Blog, and I think every teacher should give it a try,
it may be a good starting point for a teacher just getting into using
technology in the classroom, and the students can definitely benefit from it
down the line!
