Lisa+Ross

Lisa Ross 3. Model Digital-Age Work and Learning Teachers exhibit knowledge, skills, and work processes representative of an innovative professional in a global and digital society. Teachers: a. demonstrate fluency in technology systems and the transfer of current knowledge to new technologies and situations b. collaborate with students, peers, parents, and community members using digital tools and resources to support student success and innovation c. communicate relevant information and ideas effectively to students, parents, and peers using a variety of digital-age media and formats d. model and facilitate effective use of current and emerging digital tools to locate, analyze, evaluate, and use information resources to support research and learning

A- **Demonstrate** - Model, model, model - for students, peers, and parents. B - Celebrate success through a tech media. Take time to train parents on how to use. **Collaborate** C - These can be meet using wikis or blogs. Our school uses wikis for professional collaboration between teams, cohorts. This is very helpful since it can be difficult for us to find common times to meet. This offers us a way to **communicate** when it is convenient for each person. I am looking to use it with my parents to create a easier form of communication and collaboration. D - Use tools such as wikis, survey monkey to evaluate usefulness of tools. By offering the tools online it is accessible to everyone at anytime and parents can become more independent about their students learning. No more emails or phone calls about I lost that form you sent home. They always have a place to access it our ask questions. Take time to train parents on how to use the technology through **modeling and facilitating**.


 * Journal entry 7/20**

I am feeling more confident about how to use a wiki with my parents and not just peers. Still wondering the role I can pass to my students with the wiki. I am thinking that they will use it to access site for at home practice and maybe later in the year be able to respond to questions with the help of a parent.
 * What is one area from today that you feel confident about?**

Utilizing new and effective internet tools. Allowing myself to take the plunge and time with new tools. Getting my peers to use these tools effectively in there rooms. Not just showing a movie or projecting on their smartboard.
 * What is one area brought up today that you feel challenged by (in a positive way)?**

Publishing a story with digital media comic life? include movement and sound creating a story problem and ways to solve it using the smartboard All about- words that represent them in a cloud using Tagxedo - can they do it uploading a picture of themselves? Best part of me Create and monitor a student class website with daily entries of learning from their point of view. Class scavenger hunt using pictures around the school and document Voicethread, timetoast to add voice to story A shape is a shape... book using wixie stamps
 * Final Project thoughts:**

7/21/10 Internet Safety kidshealth.org - This site gave good reminders about creating rules with children, setting expections, subervision, and listening to your child. Limiting kiddos use of the computer, just like tv. As with everything model, model, model. By modeling and showing our kiddos the safe way to use the internet we will help them to be safe when they are using it independently!There is lots of info on signs of a child who may be being bullied or targeted by a predator and what to do if this happens. Contacting your service provider and the local authorities. I found in the additional resources a lot of sites that would be useful in my classroom and with my students and at home with my kiddos. Netsmartzkids.org has lots of games and videos age appropriate for early elementary students. (Lisa Ross)

Journal 7/21/10
 * **What can you do/are you already doing as a classroom teacher to promote internet safety to kids? To parents? To your administration?**
 * I need to do more with my kiddos related to internet safety. I found that all the sites would be very useful to my instruction. I will probably use www.netsmartkids.org for interactive activities with the kiddos and the fbi website looks like it could offer a lot of tools to use in the classroom. I hope to have an officer come in to talk to the kiddos about some of this safety stuff during our community learning time. One of our goals this year is to branch out more into the community to introduce our students to more of what is out there.
 * I can offer more support for my parents through a internet safety night. I think I can include a piece of this through my back to school noght and make sure I offer links on our class wiki.
 * These sites will be beneficial for our admin to have at their fingertips so when parents come up with questions or issues with students they can have another resource to access.

Final Project:

http://www.tagxedo.com

Back to school Tagxedo Middle K Tagxedo Douglas Tagxedo: Journal 7/23/10


 * How has this course been of benefit for you in relation to the use/application of technology? Personally? Profession?
 * This course has benefited me by offering me a number of tools to use in the classroom with my students. I have appreciated the time given to explore and use the tools to help my understanding. I feel that I have a good understanding of many of these tools work and will be able to explain the benefits to both the parents of students and my administration. Personally, I just feel more comfortable explore tools that could be useful to me.
 * In your opinion, how could this course be improved or strengthened to better meet your needs?
 * Just wish I had more time but I will take that time on my own. It was wonderful to have such a knowledgeable instructor guide us through this exploration.