Last week I attended Los Angeles County of Education's (LACOE) Digital Educator Day. My primary reason for going, aside from networking with other like minded educators, was to explore the digital citizenship sessions. Sue Thotz of Common Sense Media, gave a wonderful presentation on CSM's digital citizenship curriculum. I had explored these options before and used the material for mock lessons, but she showed us a lesson I was so pumped to use when I got back to my school- Trillion Dollar Footprint. Basically, you have one job opening and two applicants. So you do what everyone does- Google them. All their profiles come up and you have to sift through them to determine who is the best fit.
We covered digital footprints the week before in my Blogging Bonanza class, so this was more of a review. I took this lesson and modified it to include a discussion rather than any worksheets. I also posted digital copies of the faux profiles to my class' Haiku Learning page for easy access. Oh my gosh! They LOVED IT! The discussion was wild and loud! They were so engaged (which obviously feels great as a newbie in teaching) and asked for MORE COMMON SENSE MEDIA! I can't wait for a few more lessons and then I am moving forward with applying for CSM Digital Citizenship Educator Certification.
Check out what the kids came up with from the lesson!
After determining Linda was the better candidate to whom we'd give a salary, we moved into blog evaluations. We looked at recommended blogs for kids by kids I found from Pinterest and discussed what it was that made their favorites stand out. I was nervous at first because last week they were so quiet! This week though, oh man! I couldn't have wished any differently. They came up with some really great ideas. Next week, we're getting into the writing process and I can't wait. Check out the ideas they came up with.
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