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Digiteen and Digitween Project 14-‐1 Welcome!
Teacher kickoff mee;ng February 11/12 2014
The Informa;on Guide can be found at h"p://&nyurl.com/digiteeninforma&on The project Teacher Guide can be found at h"p://&nyurl.com/digiteenflatconnect This project is part of the Flat Connec;ons group of global projects h"p://flatconnec&ons.com
Introduc;ons • Project Managers – Theresa Allen – Helen McConaghy
• ‘All Projects’ Coordinator – Yvonne Caples
• Flat Connec;ons founder – Julie Lindsay
Agenda
Part 1: Digiteen/tween Info • What is Digiteen/tween? • Enduring understandings • Essen;al ques;ons • What is digital ci;zenship? • Community learning
strategies
Part 2: Project details • Project content • Project structure • How to get started • What to do now….and next
What is Digiteen and Digitween? The Digiteen Project, and Digitween Project are global hands-‐on projects for, upper elementary, middle and high school students, (typically Grade 4-‐12, 8-‐18 year old). These projects study digital ci;zenship and promote effec&ve and responsible online choices and immerse students into an online educa&onal community for learning and collabora&ng.
As part of the project students research current topics to do with digital ci;zenship, write a collabora&ve report on a wiki, and perform and document offline ac&on educa&onal projects to promote effec;ve digital ci;zenship at their local schools and in their communi;es.
Teachers will meet every week to discuss project goals, aims and progress. They will monitor not only their students in the project, but be part of the larger whole and be ac;ve across the en;re community.
Enduring understandings
As a result of this global project par;cipants will: • Understand how to learn in an open community virtually • Appreciate the poten;al of connec;ng and collabora;ng
globally • Build and interact with a network of learners • Experience collabora;ve design and co-‐crea;on using Web
2.0 tools • Gain cultural understanding through connec;ng with a
diverse community • Understand digital ci;zenship concepts and issues • Appreciate what is needed to implement an ac;on project to
raise awareness about digital ci;zenship concepts and issues
Essential Questions
• What should learning look like in a ‘flat and connected’ world?
• How can all learners be safe and maintain privacy while learning online?
• What are the main concepts and issues to do with being a digital learner?
• How can we understand the world beber through learning with others?
• How can ac;on projects raise awareness and improve understanding of learning with digital tools?
• What products can we make together at a distance? • What will be the impact of our collabora;ons on the world?
7 Steps 1. CONNECTION 2. COMMUNICATION 3. CITIZENSHIP 4. CONTRIBUTION & COLLABORATION 5.CHOICE 6.CREATION 7.CELEBRATION
Digital Citizenship “…the norms of behavior with regard to technology use”
Ribble and Bailey
Teachers
Students
Extended community
Community Collabora;ve Learning
Building working rela;onships
Digiteen/tween Teacher Community
• Flat Connec;ons teacher network (Ning) – Teachers only (hbp://flatconnec;ons.net) – Social /educa;onal network (Ning) – Join Digiteen/tween teacher group – Connect, communicate – blog, discuss
• Digiteen Google group – Set your own email preferences and make sure you are receiving mail during the project
Ning Group – Important resources hbp://flatconnec;ons.net
Digiteen/tween Student Community
• Edmodo Group – Team groups created – Blog, discuss, share mul;media – Teachers monitor all students, not just their own
• Wiki Template pages – Collabora;ve authoring – Discussions about content
• Student Teams – Need to find team members and connect via Ning and wiki
What are Project Outcomes for Students?
• Online learning community interac;on – ‘handshake’ forums, blogs, discussions, reflec;ons
• Research and social bookmarking (Diigo op;onal) • Collabora;ve learning and team skills • Presenta;on via online Student Summit (op;onal) • Major outcome Part 1: A collabora&ve wiki • Major outcome Part 2: A school/community based ac&on project
Enlightened Digital Citizenship © Vicki Davis and Julie Lindsay 2012 Pg 100
Project Content
Technology Access
Map of world’s Facebook connections Source: Facebook December 2010
Technical Awareness
“If you don’t know how to put on shoes – having them will do you no good.”
Flat Classroom Book www.flatclassroombook.com
Individual Awareness
“To blindly accept a website’s profile sekngs is to hand over your digital des;ny.” Flat Classroom Book
www.flatclassroombook.com
Social Awareness “The novelty and addic;veness of technology will harm our rela;onships and produc;vity unless we take control.” Flat Classroom Book
www.flatclassroombook.com
Cultural Awareness þ Everyone is not just like me. þ Everyone is like me in some ways.
Global Awareness
• Different countries have different laws – Copyright, legal – Taboo subjects
• Na;onality transcends culture – Every na;on has mul;ple cultures – Never stereotype a na;on
Project Content Summary
Four Core Competency Areas -‐ "Rays" of Understanding 1. Core Area A: Safety, Privacy, Copyright, Fair Use and Legal
Compliance. 2. Core Area B: E;quebe and Respect 3. Core Area C: Habits of Learning: Reliable, Responsible
Management of Online Ac;vity 4. Core Area D: Literacy and Fluency
Five ‘Areas of Awareness’ 1. Technical access and awareness 2. Individual awareness 3. Social awareness 4. Cultural awareness 5. Global awareness
Digiteen/tween project structure
Team forma&on, Handshakes
Research Topics, Collabora&ve Wiki Authorship
Ac&on Project Design and Implementa&on
Celebra&on, Reflec&on, Sharing outcomes
Basic Team Grid -‐ Topics
How will Workflow support Digiteen/tween 14-‐1?
• Digiteen/Digitween-‐01: February-‐May • Applica;on Deadline: February 15 • Online Teacher Informa;on mee;ng before February 15
• Classroom and student handshake February 15-‐31 • Wiki edi;ng and collabora;on: March • Wiki edi;ng must be started by: March 15 • Ac;on Phase March 15-‐April 30 • Student Summits April 16-‐May 15 • Post Ac;on Project by June 15
hbp://www.flickr.com/photos/cogdog/8540095171/
Be a DigiTeacher -‐ Research the technology and lead the way -‐ Monitor and be engaged -‐ Avoid the fear factor – Make a difference -‐ Model legal wisdom – choose your own copyright
Student Summits
Ac;on Projects
• Communicate a message – different audiences, school presenta;on
• Prepare resources – slideshow, video, other mul;media
• Deliver or create ac;on • Share back to project Encourage students to make a difference to their school community – teachers, leaders,
students, parents
Badges -‐Teachers & Students
Flat Connec&ons will introduce ‘Badges’ this semester. More informa&on coming soon! h"p://credly.com
What now? • PMs will email a mee;ng summary and recording link for this kickoff (and this info will be on the Ning!)
• Invita;on to Google group, Ning group, Timebridge
• Week star;ng February 17: – Another teacher mee;ng run by Helen and Theresa – Teachers start introducing students to concepts and issues to do with digital ci;zenship
– Students can join Edmodo – instruc;ons and protocols coming from PMs
– Team Grids established – students find team members
Discussion and Ques;ons
Final words………
• Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new. -‐ Albert Einstein
• The important thing is not to stop ques;oning. -‐ Albert Einstein
Global Portal flatconnec;ons.com Teacher Network flatconnec;ons.net Email admin@flatconnec;ons.com Twiber @flatconnec;ons Julie Lindsay julie@flatconnec;ons.com