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ISTE NETS for Students
5. Digital Citizenship
Students understand human, cultural, and societal issues related to technology and practice legal and ethical
behavior. Students:
a. advocate and practice safe, legal, and responsible use of information and technology.
b. exhibit a positive attitude toward using technology that supports collaboration, learning, and productivity.
c. demonstrate personal responsibility for lifelong learning.
d. exhibit leadership for digital citizenship.
ISTE NETS for Teachers
4. Promote and Model Digital Citizenship and Responsibility
Teachers understand local and global societal issues and responsibilities in an evolving digital culture and exhibit legal and ethical behavior in their professional practices. Teachers:
a. advocate, model, and teach safe, legal, and ethical use of digital information and technology, including respect for copyright, intellectual property, and the appropriate documentation of sources
b. address the diverse needs of all learners by using learner-centered strategies and providing equitable access to appropriate digital tools and resources
c. promote and model digital etiquette and responsible social interactions related to the use of technology and information
d. develop and model cultural understanding and global awareness by engaging with colleagues and students of other cultures using digital-age communication and collaboration tools
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Christensen, Clayton, Horn, Michael, & Johnson, Curtis. (2008). Disrupting class. McGraw-Hill Professional.
ReplyDeleteI wish we had read this book in our first class! Someone please remind me which class we were in when we had these very similar and somewhat controversial conversations about the "guide on the side" with computer-based learning, versus the traditional "sage on the stage." I remember Kyle having issues with the whole computer-based model as he enjoyed his sage on the stage status. :0)
As I read this book, the discussions we've had before about the individualization that can take place in computer-based learning has been repeated and supported in this book. If we want to compete with home-schoolers, private, and charter schools...public schools have to be able to individualize instruction as well as these institutions. On-line learning for degrees of all various kinds as well as virtual public school academies will put the traditional public school out of business unless change happens...soon. I like the positive statements the authors made about public schools continually improving, even if it hasn't always been acknowledged, and their hopes of this digital-aged improvement being accomplished.
Hello, me again..I just wanted to add, after finishing the book, how it relates to the ISTE standard for this week of Digital Citizenship. So many positive uses of information were presented in the book especially with encouraging students, parents and teachers to share solutions to learning roadblocks and creating positive learner communities. With the recent news of the young girl comitting suicide from cyber-bullying, it is imperative that we, as teachers, take a stand and impress upon young web users the etiquette and responsibility of using technology in an appropriate way.
ReplyDeleteChristensen, Clayton, Horn, Michael, & Johnson, Curtis. (2008). Disrupting class. McGraw-Hill Professional.
ReplyDeleteHi all. I agree with Susie that we, as teachers, establish not only web etiquette and responsibility, but tie that in with classroom etiquette and personal responsibility of respecting self and classmates. The whole idea of cyber-bullying is sad but really just a continuation of what is going on in the school or classroom. Whenever teachers are using technology as a teaching tool they can use it as an opportunity to instruct the appropriate use of it as well.
I liked and disliked some of the correlations between schools and businesses. I know that a school district has to be run as a business but it frustrates me when we look at education, how kids learn best etc. and then decisions are made because of cost effective measures for the masses! How positive changes have taken place in business is really closely tied to making positive changes in a school as well. How new ideas are presented and how they are carried out with or without consensus are very crucial in the expected success. I liked the chapter on improving education research. I have found that you can find research to back any side of any school related issue, but is the research really representative of a large enough group to verify the results??
I think there is some very good food for thought in this book, especially for administrators to consider. I also agree with Susie that if public education doesn't get on board with computer based learning they may be run out of town by Charter and private schools.
I agree with both Sue and Ruth in that something has to change, regaurding the implementation of technology in the classroom but... I have taken a computer based class (molecular cell biology which was probably not the correct class to try for a first online class) and it did not go so well - it is hard to ask the correct questions and when you do not actually hear and see a person in front of you it often radically affects learning. I have had several students try online/virtual high school and were soon back in school saying that it was not personal, kind of borning and that they really learn from other students in the classroom.
ReplyDeleteThe computer business relations in the book were not interesting to me, basically because I cannot picture/reference what they were talking about (I get the idea of what was trying to be explained but I am not a computer person!)
Of the four jobs that schools are 'hired' for the most difficult to address is eliminating poverty, we can do our best to educate students and try to give each student the best opportunity, but no child left behind is not a reality in public education with all of the constraints and demands that are placed on schools.
Of the reasons why schools are not doing the best that they possibly can I think smaller classrooms would be the first step to success, I don't know if others agree but computers are great and can give unlimited opportunities but it is nearly impossible to say that they will fix the problems, if the student is not directed by the teacher.
I found the section on early childhood reading/talking/education very interesting, I never really thought of how much of an impact things can have a such a young age, I assumed it was more of an ongoing factor - than mainly in the first year/months!
Unlike Michele, I liked the business stories, partly because they were historic (hey, I remember that!) and partly because it seemed more clearcut to me than the applications that technology has for education.
ReplyDeleteTechnological innovations certainly have the potential to be disruptive (in the book-sense of the term and in the cell phones in class sense, too) but to look at technology as being a panacea is also a dangerous thing. There seems to be a Field of Dreams "if you build it they will come" aspect to this book. Technology still cannot address the many problems that impede so many students in schools. Motivation, socio-economics, support, etc., play a huge role in how successful students and schools are in fact and perception.
Michele's experience with her online class (and ours with these postings, etc.) point out the difficulties that technology has - it is still incumbent upon the student to car and to do the work and to seek help, etc.
I like the idea of being a tutor to students who want to learn and just need help to learn in their own best way. Can I do that for 120 students that I never see face to face?
I appreciated the fact that this was written from a more of a business point of view than an educational point of view, so the authors’ perspective was more outside the box of the normal educator’s world. I think we have a hard time stepping too far outside of the educational perspective so we think we are being innovative and are simply trying something with a new twist that is not really very different from the original technique.
ReplyDeleteOnce again research shows that we need to make changes in early childhood education which would considerably boost the intellectual capacity and help build the foundation in children to be life-long learners. The authors’ explain that research in education stops short at correlation and does not seek causality and therefore causes more contention than consensus. I agree with this philosophy and believe we need to make a paradigm shift away from what the average student needs and start looking at each unique individual in our classroom.
The book notes that current computer based learning follows what Christensen calls CBT 1.0, that is mainly and electronic version of a page-turning textbook. It is suggested that schools need to adopt more Web 2.0 technology to be more responsive to a greater variety of learning styles. And again denotes starting to introduce technology at an earlier age. It is suggested that teachers, administrators, and technology experts all have to work together to transcend institutional barriers when trying to introduce more use of technology in our educational systems.
Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns by Clayton M Christensen, Michael B Horn, and Curtis W Johnson.