Classroom Environment
August
This Monthly Focus Skill at a Glance:
The monthly focus of ‘Classroom Environment’ highlights the connection between classroom routines and their impact on students as digital citizens who evaluate their digital identity, engage safely and appropriately online, and respect intellectual property.
Examples of this Monthly Focus Skill in GISD:
Elementary:
-Teachers cultivate routines for students to create appropriate usernames for classroom games that allow them to interact safely within the classroom.
Secondary:
-Teachers provide structures to support students in understanding and creating source citations that acknowledge intellectual property.
Standards that Shape this Skill Focus:
STANDARDS FOR EDUCATORS
-Teachers cultivate and establish routines to successfully manage and facilitate a classroom with digital integration.
Instruction - Communication - Dimension 2.3:
The teacher clearly and accurately communicates to support persistence, deeper learning and effective effort.
Learning Environment - Classroom Environment, Routines, and Procedures - Dimension 3.1:
The teacher organizes a safe, accessible, and efficient classroom.
Learning Environment - Classroom Culture - Dimension 3.3:
The teacher leads a mutually respectful and collaborative class of actively engaged learners.
STANDARDS FOR STUDENTS
-Students cultivate and manage their digital identity by:
Develop awareness of the positive and negative impact of their actions in the digital world.
Engaging in positive, safe, legal and ethical behavior when using technology or interacting socially
Demonstrate an understanding of the rights and obligations associated with intellectual property
Students go beyond screen time to explore the impact their digital lives can have on their well-being and relationships while learning to balance media in their everyday lives.