Participate Reflection

Participate Reflection

1. How has the Participate module prepared you to meet each standard listed above? For each standard, link to or provide specific examples from your work in Participate. 

The lessons had me look at different aspects of the digital world and think about some consequences of living the digital life.

Standard C: The online teacher plans, designs, and incorporates strategies to encourage active learning, application, interaction, participation, and collaboration in the online environment.
The lessons for the students will incorporate

Lesson on Web safety - Going through the lessons from NtezSmart as outlined in the lesson plan and creating posters and online images to post is a constant reminder of the do's and dont's for Cyper Safety. 




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Standard E: The online teacher models, guides, and encourages legal, ethical, and safe behavior related to technology use.




Lesson on ethics and copyright:
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Standard J: The online teacher interacts in a professional, effective manner with colleagues, parents, and other members of the community to support students’ success.

Joining a DLC
https://lsnossparticipate.blogspot.com/2019/01/participate-1-joining-dlc.html

1. What strategies will you take away from the Participate module and apply to your teaching? Explain why.  

Students will be expected to adhere to copyright rules, use learning websites, not websites that will do the work for them as an ethical consideration. Students will participate in DLC's to share ideas in a beneficial way. 

1. What lessons were most beneficial for you? Explain why.  

Collecting Digital resources because as an online teacher we constantly have to look for resources that will adhere to our lessons
Joinig a DLC - There are many more of these than I thought. I will have to look at some others.

1. Accessibility issues, Ethical issues and Ergonomic Issues: 

These are lessons that the students do not think about, the unexpected responsibilities of living in a digital world. I would want to show my students each of these concepts to open their minds beyond web searched and social media. 

Participate 4 - Digital Health

Participate 4 - Digital Health

Participate 4 - Digital Safety and Security

Participate 4 - Digital Safety and Security

Artifact: Using the information learned in this lesson, develop a digital resource which addresses the following questions.

1. What is the most important step we can take in terms of ensuring our digital safety?

Be aware of where you are and who can see you. DO NOT post personal information or location. Tell a trusted adult. Never meet anyone from the net! Do not tell people their passwords

1. What strategies can we take to help our students consistently keep digital safety in the forefront of their minds?  

Teach and remind often. Go through the lessons, below watch the scenarios. NetSmartz is a great website that has activities that are age appropriate.  Put this poster on your wall and talk about each piece. Do not avoid difficult conversations with your students about the do's and dont's of Cyber Safety.

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Participate 4 - Digital Rights and Responsibilities

Participate 4 - Digital Rights and Responsibilities

Artifact: Formulate a plan for supporting and protecting a Digital Learning Community through Digital Rights and Responsibilities.  Share your plan in your blog.

Lesson plan on Ethics and copyright

Participate 3 - Digital Resources and Netiquette

 Participate 3 - Digital Resources and Netiquette

Artifact: Using the information from this lesson, create a digital resource that encapsulates the types of respectful attitudes and behaviors appreciated and necessary for civility in a digital learning community–a virtual Netiquette DO's and DON’Ts list.

The artifact you create should be something you could share with students when discussing netiquette.

Participate 3 - Digital Resources and Netiquette

Artifact: Using the information from this lesson, create a digital resource that encapsulates the types of respectful attitudes and behaviors appreciated and necessary for civility in a digital learning community–a virtual Netiquette DO's and DON’Ts list.

The artifact you create should be something you could share with students when discussing netiquette.

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Participate 3- Accessing Digital Learning Communities

Participate 3- Accessing Digital Learning Communities
Ookla Speed Test.

National Broadband Map 

Ratings for broadband speed have been decommissioned

Report on Internet Adoption in the US

Pew information - http://www.pewinternet.org/fact-sheet/internet-broadband/

 

1. What types of barriers might impede students’ opportunities to access digital learning?

• Living in a rural area
• Cost of internet
• Accessibility issues
• Visual
• Hearing
• Cognitive
• Motor skills

2. What might we do to eliminate such barriers?

• Living in a rural area - Community resources in librarys and schools
• Cost of internet - use or combine in a community center
• Accessibility issues
• Visual  - Speech recognition
• Hearing - transcripts of video or verbal communication
• Cognitive - assistive or buddy learning
• Motor skills - providing multiple links

Participate 2 - Collecting Reputable Digital Resources

Participate 2 - Collecting Reputable Digital Resources

TutorialsPoint - tutorialspoint.com - Edit  Remove [tutorials, java, web page design, Mobile App development - Website that has lesson on Java, Mobile app, web page design.]

8:35 PM

Duo LIngo - duolingo.com - Edit  Remove [Language learning, Languages, Spanish - Website that teaches languanges. ]

8:27 PM

Common Sense - commonsense.org - Edit  Remove [Digital, Lesson plans, Digital Literacy, Digital reviews - Website to teach children about digital literacy, lesson plans, digital reviews.]

8:24 PM

CodeHS - codehs.com - Edit  Remove [Learn to code, web design, css, Javascript, Karel - Website with multiple courses to learn how to code.]

8:21 PM

Google Calculator - google.com - Edit  Remove [Online Calculator - Free online calculator]

8:19 PM

Desmos - desmos.com - Edit  Remove [Graphing calculator, algebra, graphing - Create your graphs online. See intersection points]

4:46 PM

Codacademy - codecademy.com - Edit  Remove [code, coding, education, java, python, html, css, javascript - Learn how to code in a variety of computer programming languages]

4:44 PM

Khan academy - khanacademy.org - Edit  Remove [Educational, courses - Site to learn about a variety of topics. Used as supplementary site in many classrooms. ]

4:42 PM

Answer in your blog:

1. What were the three most useful tools or resources resulting from the web walkabout? Explain why you found them useful and include a link to each resource.

• tutorialsPoint - allows my students to look at examples without getting the exact answers to their code.
• Khan Academy - short videos on one skill at a time with short examples to try..Students can learn skills and test the concepts without being given the answers to the actual problems in their homework.
• Desmos, student can graph their equations and answer questions about them,

2. How can students be taught to safely collect tools and resources that can help them maximize their learning?
• Check to see if the source is reliable using WebOfTrust or StopBadWare
• Evaluate the site using the checklist
• Look at the citations and see if they are credible sources.
3. What policies or procedures might need to be in place to make the above item possible?
• Give the checklist
• Have a list of suggested site
• Model the behavior