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Global Citizenship LICENSE: Safety & Ethics

11/24/2014

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Part 6: Safety & Ethics

Explanation:
Safety, especially the safety of our students, might be the number one concern for parents and educators alike. We must teach our children how to be safe on a playground and how to be safe in a chatroom. Our students must be able to protect their privacy, and are responsible for respecting the privacy of others. As a parent and a teacher, the number of dangers in this world are overwhelming. It is my job to teach my children how to protect themselves and others. For me, that conversation must start early. Our students aren’t waiting until middle school and high school to interact with strangers, in person or online. Starting conversations about proper precautions and procedures online is an essential part of citizenship that must begin as early as conversations about crossing the street and not answering the door for strangers.

Components:
  • Internet Safety
  • Being responsible
  • Privacy & Security
  • Responsibility

In the News:

Boys & Girls club poster contest promotes internet safety
School safety device from Muscatine, IA
MH17 and Gaza: Who is responsible?
Liberian Ebola health workers defy calls to strike


Challenges:
Challenge 1:
Encourage your students and their families to discuss expectations for media and technology use at home. Have them share a video clip of their conversation, a picture of their chat, or a copy of their agreement with the class. Collect them to share with other members of your community!

Try using these resources from Common Sense Media:
Family Media Agreements
Customizable Device Contract

Challenge 2:
Play Responsibility Launcher from iCivics! This game helps remind people about their civic responsibilities. Talk with your students about ways that they can fulfill their civic duty in your community. Share them out!

Challenge 3:
Google has some great resources for staying safe online, geared at “everyone” and at “families” in particular. For this challenge, I encourage you to share these resources with parents, but also to sit down with your students to talk about the information they put in their profiles, who they are friends with online, and how the present information. Wearing a t-shirt with your school name and logo in your profile picture can be just as dangerous as posting that information in writing. Have students look at their privacy settings. Who can access their information? Friends? Friends of friends? The general public? Look at  the purpose of the profile or account and decide on the best security measures for that purpose.




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Global Citizenship LICENSE: Networking

11/18/2014

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Part 5: Networking

Explanation:
Few things are more important in life than our relationships. How we communicate and interact with others defines a large part of who we are. We must teach our students about compassion and empathy, respect and caring. The relationships we create with those around us inspire us, educate us, and drive us. People often feel that digital relationships are false, and it’s true that students must be careful about the relationships they create online. However, that being said, some of my best friends are people I’ve never met in person, or see only a few times each year. Online communities have given us an opportunity to find those with similar passions, and nurture parts of our personalities that may not always mesh with those in our immediate vicinity. On the other hand, human connections with the people we live with are just as important. Communicating and forming relationships in all walks of life is part of growing up. 
Networking brings new learning, new resources, and new opportunities. Learning to appropriately navigate, build, and utilize your networks are skills that greatly benefit global citizens.  

Components:
  • Relationships & Communication
  • Including everyone
  • Being compassionate
  • Respect
  • Caring

In the News:
Business value of social networking
8 Secrets from Power Networking Pros
Learning from your network
Jefferson students on Twitter

Challenges:
Challenge 1:
Discuss good character and the importance of relationships, respect, and caring within a network and community (physical and digital). Challenge your students to identify and award one (or two or twelve!) of their peers with a good character award from Character Counts!

Challenge 2:
How are you modeling a network? How are your students networking? Try this classroom example of teaching students about networking for their future. Try talking to students about how to connect for learning and creating a Student Learning Network! Need to know more? This webinar from PBS LearningMedia’s “Get Your Tech On” series discusses social media in the classroom.

Challenge 3:
Part of being a good citizen includes connecting and communicating with people in a respectful way, regardless of background, opinion, or platform. Anonymity on social media can be a tempting way to leave hurtful or rude feedback or comments when you don’t see eye-to-eye with others. It’s important to remember that being respectful of others is an expectation in all walks of life. This Digizen resource explains what you need to know about using social media for positive purposes, provides reports and data for sharing, and offers activities to practice positive networking. Have students try one or all!
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Welcome to the Keehn MakerSpace

11/12/2014

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Monday I visited a couple districts and realized I already own many of the items they were thinking of buying or had just bought for their Maker Spaces. So I decided to clean out my office (which had become a giant mess of storage) and turn it into an at-home Maker Space for my kids. So after some rearranging, digging through boxes, and organizing the last couple days, I present to you the Keehn Maker Space! 

In the picture with Rylee (left), you will see the Chromebook hooked up to the MakeyMakey (although she's doing some design work in this photo), Squishy Circuits, MakeDo kits, markers, giant supply of cardboard, some other crafting things, etc. Then in the Aaden picture (below) you have the art supplies and more craft supplies, legos, laptop, and 3Doodler. In the last photo (below), because he was mad that there were no free computers, I let Easton paint on one of our "mess boards" which are the shelving pieces that came out of a closet we bought from Ikea that completely fell apart the second we built it. We repurposed the pieces as boards as portable hard surfaces for the kids to make messes on (painting, playdoh, etc). 

