I came back from lunch today with an idea of what I wanted
to learn…..unfortunately my list was long.
I started working on a couple of things and I am starting to find my
momentum towards my overall project goal.
After reading the digital citizenship I thought about what
that would look like for young children.
For me as a mother there are games my children download and play on
their iPod and there are times I am concerned with the safety of these
games. Recently there was a story going
around that one of the games that recorded your voice and repeated it in funny
tones was created by pedophiles to stalk children? Was this true? I am not sure but I removed it from my
daughters’ devices. Another teacher and
friend found that Instagram was sharing her daughter’s pictures with other
websites and some were adult dating sites…..
This safety issue concerns me especially as someone who doesn’t know the
safety features of her own home Wi-Fi.
Don’t lecture me I found interesting because that was the
main way my classes were taught to me starting as early as 6th grade. This is also when my eyesight started to
depreciate causing headaches after daily note taking. I
agree that too much information is covered in an hour and half lecture. This is where again I feel privileged to work
with young children. In our room
everyday ends with reflective play, social/peer discussion and self-directed/personal
interest learning. We call it “free
choice time”. This is when I see
children building things and then asking to join their friend’s creations and
then they seek me to take a picture to capture the moment. This is when I see children playing “teacher”
and reflecting and applying what they remember from the day’s lessons. I think another way I could incorporate peer
instruction is by having early finishers help/reteach the ideas to the children
struggling. I find worth in the idea
that they just learned it and may have a fresher spin on how to share that
skill. -Aimee
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