How big is your footprint?
Earlier this month I had a unique opportunity to teach a summer school session at one of our ESU 10 schools! When Melanie from Elm Creek asked me to teach a digital citizenship lesson for summer school, I did not hesitate to say “Yes!”
After hanging up the phone, the panic began to set in! “I’ve never taught a real lesson on this--just worked with teachers. I’ve never taught elementary kids. What did I just do?”
Fortunately I have some good friends who HAVE taught these type of lessons and who were more than willing to give me some ideas! Thank you Craig Badura, Heather Callihan and Patty Wolfe for sharing what you have done with your students. I was easily able to create lessons for the K-3 and 4-6 groups that day!
The idea that was the easiest to implement and was also the biggest hit was Craig’s Digital Citizenship Survival Kit! Read his blog to find out more! I just had to invest a little money and time putting it together but it was worth it!
Earlier this month I had a unique opportunity to teach a summer school session at one of our ESU 10 schools! When Melanie from Elm Creek asked me to teach a digital citizenship lesson for summer school, I did not hesitate to say “Yes!”
After hanging up the phone, the panic began to set in! “I’ve never taught a real lesson on this--just worked with teachers. I’ve never taught elementary kids. What did I just do?”
Fortunately I have some good friends who HAVE taught these type of lessons and who were more than willing to give me some ideas! Thank you Craig Badura, Heather Callihan and Patty Wolfe for sharing what you have done with your students. I was easily able to create lessons for the K-3 and 4-6 groups that day!
The idea that was the easiest to implement and was also the biggest hit was Craig’s Digital Citizenship Survival Kit! Read his blog to find out more! I just had to invest a little money and time putting it together but it was worth it!
Heather and Patty have used lessons from Common Sense Media and so I found one on Digital Footprints that worked with the younger students. They have a wide range of topics and age groups in their digital citizenship curriculum.
I really wanted the students to create something at the end of the lesson. In the older group, we learned about using Photosforclass to find a creative commons image. The students then labeled the image with positive words. The younger students colored a footprint and added words. All of their pictures, whether digital or paper, ended up in this padlet for all to see!
I really wanted the students to create something at the end of the lesson. In the older group, we learned about using Photosforclass to find a creative commons image. The students then labeled the image with positive words. The younger students colored a footprint and added words. All of their pictures, whether digital or paper, ended up in this padlet for all to see!
Working with kids was a refreshing change to my usual routine. I wish I could do it more often! Seeing how the lesson really worked with students was eye-opening and reassuring at the same time!
I can’t end this post without telling you that one of the funnest parts of this experience was when my grandson Ethan walked into the room! I hope he had fun too!
How big is your digital footprint? Is it positive? Do you have one at all? What comes up if you Google yourself? It’s not too late to start leaving positive digital footprints! You can do it!
I can’t end this post without telling you that one of the funnest parts of this experience was when my grandson Ethan walked into the room! I hope he had fun too!
How big is your digital footprint? Is it positive? Do you have one at all? What comes up if you Google yourself? It’s not too late to start leaving positive digital footprints! You can do it!