Week 6 Promote and Model Digital Citizenship and Responsibility

Hi class, the readings are about digital citizenship. Please respond to at least 1 of the questions based on the readings and your prior knowledge.

Q1. Based on the readings, which elements in digital citizenship do you find to be the most important and why?

Q2. Why is digital etiquette so important? Especially for future teachers?

Q3. How will digital communication help connect you and your students?

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)