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MY TEACHINGS EMULATE THIS PRINCIPLE THROUGH THE FOLLOWING PRACTICES:
MY TEACHINGS EMULATE THIS PRINCIPLE THROUGH THE FOLLOWING PRACTICES:
Here are some of the ways I will make changes to my course to promote digital citizenship.
- Promote digital literacy within my course.
- Incorporate activities that promote collaboration, creation, and communication.
- Foster a learning environment that encourages the ethical use of digital tools.
- Promote digital citizenship and academic integrity through prevention, awareness, and role modeling.
- Encourage students to connect and collaborate on content.
- Provide opportunities for my students to create content to share with fellow students.
- Discuss the digital environment and how it is crucial to today's learner.
- Identify strategies to support a student's digital presence in their learning
- Recognize some strategies for developing my digital presence in my course.
- Identify ways to integrate OER to promote learning.
Every semester, I provide my students with a Welcome Module that contains information about Netiquette. As part of the students' very first module, they are exposed to the digital learning environment right away. This will support their learning and give them an understanding of an online environment. Students need to understand that an online environment is a shared space. Through their assignments, I want the students to understand what they do online "matters".
The Eli Pariser video is part of an assignment on algorithmic bias and filter bubbles. To give students more information about this topic, I believe it is crucial to watch an expert in the field explain the importance of this topic.
In this assignment the students are exploring some key concerns related to digital environments. They learn about algorithmic bias and filter bubbles. The purpose of the assignment is to have them understand the concept and reflect on what they have learned about this topic.
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I have my students create an eportfolio as one of my non-disposable assignments. In doing this, I have them use either Canvas or Google Sites. I let them know as an education professional that many pre-service teachers create an eportfolio to showcase their work and show professional growth. This is a place for the students to introduce themselves and keep important documents such as lesson plans, their teaching philosophy, an understanding of the six professional standards and other important information pertaining to education. This authentic eporfolio showcases their professional growth overtime and provides a way for students to reflect back on their professional growth.
In my online "Welcome Module," I feel it is important to discuss online netiquette as students are expected to participate in online communications early on. Students need know some ground rules prior to any interaction in their online environment as a way for them to communicate safely and effectively. Some of our first communications are online discussions for students to get to know their peers. It is critical that students understand that their communication is an exchange of knowledge and not just conversation that they would have on social media.
One of our first interactions is through a discussion board. For this discussion, I would digitally create a poster showing the netiquette rules on Canvas. Thinking about their discussion post, they have to reflect on the importance of using netiquette rules in an online environment. To actively engage them, I would have them add one way they could be supportive in an online environment or add a rule that is not listed or think is important. By creating an assignment like this assists the students with not only reviewing the netiquette rules, but understanding their digital presence and interactions do matter.
As part of the information the students receive about online netiquette, there is an assignment attached to this important concept. Students will not only have to communicate online with their peers appropriately, but with outside individuals. As part of their course work, students are assigned a professional Mentor Teacher in an elementary school to complete their fieldwork hours. For this assignment, students have to write a professional email to their Mentor Teacher asking them when they are available for them to come in an observe them in their classrooms. Prior to sending any emails out, students practice writing their emails and are assigned a peer to review it and provide feedback. Thinking about the rules of netiquette, peer and instructor feedback help students refine and improve their work. This feedback provides the students with relevant and valuable feedback in a safe environment conducive to learning.
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