Activity Nine: Digital Citizenship

     Mr. Kirk "jumped" a bit too quickly, and in addition, his reaction to his errors are misjudged also. It think the most disturbing part of this scenario is the age group of the students. The teacher does not seem to understand the emotional and technological intellect of his students. Although Google Apps for Education makes installing and using the apps easy and convenient, a teacher must be media literate in this domain before using with students. Mr. Kirk should have began by consulting his district's acceptable use policy which would have provided parameters, guidelines, and some procedures for the safe use of classroom technology. At least then he would of known to construct expectations and rules. Secondly, Mr. Kirk could have consulted with a tech-nerd or sought-out some tools on high quality instruction and using technology. Most district's provide a digital tool rubric or checklist for teachers to review before implementation. This would have exposed Mr. Kirk to COPPA, written and expressive consent, and parental notification. Lastly, poor Mr. Kirk reacts to his self-imposed chaos in an inappropriate way: he discontinues using the tool, rather than addressing the problem behaviors and his protocol. To summarize, by locating some tech expertise, consulting with district acceptable use regulations, and being proactive, with early communication to parents, Mr. Kirk could try using Google Docs again with much greater success.

I love the idea of making movies to celebrate and motivate students. In my classroom, kids love to shoot, edit, add special effects and publish their stories. Unfortunately we do not have much time to do this in class. Similar to Mr. Kirk's impulsive implementation process, Mr. McFly must have very little background with You Tube to not understand the dangerous consequences of students sharing their personal information, assignments, and images on You Tube.  Mr. McFly needs to construct his own You Tube channel in order to think critically about it over an extended period of time. This will give him time to communicate with parents and his district to discover and deal with concerns, questions, or and reveal potential legal issues. As a teacher, who will be using a classroom set of Chromebooks and many new apps, I am relieved to know that I will be participating in a Chromebook cohort that will collaborate to learn, implement, and discover together assuring high quality practices. My goal or product that I'd like to implement in my PLC this year will be a Chromebook of Conduct Document that specifically outlines student expectations and procedures. I plan to begin looking at other local school websites to see if they may have anything like this already started. 

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