Many of the lessons created during my practicum have revolved around information literacy. During each unit, at least one class session plagiarism and digital citizenship were discussed. At this point in the practicum, I felt students did not need a specific lesson on fair use, but instead needing something that would continually remind them what we had learned and discussed.
In my off time, my wife and I have been developing various teaching units and design items for sale on Teachers Pay Teachers. Using what I have been working on during my personal time, and what was needed in my practicum, I developed these posters. The goal of these posters were to fit into a classroom theme or be added into any classroom. The posters contain a summary of the meaning or item displayed in the headlines. Displaying them in areas such as the media center, the computer lab, or the classroom, will help remind students what is expected of them when researching and writing.
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This week, my supervising media specialist showed me the media center inventory. Since Spring Break is beginning, she completed an inventory before students went on break. While this was not as extensive as the end of year inventory, it was still pretty extensive. My supervisor does inventory by printing out her materials, and keeping them in a big binder. If something is weeded out, she marks it off her sheet, and deletes it from the system. This helps her ensure items are where they belong in the media center (along with continuous reshelving). Probably what amazed me the most about her inventory, was the fixed assets.
One section of her binder is dedicated to fixed assets, such as computers in each classroom. She should me that the district actually has a database to help LMS keep track of each computer. On Acorn (the district intranet), there is an area that media specialist can use to look up any computer serial number (or work station tag). Once looked up it can tell the LMS which user last logged into the computer, and when they did so. This helps her determine its approximate location in the school. If a teacher has logged into it multiple times, it is more than likely in his/her classroom. If only the teacher logs into it, it is more than likely a teacher computer or projector computer. If students primarily log into it, it is more than likely one of the student work stations. I thought this was a pretty handy tool for LMS to complete inventory, and keep track of computer use. This week I worked with a fifth grade class using the flipped classroom model. After discussing with a couple of the fifth grade teachers, we decided that many of the students did not have basic digital etiquette or digital information literacy skills.
Using this information, I created three modules. The first module is based around cyber safety, and what things should or should not be posted on the internet. The second lesson revolves around cyber bullying, and how it can be a dangerous thing, and many could be a perpetrator without even realizing it The last module dealt with information on websites, and how a student can evaluate a website to decide if it is reliable or not. For each session, students watched the videos, or viewed the websites at home, and then discussed, participated in role plays, and other group discussions in class. Students who did not have internet access at home were allowed to come in the media center or computer lab before or after school, as well as during homeroom. The last module based on website evaluation, has a printed packet that could also be given to students without internet access at home. I would have to say that Lesson 3 was by far my favorite, and went over the best with the students. They loved the off the wall topics many of the fake sites were on, and agreed that it is sometimes very difficult to determine the validity of a website based on looks. |
Jason SmithJason Smith is the 3rd & 4th Grade Gifted Facilitator at Gould Elementary. Archives
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