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Comment on The Three Strike Rule by Peach

Peach — Sat, 05 May 2012 06:32:09 +0000

Kim, as always, another fabulously insightful post. I really found your approach to managing access and unacceptable behaviour, transformative. Thanks for continually sharing your knowledge and experiences.

Comment on The Three Strike Rule by Jeff @InstTechTalk

Jeff @InstTechTalk — Sat, 05 May 2012 02:18:39 +0000

Great post! I really like the way your building handles tech misuse – firm but fair. I am glad to also hear that it seems to be working.

Also, great idea using QR codes to ‘label’ each iPad. Do you just print them on labels? We have a grove of iPads for a 1:1 pilot program that I’m trying to manage. We have barcodes on them for inventory, but I like the idea of QR codes since they can contain more info.
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Comment on The Three Strike Rule by Dennis Harter

Dennis Harter — Sat, 05 May 2012 02:17:19 +0000

Thanks Kim. This is really good thinking that I am sure we will use to guide our own continuing conversations as HS goes 1:1. Thanks for sharing.

Comment on Digital Citizenship Week by The Three Strike Rule | always learning

The Three Strike Rule | always learning — Sat, 05 May 2012 01:19:22 +0000

[...] working with amazing students, in a very progressive and supportive community, where responsible Digital Citizenship is a regular part of our everyday conversations and expectations, so we haven’t had too many [...]

Comment on Digital Citizenship Week by Gail Desler

Gail Desler — Thu, 03 May 2012 15:32:29 +0000

Hello Kim,

What a wonderful range of activities you, your students, and your colleagues have developed for a school wide Digital Citizenship Week. With your permission, I would love to showcase your project on the Digital ID wiki (http://digital-id.wikispaces.com), probably on the Pro ePortfolio page.

I would also like to warmly invite your students to provide audio file (MP3) translations of our Digital Citizenship Glossary – http://digital-id.wikispaces.com/Digital+Citizenship+Glossary .

As always, thank you for sharing the inspiring teaching and learning that takes place wherever you happen to be,

Gail Desler
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Comment on Digital Citizenship Week by anne-Marie Thinnes

anne-Marie Thinnes — Tue, 01 May 2012 13:31:09 +0000

Hi Kim,

WOW! What a project!
I find awesome how YIS is encouraging technology use in classrooms and cross curriculum activities but this kind of event goes further. You, Rebecca and the other teachers involved are REALLY encouraging critical thinking there! Kids are not only critical to the internet but also reflect on their own practices. I heard a teacher saying to a teen today “You don’t only learn for a career, you learn for life!”. Through this project, you don’t say it, you DO it.
Bravo!

Comment on Moving #beyondlaptops… by Integration of Technology Standards in the Classroom

Integration of Technology Standards in the Classroom — Tue, 01 May 2012 11:52:13 +0000

[...] some conferences that are beginning to include students. Kim Cofino and others at YIS sponsored the Beyond Laptops conference and students were involved. The asbunpluggled2012 in February was another conference [...]

Comment on Digital Citizenship Week by WorkingAtTheEdge.org Daily Links 05/01/2012 | Working at the edge

WorkingAtTheEdge.org Daily Links 05/01/2012 | Working at the edge — Tue, 01 May 2012 03:31:26 +0000

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Comment on Digital Citizenship Week by Aroma

Aroma — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 16:04:02 +0000

Hi Kim
Totally agree with Marcello’s comment. The timing is perfect as we come to the end of Course 2. Your post and what you guys did at YIS is bringing the theory to life. Its great to have a visual and real life example to jump start conversations around how to encourage digital citizenship in our own schools. Perhaps our course assignment should be to design and implement a digital citizen activity instead of modifying the AUPs. Love what you put together and how you shared the event with all of us. Thank you.

Comment on Digital Citizenship Week by Matthew Miller

Matthew Miller — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 14:46:22 +0000

Kim, we are just starting a 1:1 in MS and HS next year, and I have been noodling around how to implement a Digital Citizenship (actually, as one of your students commented, full Citizenship, with digital as part of that) activity or week. I would love to coordinate with you to do this in concert with YIS if that is possible next year.

One difference I’m considering from the materials you’ve posted would be to change from “safety” to “responsibility” as a focus. I think adults in general (and here in the US in vast specific), have focused too much attention on safety, to the detriment of our children (eg: we have kids here who have been so scared by their parents that they don’t want _any_ digital/social-media footprint, even knowing that colleges and employers are using those as filters now). I think we need to shift the center from safety to responsibility, with safety as just one aspect of that. This would overlap a bit with Behavior, but I think they can be differentiated enough.

Anyway, thanks for posting, as always, and would love to work together next year if possible.