Tool #11

The things I would teach students about being good digital citizens are:

•      checking references
•      comparing different resources
•      drawing your own conclusions

I think that it is important to teach students how to make sure that what they are reading online is creditable. However, I feel that one should not start by simply teaching it based on technology. We need to show the kids with concrete examples. If you give them a book and show them how to check its references, compare it to other sources they will be able to transfer that information when they look for information online. We need to go back to the basics, if we skip the basics students will not understand the more complex online world.

Tool # 9

1. It would be very helpful to use Jing if I give the students an assignment that they have to complete on a computer. It would make it a lot easier for them to follow instructions and go to different pages and use different applications if they have visuals of what and where they are suppose to be and see.

2. Skype is an awesome program. I used it while I was in Spain to keep in contact with my family. Although the only draw back is that you have to set up a time for both people to be on the computer on Skype at the same time. This gets challenging when you consider time differences. However, it would be great for kids to be able to talk to students from different schools, and even be able to do projects together through Skype.

Cool Video

This is a fun video for kids to learn about a strange animal.

http://video.kids.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/kids/animals-pets-kids/wild-detectives-kids/wd-ep4-narwhaltooth.html

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