One of the
main purposes of this VodCast, Digital ID Project A Platform for Learning, Sharing,Remixing and Teaching Digital Citizenship, is to
emphasize the use of CIPA
(childrens internet protection act). It
continues to explain that a digital citizenship is established with everything
that we do on the internet. We (as
adults and as young people using the internet) need to be ever aware of all the
content that we put out online. Once it's
out there it's always out there. This
leads to teachers and teaching kids on ethical interment use. One teacher comments to her students that
when writing on the internet you need to say preciously what you mean because
people cannot always detect your humor or sarcasm from somewhere else. It is always extremely important to watch how
much information you give and to who. On
the wiki sit Digital-ID,
created by teachers for students, they have a funny yet informative video on
how worms, bugs, and bots get into our computers.
The VodCast itself seemed a little too broad and didn't
focus in on a point. It was very
informative in the sense that it guides you to other sources. I did not like that they mentioned sites and
then didn't link to them in their references.
It made it very difficult or impossible to find.
On the Digital-ID website I also enjoyed this video about
evaluating websites. They used the acronym CAPOW (currency, authority, purpose,
objectivity, and writing style) to use while evaluating a website.
As a teacher, I will have
the responsibility in guiding my students to proper internet use. This is true for elementary and middle school
students (wherever I decide to go). This
VodCast led me to a wonderful website, Digital-ID, that is allowed to be
remixed by teachers for their students.
It is full of information, and the videos make learning fun and humorous.
Overall, I enjoyed watching the VodCasts from k12onlineconference.org and
watched a couple more than the one I wrote about. It is full of information that goes way
beyond the classroom. As a teacher it is
a necessity to be on top of things and this site provides that service for
free! *adds to delicious*
1 comment:
So glad you enjoyed the K-12 Online Conference - it really is 'chock' full of information and because it is archived online, it is available anytime and you can go back to previous years, as well.
I liked your notation about the site not having links...and not because it frustrated you, but because it emphasizes one of the points about writing online - everything should be linked and given credit for those of us who want to explore further! :) Glad you found what you were looking for! I also liked that the website evaluation criteria was similar to what you studied earlier in the semester - always nice to have reinforcement! :)
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