Issues in Educational Technology

Students LearnCyber Skills At a No-Tech School

                                                                                                                  By Francesca Duffy

1.  A summary of the article highlighting main ideas

             This article is about Journey School in Aliso Viejo, Calif. which doesn’t teach the students how to use technology until the students enter the 6thgrade. However, they teach their students about “Cyber Civic” program to let them know about safe and roper online behavior. Through the Cyber Civics program, there has not been any cyber-bullying and sexting. The most important for them to teach their students is what is the appropriate use of these resources.

2.  3 discussion questions to get other teachers discussing the article

*What are other advantages of teaching Cyber Civics program?

*Isn’t it late to learn from 6^th grade since nowadays everyone easily gets opportunities to use technology?

*How do you define the word “digital citizenship”?

3.  A personal reflection

Although I put the discussion question #3 that it is late to learn from 6^th grade since nowadays everyone easily gets opportunities to use technology, I think the way Journey School teaches their students is great because I don’t think it is really necessary to learn how to use technology for the younger kids.

At these grade levels, I think they just need to focus on learning basic stuff and play outside to keep them healthy.

Also, “Cyber Civics” program is helpful for the students to be more responsible when they use the technology and internet. As they learn about it step by step through 6^th to 8^th grades, I believe they will be learning to be more responsible and safe, and how to use information properly. Moreover, they will learn better online manner so that they will make the online society better. 

Post #1

1. What is a blog?

  A blog is a web site on the World Wide Web where an individual or group of users record opinions, information, etc. on a regular basis and these posts are usually displayed in reverse chronological order.

2. What is the purpose of a blog?

 The purpose of blogging is to share and get ideas or information with others. you can also learn a lot of useful things from others.

3. How can you use this in your official capacity? (teacher, admin, central office, etc.)

 I as a teacher can use a blog by posting assignments, school information or schedule, and communicate with students and parents. 

4. Give at least two explicit examples of uses (not just "reflection")

   #1 is posting about a quiz website and rubistar you can create your own quizzes and rubrics.
  #2 is posting about link prezi. you can post a link on your blog.
 These two are from ED480 class when i was taking at NMC.

5. What are the benefits and drawbacks of a blog?

Benefits: I can use it free and share my ideas and information with others or my students. 
For resume, I can also develop my resume again and again until it becomes better.

Drawbacks: If we continue posting something in short, we might get used to writing in short.