With Christmas just around the corner we'll be making many new additions, but the kids and I are so excited about the start we have here! They even helped clean (willingly) to get it set up, and spent about 2 hours after dinner in here playing. 

The Breakdown:
For those thinking "classroom applications" I would say that what you see here (minus the computers) cost under $500. It's a little hard to estimate, as many of the things we already had and I collected around the house. But a rough breakdown includes:
1 3Doodler ($100)
1 MakeyMakey ($60)
1 Squishy Circuit Kit ($25)
2 MakeDo Basic Kits ($50)
2 MakeDo Creation Kits (Play house and space ship) $40
Assorted legos (we already had)
Scrapbooking materials - stickers, paper
Cardboard (free from other stuff, obviously)
Fingerpaint/Paints ($40ish - we have a lot of paint)
Sharpie Markers ($10)
Assorted craft resources - tape, toothpicks, glue, cotton balls, plastic cord
Rubber Band Loom supplies ($50? - we have gotten several looms and refills over time)

Next Steps:
I feel short on robotics type materials. That may be the next place I invest some money. 

The other thing I need to create a better space for is animation - stop motion, claymation type stuff. Our room is pretty full, but I think being creative with the space is one of the most important parts of a Maker Space! I also have a sheet hung up on the back wall as a "green screen" - but my sheet is blue, so I'd also like to invest in something that would allow us utilize that a little more fully. You can see some of the shortcomings of a "blue screen" in this video we made last fall.

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Global citizenship License: Education

11/11/2014

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Explanation:
Being a lifelong learner is one of the most important qualities we can model for children. Our children must know where to find accurate information, how to be discerning consumers of information, and strive to contribute credible information to their communities. Informed, educated individuals create a more tolerant, creative, open-minded environment. Education feeds growth, and a love of learning means that our students will be able to ask and answer questions as they arise throughout life.

Beyond individual learning, we must model being connected learners. We no longer learn just for ourselves, but with and for the community! We benefit from the knowledge of the group - learning, sharing, and contributing are all part of a 21st century education. We must produce and share as much as we consume - it’s part of a give and take that benefits the whole for the greater good.

Components:
  • Information Literacy
  • Becoming Educated and Informed

In the News:
Librarian leads campus information literacy program
Adventures in lifelong learning

Challenges:
Challenge 1:
Try out this lesson plan from EasyBib (for grades 7-12) on evaluating online sources for credibility. Then follow it up with a reminder lesson that there are great research resources beyond Google! You could also try these activities for evaluating websites from ClassZone.

Challenge 2:
Check out this blog from 1st grade teacher, Kathy Cassidy on how she talks about information sharing and the role digital resources and digital citizenship play in her classroom. After you’ve read her post, share this video with your students. How will you help them understand the internet in their world?

Challenge 3:
This post on Encouraging Lifelong Learning from Brigham Young University talks about how to help students be reflective learners, and also finding relevance between learning and their own lives. The post provides several examples of how students can demonstrate these skills. For this challenge, have students complete one of the activities off the list (not all items on the list will be appropriate for all age groups).
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Global citizenship License: Community impact

11/3/2014

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Part 3: Community Impact

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Explanation:
Whether the community we belong to is physical or digital, we have a duty to make a contribution to the group. As educators, we have a responsibility not only to model community contribution, but to inspire our students to contribute to the community based on their strengths and passions. 


We must be able to trust the members of our community. Being a trustworthy member of a community means that you treat members fairly and with respect. Whether you agree or disagree with the members of your community, it is important to respect individual opinions and points of view. A good member of a global community will work to develop not only an understanding of cultural differences, but an appreciation for those differences. 

When it comes to participating, you share your voice, you share your passion, you share your truth. Students who actively and positively participate in a community have ownership and pride in that community, and those are our successful future leaders. 

Components:
  • Contributing to the community
  • Cyberbullying
  • Trustworthiness
  • Voice/Participation (Voting)

In the News:
Internet tips aid police
8-yr-old raises money for lunch accounts
Hope for Gammy
Does money play too big of a role in politics?

Challenges
Challenge 1:
Random Acts of Kindness
Using the age-appropriate RAK Lesson Plan, complete (individual, small group, or class RAKs) and write about it online! Tweet it, blog it, Facebook it, G+ it - whatever you are comfortable with. Help your students understand the value of kindness, influencing others, and celebrating the GOOD in the world!

Challenge 2:
Share the You Matter Manifesto from Angela Maiers with your students. Angela writes about the 12 Most Important Ways To Let People Know They Matter. In this challenge you will ask your students to do one of these things for someone else and write about how it made them and the other person feel! How else can we make a difference and promote the #YouMatter message?

Challenge 3:
Talk to your students about how to put an end to bullying. Edutopia shares 5 Ways to Stop Bullying and Move into Action. Try these lesson plans from the Not In Our Town movement.





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