Week 6 Digital Citizenship

Hello Class,

Below we have three questions from week six. Please answer all of the parts of the question that you choose. Please make at least one post by Monday, March 1, 2010.

Q.1 Explore the different websites in article 6.2 and discuss how the information you read can be beneficial to you as a teacher. Please incorporate the link you used.

Q.2 From article 6.3 pick one of the nine themes and discuss its significance. Further your thoughts by adding how you can use one theme in your classroom.

Q.3 According to Blake-Plock in article 6.4, what is your position on this issue? Meaning, are you for blocking the Internet or against it? Give 2-3 valid reasons why you feel that way.

Good Luck! We look forward to reading your blogs!

Erica Ginley, Meghan Bathke, Faith Callahan, Lindsay Doris, Gina Barcia, Tommy St. Hilarie

Week 6 Digital Citizenship

Week 2, 3 & 4. Blogging Practice

Here are discussion questions for Week 2, 3 and 4. You can pick any one of these questions to start with and hopefully others will follow (to response, to comment). Please participate actively and post as much as you can. A minimum of 1 post is required by the end of Week 3. For how-tos please check the updated Project 4 Blog at http://edu315.wikispaces.com/Project+4+Blog

Q1. One of the National Educational Technology Standards (NETS) for teachers is to Model Digital-Age Work and Learning. Can you describe an example activity or scenario that shows you are a teacher who can apply your digital knowledge and skills in a school/classroom setting? (From Reading 2.1)

Q2. Prensky (2001) argued about the distinction between digital natives and digital immigrants and about the fundamental causes of the decline of today’s education in the US. What do these arguments mean to you as a teacher candidate? (From Reading 3.5)

Q3. Educators are talking about Web 2.0 and its potentials in education. What do YOU think Web 2.0 is? Try a one-sentence definition in your own words (Reading 3.1, 3.3, 4.2, 4.3). Can you give one example of its potential use in an elementary or a middle school classroom? (From Reading 4.1)