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Nov. 2016
1. INTERNET SAFETY
Teachers and parents need to model and require that their children practice digital citizenship. They need
to monitor the use of technology to ensure childrens safety because the internet can be a dangerous place
for the users who are not equipped with strong knowledge and skills about how to navigate this space. To
keep students safe on the internet the teachers need to teach them online surfing or navigation skills.
Blocking websites, heavy online restrictions, and limited internet usage do not represent teaching online
safety. Teaching online safety and digital citizenship require teachers to equip students with the
knowledge and skills that are necessary to empower them to be effective and ethical internet users. Two
important steps are getting parents involved and providing students with resources. I have put together a
variety of resources for the students at my school. Because elementary students and middle school
students need different resources, the list is rich to fit their needs. It includes games, songs, videos,
scenarios that requires them to problem solve, guideline, posters, and different activities.
Step by step guidelines provided by Common Sense Media. Includes links (on the right side) to
Posters
Digital Citizenship Week: 6 Resources for Educators- published by Edutopia on Oct 14th, 2015.
Copyright, by CoolCatTeacher
students, teachers need to make sure they spell out the rules, and use nice visuals.
2. TOOLS OF THE FUTURE
Open Educational Resources provide teachers with a plethora opportunities for differentiating instruction
free of charge. OERs are educational materials that are in the public domain or are shared with an open
license. Anyone can legally and freely copy, use, adapt and re-share open educational resources.
UNESCO believes that universal access to high quality education is key to the building of peace,
sustainable social and economic development, and intercultural dialogue. Because of the multiple
benefits that come with using these kinds of resources (cost efficiency, differentiation opportunities,
A few disadvantages might be potential language and cultural barriers, technological issues such as
A MOOC is an open online course made available over the Internet without charge to a very large number
of people. In other words, a MOOC is a a free Web-based distance learning program that is designed to be
My favorite MOOC is Coursera. Coursera is an education platform that partners with top universities and
organizations from all over the world, to offer courses online on a wide variety of subjects for anyone to
take. People can enroll in a variety of courses from cooking courses to astronomy, computer science,
engineering, health, etc. It was founded in 2012. It provides users with over 1,000 courses from reputable
As early as 2013 I enrolled in 3 courses through Coursera and I truly enjoyed the quality of the
collaborate with people from all over the world, and the availability of a wide range of programs. Some
disadvantages would be the fact that the teachers have to deal with a huge audience therefore feedback is
hindered, the lack of opportunities to interact directly with the teacher, and the high dropout rate. Some
MOOCs offer badges and certificates, and these incentives motivate some people to complete the courses
Coursera. https://www.coursera.org
UNESCO. http://www.unesco.org