Policy #78
Junior Lesson
Learning Goal
It is important to note that this lesson is just the beginning of an ongoing conversation around the policy, digital citizenship and appropriate use of technology.
Further resources and activities have been suggested at the end of this lesson.
Length of lesson: approximately 40 minutes/1 period
Minds On
Activation & Consolidation
- Green-using devices for learning
- Yellow-Good Digial Citizenship
- Red-Care of Devices
After watching the above clip and understanding your community of learners, choose 1 of the following conversations. You may also feel it is necessary to continue through out the week with the other two options.
Option A-We Use Our Devices for Learning
Provide each student with a set of sticky notes. Give them 5-10 minutes to brainstorm a list of ways they use technology each day (e.g. class twitter, skylander, pic collage, minecraft). In small groups allow students to share how they use technology each day.
In table groups, have students sort their ideas into an overlapping Venn Diagram with Educational-Learning on the one side and Fun on the other side.
Please Note: It is important to allow students to justify their thinking. Although we may not be as familiar with some tools they may suggest like Minecraft it is important to value their experiences and perspectives. If there is a concern with a student suggestion it is ok to leave it outside the Venn for future research and investigation.
Consolidation: Have student groups share their venn diagram. As a learning community, summarize your learning by completing the following statement on a shared document (e.g. chart paper, pic collage):
We use our devices for learning when we...
This can become a reminder through out the year that could be revisited as more tools are explored.
Option B-We are Good Digital Citizens
Materials Needed (optional): two computers or old technological devices to help spark the drama exploration
Using the voices in the head strategy, have a learner volunteer to be the 'good digital citizen'. You may choose to use the technology as a prompt to identify the students are in an online environment.
As the following scenarios are presented, have students in the class come 'whisper' suggestions to the good digital citizen.
Please note: depending on your classroom community and shared experiences you may find some scenarios will be better suited for your lesson. Choose accordingly.
Scenarios:
- As a joke, you log into a friend's Office 365 account and rename all their files.
- You take a picture at recess and upload to Instagram. Is that okay?
- Your friend is away so you video record your teacher so your friend can watch what happened that night? Is that okay?
- You have received an email with a link to an embarrassing picture of another student you don't recognize.
- You hear that a group of students in another grade have collected usernames and passwords of other students in the school.
- You notice that a school iPad you are using has information saved on it about other students' work, mark, and teacher comments.
Consolidation: As a learning community, summarize your learning by completing the following statement on a shared document (e.g. chart paper, pic collage):
We are good digital citizens when we...
This can become a reminder through out the year that could be revisited as more tools are explored.
Option C: We Take Care of Our Devices
Share how important your personal device or a school shared device is to you, how you use it for learning and how hard it would be to replace (you may use the classroom computer set up).
At the school we invest in technology because we know it is an engaging learning tool. Your parents at home may have invested in technology too to help you learn. How can we show we are responsible users of the technology? Collect student responses on a shared text (chart paper or word document).
Have students individually or in pairs create posters to teach their peers and younger students how to take care of either school or personal devices. Posters can be created with a variety of tools and materials (e.g. traditional paper, pic collage app, pixie 3).
Consolidation: Come together to share some of our class creations and how best to share our messages with the school community.