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In the connected era, students will be most successful after college if they have a digital presence that promotes their unique abilities and strengths. Online instructors are poised to play a powerful role in the development of our students’ digital footprint. Students aspire to be like their instructors who actively model safe and professional use of digital tools and resources. Effective online teachers understand that engaging students in the web is an important part of becoming digitally literate and, as such, learning is not tied to a textbook.
Reflections
Reflections
Where I was.
Where I was.
To be honest I was not that savvy in technologies until I finished my graduate studies where I obtained my Masters degree to become a librarian. When I started to take the @one courses for the online teaching certificate I learned even more.
Where I am.
Where I am.
Through the @one online teaching courses I learned how important it is to use the latest technologies in teaching to reach out to the students in the online learning community. I saw how effective it is to make a screencast O matic video using your own voice. I learned how effective flipgrid is for reaching out and creating a humanistic feel to the classroom, and how effective padlet can be to break up the monotony of a module.I think it is very crucial for students to be exposed to new technologies and learn how to use them.
Where I'm headed.
Where I'm headed.
I am constantly amazed at how new online classroom technologies keep popping up. Just when you think you mastered them all, another one comes up that is even better than before. I plan on continuing to stay abreast of the latest technology trends so that I can reach my students and connect with them in my online class to the fullest. I plan on utilizing these new technologies in a way so that it becomes a two fold learning process for the students. On the one hand they will be learning the lesson I have instructed in the module, and on the other hand they will be gaining a new skill by learning how to use the new technology to gain an even better understanding.
Examples
Examples
How to Access Kanopy
How to Access Kanopy
This screencast O matic video that I shot and narrated demonstrates how instrumental using different technologies are in the online learning classroom. This video shows students how to find and watch videos through Kanopy at the Los Angeles public library from the LACC databases. They can then search and download the video that they need for a class or just for their own viewing.
This example of developing a concept map and then uploading it onto Canvas is a perfect example of using Digital Citizenship in the classroom.
Concept Map
Concept Map
Create a Concept Map on the topic you have chosen for your Final Project.
Think of the central idea and write it down in the middle.
Think of related ideas and place them radially around the central idea, connecting related ideas with lines.
You can create your Concept Map in a variety of ways: with pen and paper, on a word document with shapes and lines, or use one of the specialized applications available online.
Here are some free software websites that you can use:
edraw
smartdraw
photoshop
Once finished submit your concept map (picture, scan, saved document).
If drawing your concept map by hand, take a picture with your cell phone and upload it.
How to Create a Concept Map
How to Create a Concept Map
Identify the general/broad topic that you are interested in.
Example: General topic of obesity
Brainstorm on the general topic and list concepts and themes that are related to the topic on a large piece of paper.
Think about WHO, WHAT, WHERE, WHY, WHEN. Keep the concepts as concise as possible (think main keywords).
Example: junk food, public health policy, children, parents, fast-food, physical fitness at school and work, soda, diet, diabetes, large restaurant portions, high-fructose corn syrup, television, less playing outside
Using unlined paper, write the main theme in the center of the page.
Take the other concepts identified in the brainstorming and connect them to the center concept. You can use other organizational patterns such as branches, arrows or groups. More important ideas should be put nearer to the center and less important ones closer to the edge. Identify the relationship between the concepts.
After the map has been created, look at the organizational patterns to see if the pieces fit together and make sense and if there is anything missing.
Padlet
Padlet
This padlet example demonstrates the importance of digital citizenship. With this technology the student gets a two-fold learning objective. On the one hand the student picks up new ways of learning how to organize, and then on the second hand they learn how to use a new technology software.
Donovan student generated assignment revise.docxEvaluating a Website
Evaluating a Website
This assignment demonstrates digital literacy by teaching students how to evaluate websites for credibility.
Google Sites
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