I've had a lot to think about regarding this class over the past week. Although I've been very busy completing assignments for this and my other class, I have had a few minutes here and there to think about my project. After collaborating with my fellow grade level teachers, I have a few new ideas/changes I might implement... not sure yet, though. I met with my LSTC to schedule sessions in the new SMART Board lab that will be opening for use in a couple of weeks. I also did some preliminary interactive board training with a few teachers this morning (today was a work day in Gwinnett).
On a different note, and after reading Lenrose's posting, I've given a little more thought to our upcoming joint effort on the Digital Citizenship assignment. I'm glad we've gone with the topic of Internet safety. It is a pretty hot issue at our school right now, with our technology retrofit coming soon, and with that, new technologies (and therefore opportunities for misuse). Lenrose had a good point in saying that children might actually be over-protected these days. Without the ability to defend themselves through experience (within reason), we might be shortchanging our students. This might be an interesting angle to take.
Well, that's it for this week. I'll see you all in class!
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Hi, Mark,
The Smart Board training sounds very interesting and worthwhile. I'm sure your students will really benefit from using the new technology.
I noticed that a couple of other students are planning to cover aspects of Internet safety in for their DC projects as well. Perhaps we need to narrow the scope of our presentation and focus on one particular area as well.
Maybe we will get a chance to discuss this a little further on Thursday night if you have time. I'll be attending the Studio project session in order to give some desk crits.
TTY soon!
Lenrose
Hey Mark,
I look forward to hearing more about the new ideas for your project.
The idea of being overprotected is food for thought. I know that filters don't catch everything, so I think they are getting some practice at it. It makes me sad and mad when people use deceptive means to lead people to inappropriate material (eg mundane tags that come up with "interesting" photos and sites).
Lisa
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