Stop Motion Animation 

  • How can it be used in the classroom?
    • Used during collaborative task by directing kids to run and move post it notes across the picture field. They can also use their bodies to create stop motion video as well.
    • iStop Motion – not the best for Macs using newer software
    • Stop Motion App (free for apple) used to make sewing video along with iMovie
    • Video edited using Photoshop – use twinning button to reduce amount of photos you have
  • Pros:
    • Hits all the core competencies
    • Can be used in every subject to make learning and problem solving fun
    • Flexible in terms of difficulty and challenge
  • Cons:
    • Working with technology can be frustrating – important to give yourself time and leave room for error
  • Resources:
    • makespaceforeducation.com
    • iste.org
    • onf-nfb.gc.ca
    • wiobyrne.com
    • sites.google.com/site/waldportfolio
    • education.microsoft.com
    • Youtube

 

Digital Mapping using Google Geographic Products 

Google Maps

  • often used to get information from the platform, but it can also be used to create students’ own maps.
  • When you make your own maps, you can create points, lines, and shapes, calculate routes, perimeters, areas,
  • Lesson and project ideas:
    • Points of interest map
    • Student commentary
    • Family heritage map
    • Map languages
    • Class information
    • Fictional settings explored in books
    • Trip planning – real or imaginary
  • Google Street View
    • Not just streets, cultural, political, physical geography – there are many ways to tie these elements from around the world into curriculum (Museums, natural wonders)

Google Earth

  • Whats the difference between google maps and google earth? …
  • Good things about Google Earth – more experiential than Google Maps. You can start with a view of the earth and move to your house all the way from a space view.
  • Can use it to simulate a flight
  • View geographical changes over time – ex: looking at Bear Mountain and how it’s changed drastically in the last 10-15 years.
  • View layers with information provided by various organisation, such as endangered species.
  • Can also be used to look at sky (galaxies, stars), the moon (interactions with all the Apollo missions), and Mars.
  • Voyageur – guided tours of places all over the world with different experts (ex: Jane Goodall touring through chimpanzee habitats all over the world).
  • Lesson/project ideas
    • Engage in real-world math problems
    • Explore different environments
    • Create your own KML tour
    • Scavenger hunt (given lat and long to find places)

Using MyMaps in the classroom: Grade 4 cross curricular project

  • Combine technology, social studies, etc.
  • Can be used to write journal entries and reflections on their own maps in regards to historical places (in grade 4 focus a lot on European and Indigenous contact – maps could follow different trade routes, gold rush sites, etc.)

Pros and cons of Google Maps

  • In a classroom: speak about online presence, online …

 

Digital Literacy: What is digital literacy and how can we teach it in the modern classroom? 

Information literacy: being aware of what is fake and what is authentic

  • Asking questions like: what’s the quality and legitimacy of a website? How can you tell if a
  • Teaching awareness and critical thinking about where the information

Ethical use of Digital Resources

  • citing original creator/owner, can you use it?

Understanding digital footprint

  • Draw attention to what information students are leaving behind when we use the internet and its services

Protecting yourself online

  • Privacy settings, information you’re sharing, etc. and understanding
  • VPNs and data encryption and hacking – worth knowing about
  • Teaching students about self-regulation and being aware of what they’re putting on the internet that they may no longer have control over

Handling digital communication

  • Ensuring they are engaging as mature individuals online

Cyberbullying

  • Give proper resources for students who may be bullied online (where to turn to, how to disengage) and be a person that the student can trust

 

Strategies, tips, and best practices

  • Youtube: Crash Course Navigating Digital Media Series
    • Fact checking
    • Lateral reading
    • Evaluating evidence
  • Youtube: Crash Course Media Literacy Series
    • History, influence and persuasion, advertising, media ownership
  • MediaSmarts.ca
    • Canadian-specific content
    • Resources for teachers and parents
      • Including lesson plans
  • Student choice and voice
    • Students will buy in more to what you are teaching if they feel like they have a stake
  • Focus more on creation than consumption – enables them to be more aware of privacy issues because they are the ones who are creating
  • Multi modalities: give students many different modalities as they can use rather than dictating and limiting them to what platforms they are going to use to express their knowledge.
  • Center collaboration
  • Ensure accessibility for all learners
  • Crowd accelerated learning: when you bring lots of people together, you create and collaborate more, which leads to greater learning.
  • Social media and peer to peer social learning – teachers can play a huge role in learning about social media. It’s important because it’s a big part of their social experience.

How to talk to parents about digital literacy

  • Don’t assume understanding and awareness
    • Families may or may not be aware of their children’s online use and footprint
    • Different families have different rules around digital media use
  • Digital literacy is a key component of the BC curriculum – 21st century citizens
  • Communication with parents is key
    • Organize a Digital Family Night (classroom or school wide): invite parents and students in to talk about what you’ve been doing in class, as well as what families are doing at home online. This also gives a platform for parents to ask questions.
  • Balancing the risks and benefits in all conversations with parents
    • Validate any concerns and provide reaffirming information about the learning.

Let’s Talk about Sex

  • There’s a lot of miseducation online about sex – when students take these onboard, it can lead to a lot of pain in students’ personal lives.
  • Important to give students a platform to ask questions and express concerns in class – online resources can complement these conversations