Month: September 2017

September 25, 2017 preidteacher@gmail.com No comments exist

Public Domain Photo “School children doing exam in classroom” Copyright EntanglementBeing a good digital citizen can be tricky when looking at content that is published online and in analog form. There are several rules that are governing the use of copyright materials. These laws are there to support the production of creativity and innovation. As many…

September 16, 2017 preidteacher@gmail.com No comments exist

Stimulus from Digital TattoosA phone dings, a tweet chirps, or a Snapchat clicks.  A student’s, and probably mine as well, the brain lights up with a small dose of dopamine.  A response to the operant conditioning of having constant access to technology, social lives, and information.  In an article in Psychology Today, Dr. Weinschenk posted…

September 2, 2017 preidteacher@gmail.com No comments exist

Define and Elicit Digitial Citizenship As students become more inundated with personal learning devices, such as cell phones, tablets, and laptops, it is the job of all educators to prepare them with a basic understanding of what it means to be a good digital citizen.  Digital citizenship seems to be a varied idea of what it…