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  1. Apr 2019
    1. . Education has become more prominent topic in the public discourse of social promise. The expectations of education have been ratcheted up,

      it should be improving over the years, otherwise people arent doing their job right.

    2. We have created networks and affiliations and worked in joint projects

      its is good for students to work together.

    1. it helps when their is text with the pictures for the students to be able grasp the topics.

    1. As we begin to integrate these online communication tools into our classrooms, we should not ignore concerns about child safety.

      It is important to educate students how to safely use the internet

    2. Someone reading this standard with a lens to the past would interpret it by teaching point of view within narratives, engaging students in discussions about the point of view held by different characters. Some-one reading this standard with a lens to the future would interpret it by teaching point of view in relation to the evaluation of a website’s reliabil-ity, where point of view is one of several important elements to consider when evaluating the reliability of information that is found online.

      i have never really thought about this but it makes sense. You never know which websites can be a reliable source.

    1. To make this approach work, teachers must be willing to “cede the floor” to the students.

      They have to let their students work through the problems together as a group and give them guidance if needed.

    1. Connected learning is realized when a young person is able to pursue a personal interest or passion with the support of friends and caring adults, and is in turn able to link this learning and interest to academic achievement, career success or civic engagement.

      A simple interest or hobby during youth can lead to greater connections later on.

    1. They do this by being sponsors of what youth are genuinely interested in — recognizing diverse interests and providing mentorship, space, and other resources.

      It is important for adults to want to and be able to connect with youth interest

  2. Mar 2019
    1. Finally, each online tool regularly is updated; each time this happens new affordances appear, requiring addi-tional skills and strategies. It is clear that the nature of literacy regularly and continuously changes in online spaces.

      When a website is updated, it comes along with having to learn the new updates.

  3. Feb 2019
    1. Connected learning is realized when a young person is able to pursue a personal interest or passion with the support of friends and caring adults, and is in turn able to link this learning and interest to academic achievement, career success or civic engagement.

      their are so many opportunities and all can be learned by the click of a button about a personal interest

    1. Learning is irresistible and life-changing when it connects personal interests to meaningful relationships and real-world opportunity.

      how learning can make an impact

    1. The perfor-mance tasks ask students to apply their learning to a new and authentic situation as means of assessing their understand-ing and ability to transfer their learning.

      If a student can take the knowledge their teacher has taught them and apply it correclty to a different activity, then the teacher has done their job. The teacher knows that student has understood the material.

    1. The World Wide Web has become this generation’s defining technology for literacy. This technology facilitates access to an unlimited amount of online information in a participatory learning space.

      thats right, for examplse, you can go on quizlet and find the answers to a study guide with the click of a butto.

    1. When we encourage students to use technology, do we remind them of the risks of placing their information online and give them choices of how much personal information to reveal?

      You can encourage a student all day long about what to and what not to put on the web but its their choice to take the advice. Teenagers and even adults these days do not realize once its on the web anyone can see. Regardless if its private, it still can be found.

    2. When is it best to do a Google search versus ask a question on Twitter? Why would students tweet to a particular hashtag or person versus another? When they tweet to people from another country in another time zone, what kind of context do they need to consider? What should they add, remove, or modify in order to communicate better?

      This is something I have never thought of but I like the idea of the lesson.

    3. We often hear people talk about the importance of digital knowledge for 21st-century learners.

      Some students will know how to use the software on a comupter better than their parent or teacher.

    1. Reading, evaluating, and manipulating URLs (addresses on the web).

      some URLs that end with .org or .gov is a hint for the website containing reliable information.