Help educate students on Digital Citizenship with a great site created for Saddleback Valley Unified teacher Kristin Thomsen. On the right side click on your grade level for essential questions and links to content on digital safety and awareness.
Course in Haiku on Digital Citizenship by Grade Level
Informational text utilizing the thinking stems from McGregor’s book, Comprehension Connections, to help verbalize what we’ve learned or want to remember.
The website also has a Thinglink a student created while gathering information on their animal. There are some other great project ideas for primary students at
http://www.zigzagstech.com/category/appsmashing App Smashing is the art of using multiple apps to create an enhanced project.
Taking Classroom Tech Use to the Next Level: Specific Traits to Look For
Did the assignment create capacity for critical thinking on the Web?
Did the assignment reach new areas of teaching students to develop new lines of inquiry?
Are there opportunities to broaden the perspective of the conversation with authentic audiences from around the world?
Is there an opportunity for students to publish (across various media) with an opportunity for continuous feedback?
Is there an option for students to create a contribution (purposeful work)?
Were students introduced to the best example in the world of the content or skill?
Free Range Teaching- a interesting article by a teacher that embraced a free range approach to teaching. She wanted to see what would happen if students were given complete autonomy and freedom to design and execute a 5-week unit.
Summer iPad Lesson Ideas- Some great lesson ideas to explore and end the year with.
Driving Questions and the Need to Know List- An article focusing on formative assessment and PBL and 2 strategies that they found were helpful.
Please let me know if you have any questions or suggestions.