Connected Kids by Mark McWhinnie WCPS
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Connected Kids
Technology and 21st Century Learning
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For 21st Century students, technology is more than a tool….it is an essential component of everyday life that frames their social world view. For them, being digitally
connected is as natural as speaking is to us.
We live in a globally connected society
21st century learning is all about preparing young people to become caring, competent Canadians with the knowledge, skills, and attributes to be
successful global citizens
Our vision is to create Excellent Learning Environments that ensure we meet our
mandate to prepare our students for adult life.
Dalton McGuinty let fly last year that
maybe cell phones could have some
educational value in school.
Should Ontario’s province-wide ban on cell phones in classrooms be lifted?
“Of course not – the kids will just sit there and text each other all day” Jeff Hutcheson, Canada AM
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Banning cell phones for fear kids will be texting each other all day is analogous to gagging them at the door
for fear they will talk to each other all day.
The challenge is to leverage the literacy skills kids have in positive and effective ways
But…
raised in a media rich networked world
21st C
entu
ry
Stu
den
tsself-empowered
tech savvy
highly connected
collaborative
skilled communicators
innovative
have to realize that online choices have offline consequences
underdeveloped sense of risk and responsibility
lack an adult perspective on safety, responsibility and general citizenship
They Need to be Good Digital Citizens
Citizen: a member of a society
Citizenship: The character of an individual in a society
Digital Citizenship: The character of an individual in a digitally-mediated society
Today’s digital world is considerably different
than the world most of our teachers grew up
and went to school in
Technology tools are the contemporary tools of literacy, yet for many of our teachers both
the tools and the environments that they enable are foreign
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Yet these are essential tools and learning
environments in the 21st Century
To help guide students wisely, we need to develop a deeper understanding of the digitally connected world and what it means to be good digital citizens
We need to remind students of what it means to be good digital citizens each time we use digital tools in our classrooms.
Why Digital Citizenship? Some would say we don’t need to
teach Digital Citizenship just citizenship as they are one in the same now.
Others argue that we need to have a common language and resources that we use with parents, students and teachers.www.digitalcitizenship.net/www.wolfcreek.ab.ca/digital citizenship
What is Digital Citizenship? Digital Citizenship is more than just a
teaching tool; it is a way to prepare students/technology users for a society full of technology.
Too often we are seeing students as well as adults misusing and abusing technology (sometimes unknowingly).
Teaching Digital Citizenship starts at an early age and needs continual
reinforcement.
Digital CitizenshipBy embracing technology and
encouraging students to explore its various forms, educators also
have aresponsibility to teach students
to use technology in a responsible manner.
What Resources Are Available
for Wolf Creek Teachers , Students and Parents?
WolfnetWolf Creek Conference
https://wolfden.wolfcreek.ab.caDigital Citizenship Community
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www.wolfcreek.ab.ca/digital citizenship