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Digital Citizenship
UnPlug?
by Sheri Edwards • • 7 Comments
Unplug! Unplug? Today many are concerned with the amount of time spent plugged in, detached from the “real world.” Yet, so many of us connect for “real” reasons and with “real” people. So, how do we contain this thing, this “unplugging?”
Blogging With Students
by Sheri Edwards • • 9 Comments
“It’s every teacher’s dream. Students are no longer writing for a grade or for their teacher. Instead, they are writing for their peers and generating their own topics. Can this really be possible?”
A Thing to Consider
by Sheri Edwards • • 1 Comment
A Thing To Consider Brett Gaylor with Mozilla Advocacy reminds us that this new internet is “like life, a thing to consider” and without this internet, our freedom of access to information would be so different. Our Parts So as I…
Where is your life
by Sheri Edwards • • 0 Comments
Online, I have connections: a neighborhood [or several] in which I can visit, share, collaborate, and celebrate with people all over the world.
Let’s Talk Blog Images
by Sheri Edwards • • 0 Comments
Images, Copyright, and Fair Use Images bring your blog post to life– it adds information and interest. But we can’t just reach up into the clouds and grab a colorful image. The images we choose and use must be those…
Maker MIndset #clmooc #teachdonow
by Sheri Edwards • • 0 Comments
Jackie Gerstein at UsergeneratedEducation pushes us constantly to think through the educational mandates and silver bullets to focus on students and their learning. What will best guide students to become thinking, caring, productive persons? The first thirty-eight slides of her presentation…
#clmooc #connectedlearning principles
by Sheri Edwards • • 0 Comments
A Reflection on My #CLMOOC Work Thanks to all for a marvelous, connected six weeks! Why connected learning? Why digital learning? Thanks to Margaret Simon for hosting DigiLit Sundays where educators share how they are using technology in…
#clmooc MMM Make More Memes
by Sheri Edwards • • 4 Comments
Memes: a media element spread on the internet, altered by others, and added to the internet’s dispersed collections. They are fun, often humorous, and sometimes satirical. They can be informative. Dogtrax [ Kevin Hodgson] invites us to continue the #clmooc…
#clmooc The Inspiration Has Begun – Join In
by Sheri Edwards • • 0 Comments
The Summer of Make, Play, Learn has begun at #clmooc ! We’re introducing ourselves with avatars and inspiring each other to try something. In my writing classroom, making avatars and pseudonyms are one of our first goals: creating an avatar…
Whose image is it?
by Sheri Edwards • • 3 Comments
I love poster images and inspirational quotes. Sometimes they just make my day or encourage me to keep going. Images create emotional responses and so are a powerful addition to our communications. But whose images do we use? I favorited…
Sunshine Blog Meme Homework #openspokes
by Sheri Edwards • • 12 Comments
Getting Back Jeremy’s right: sometimes we need to kickstart our blogging. And what better way to do that than to nudge your friends too. Thanks to Jeremy and Susan, I’ll stop watching mysteries on iTunes and NetFlix and get back…
Digital Literacy: Ownership #etmooc
by Sheri Edwards • • 4 Comments
Who owns our data? Our School Our school encourages in our daily work and curricula a continuous emphasis on digital citizenship and digital safety; we practice citizenship in our classrooms, virtual and in reality. This discussion and practice we hope…
Digital Literacies Education #etmooc
by Sheri Edwards • • 1 Comment
Think… If you are connected to and participating in a personal learning network, then you understand the culture of today’s connected and public world. Perhaps you have created lessons and projects using Google Docs, a Wiki, or Twitter to collaborate…
Connected Educator Blogging Challenge
by Sheri Edwards • • 2 Comments
Are you hesitant to join in the global conversations around the world? Are you overwhelmed by the amount of information flowing towards you? One way to join the conversation and sort out the information is to start a blog to…
