This was my first time creating a video that had so many different moving parts. Sure, I’ve mashed together movies together, so that they would play in sequence with a quick title slide, but this was a completely different animal. To start, after deciding on what my project was going to be, I began thinking about… Continue reading 21st Century Citizen: Final Project
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Introvert to (Digital) Extrovert… Developing
I hate attention. I tend to be shy and am crazy awkward when I have to interact with new people. People who have just met me would probably say, “Akio… who?” This state of mind was true for me when I first started COETAIL. Hearing about how I should increase my online presence for my professional… Continue reading Introvert to (Digital) Extrovert… Developing
Moderating #asiaed Chat
Right after Learning2 in Bangkok, I was contacted by Craig Kemp (@mrkempnz) if I would be interested in moderating the #asiaed chat under the handle, @asiaEDchat. Unsure of what it was, I had to go back to through some Tweets posted and found that it was a new Twitter chat. There are many chats… Continue reading Moderating #asiaed Chat
The Reveal: Digital Citizen
I was told that I have to introduce the Student Technology Responsibilities poster. But, being the rebel that I am, I didn’t want to just read it to the students, so I decided to make it a bit to attach to my discussion about digital citizenship that I was already planning to have. The students… Continue reading The Reveal: Digital Citizen
Make Your Mark, Digitally
After International Dot Day, we started talking about the idea of a digital citizen. I first started by recording what they thought a digital citizen was, and then, did a class brainstorm, breaking down the words. What is digital? What is a citizen? The Class Constitution we created this year, using the word, citizen (read… Continue reading Make Your Mark, Digitally
The Dot: Goal Setting
In the beginning of the year, I used to create goals with my students and called it “Hopes and Dreams” based on the Responsive Classroom program. Then, back in 2013, Harry Banks (@kinderbanks) introduced the book, The Dot by Peter Reynolds to me. Immediately after talking about this book with Tabitha (@tabletj), told us about International… Continue reading The Dot: Goal Setting
Sidenote: The Plant
Behind the scenes in building the Class Constitution… I don’t like rules. I don’t like having to write, “Don’t do this, and don’t do that.” I like creating something that has a positive spin of “do this, and do that” as well as general enough that can be applied to most classroom situations. This brings… Continue reading Sidenote: The Plant
The Plant: Citizen
If we’re going to talk about being a Digital Citizen, I had to think about what word was going to be a challenge for the students in my class: citizen. To preempt the confusion that will come when we start talking about being a Digital Citizen, I decided to plant the word, citizen, into our… Continue reading The Plant: Citizen
Sidenote: The Plan
In thinking about this final project, I also had to include additional thoughts that’s not necessarily part of the “action.” Most of the background and the thinking behind what I’m doing will be included in the Sidenotes of this series. The main posts will be about the “action” that’s happening in the classroom. Standards First, as… Continue reading Sidenote: The Plan
The Plan: Sweet Spot
I struggle with the idea of Digital Citizenship. In a rapidly changing world, the idea of Digital Citizenship seems to be getting more complicated by the minute. That makes me think about how I can prepare elementary students to think about this concept. So, I decided to break down the elements of Digital Citizenship as… Continue reading The Plan: Sweet Spot
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