Things Every Teacher Should Know About Digital Citizenship

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Picking the wrong technology tool can unleash a nightmare. Don’t think it can’t happen to you.

If you look over the shoulder of one of Gord Holden’s 10,000 students, it looks like they are playing a video game. They are not. They are learning. They are safe, too. Let’s dig into Gord’s three things about digital citizenship that every teacher should know.

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Show Notes – Things Every Teacher Should Know about Digital Citizenship:

A simple explanation to parents about Internet safety.
Why some online spaces are like “Lord of the Flies” and what to do about it.
How to use 3D worlds to help autistic spectrum students interact in real life.
Teaching French, Science, and Democracy in a 3D world. (great stories!)
Nightmare things that have happened when teachers pick the wrong tool! (Oh my!)

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About Gord Holden

Gord Holden @GordHolden has been working in education for 35 years, beginning with using early Apples with Special Education students. He was recruited by Heritage Christian Online School 5 years ago to be the founder and Director of their Immersive Technology (IMT) Department. IMT currently has 12 staff and close to 200 students participating.

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Vicki Davis

Vicki Davis has been an educator and IT director in Georgia since 2002. Today, she also works as an instructional technology coach, staying side-by-side with active teachers and students so her work stays grounded in real classrooms.

She's a mom of three, wife of one, and loves talking about the wise, transformational use of technology for teaching and doing good in the world.

She has blogged at the Cool Cat Teacher Blog since 2005 and hosts the 10 Minute Teacher Podcast and Cool Cat Teacher Talk (radio, public access TV, YouTube, and all major podcast platforms), interviewing remarkable educators around the world. Vicki focuses on what unites us — a quest for truly remarkable, life-changing teaching and learning. The goal of her work is to provide actionable, encouraging, relevant ideas for teachers, grounded in truth and shared with love.

If you talk to Vicki for long, she'll encourage you to "Relate to Educate," to "innovate like a turtle," or to be "a remarkable teacher." She loves homemade sourdough bread and cinnamon rolls and runs half marathons with her sisters. You can usually find her laughing with her students or digging into a book.

Thank you for reading, sharing, and telling your friends about the work we do here! - Vicki

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2 comments

Caitlan Nimick June 22, 2016 - 3:48 pm

This is great information for all teachers or inspiring teachers. You need to be informed on everything the internet has to offer before you introduce technology to your students. This was very helpful!

Annie Gorenstein Falkenberg January 23, 2018 - 10:38 pm

I enjoyed listening to this segment. With thousands of tools that we can use with students choosing the best ones can be an incredibly daunting task–especially with how much the internet changes every day (as you discussed). Thank you!