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Mike Ribble, Ed.D.
District Director of Technology Manhattan-Ogden School District Manhattan, KS [email protected]
Do we still feel the same about others and their cell phone use? Do we think about ours?
Do we try to do too much at one time (multi tasking)?
Are we sharing more information than we should (Facebook, Twitter, etc.)?
Where will be in another five years?
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Technology as Extensions of the Human Body: In our continuing look at Marshal McLuhan, the man who coined the term "global village" and the phrase "the medium is the message," we will reflect on what he had to say about the various ways human beings extend themselves, and how these extensions affect our relationships with one another. First, we must understand what McLuhan meant by the term "extension(s)." An extension occurs when an individual or society makes or uses something in a way that extends the range of the human body and mind in a fashion that is new.
Every extension of mankind, especially technological extensions, have the effect of amputating or modifying some other extension. The telephone extends the voice, but also amputates the art of penmanship gained through regular correspondence.
http://www.leaderu.com/orgs/probe/docs/mcluhan.html
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…a new study from the Kaiser Family Foundation. Those ages 8 to 18 spend more than seven and a half hours a day with such devices, compared with less than six and a half hours five years ago (New York Times, Jan.20) …There needs to be a tidal shift in outlook by adults. The first stage of recovery is admission and acknowledgment. Now, the real work can begin. Engage, create, innovate and challenge kids with media. They can and will rise to heightened expectations. (Letter to the Editor)
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What is our focus?
How do we get to the core issues?
What are the most important skills?
How will we teach?
What is the responsibility of home, what is the focus of schools?
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We need to look at the basic skills and begin building curriculum to reach them.
Technology is a tool – how we use it will determine its use/misuse.
The focus cannot be on applications/ technologies only. Look down the road.
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Knowledge Comprehension Application Analysis Synthesis Evaluation
Remembering Understanding Applying Analyzing Evaluating Creating
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What skills do students come to school today?
- How do we identify them with incoming students?
What should we expect for the future?
- Are there new skills or updating the old?
What are the skills they should leave school?
- Do we need to change?
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Technology use up in kids, parents losing ground By Leanne Italie, Associated Press Writer Continued from the Kaiser Report: Only about hours.
three in 10
said their parents have rules about how much time they can spend watching TV or playing video games.
But 47 percent of heavy media users among those surveyed said they earn mostly Cs or lower, compared with 23 percent of light users. The study classified heavy users as consuming more than 16 hours a day and light users as less than three
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Enhancing Children Safety and Online Technologies by Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard in conjunction with AOL, AT&T, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, etc. Recommendations for parents: 1) Educate themselves about Internet; 2) Evaluate effectiveness of tools (e.g., parental control); 3) Should be engaged and involved in Internet use of children; 4) Know the risks that minors face online; 5) Attentive to high-risk minors in their community; 6) Recognize when to seek help from others – including schools.
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Step Back and Evaluate – Not Every Technology’s Goal Was Education. (4-Stage Model).
Awareness and Understanding (next slide).
Guided Practice Modeling and Demonstration Feedback and Analysis Come Up With a Plan from Top to Bottom. If we want students to have a skill when they reach a certain age how do we build.
Follow Through – The worst thing is to start a plan and not complete it (better if no plan at all).
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Users on Facebook, as well as other social networking sites need to think about what they are showing the world.
From 3 Financial Dangers of Social Media by Claes Bell (BankRate.com) -Employment, Debt Collectors, Scams are main dangers (financially) Do we need to have others permission for everything that is posted? (video online) Do children today have a different idea of privacy?
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One Example: Kansas Statue 21-3516 Sexual Exploitation of a Child (2) possessing any visual depiction, including any photograph picture, film, video, digital or computer generated image or picture…where such visual depiction of a child under 18 years of age is shown or heard engaging in sexually explicit conduct (4)(c) …severity level 5, person felony
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Cell phones – do we allow in classroom (is it a requirement for school ?) Do we then have a separation of haves and have nots? Is it then Ok if they take a call, text their friends, check their Facebook.
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Begin in our homes discussing what is considered appropriate. Sounds easy, but they need resources.
Keep up with the issues that affect children and technology.
Encourage schools to begin teaching appropriate technology use for the future.
Set boundaries for children.
Provide alternatives to being on the computer, cellphone, video game, etc.
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International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) identified Digital Citizenship for Teachers and Students .
PBS Frontline Digital Nation May need to use to get some funding – (E-Rate).
USAC Organizations, blog sites, support systems – DigiParent.Ning.Com
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San Elijo M.S.
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http://www.digitalcitizenship.net