Shaw's Continuous Educational Blog

I look for resources that I can teach my students to use as well as myself. I like digital tools that the students are able to use easily but are taking something away. I became very interested in the use of digital assessments this past school year. I give short cycle assessments at the end of each reading unit, but wanted something more than just a grade. I wanted students to be able to connect and set academic goals from their data. The end of the year survey results from my students reflected they not only enjoyed, but made personal connections from using technology based quizzes.   My edshelf 

Reflective Essay: The Theoretical and Practical Understanding of the Elements of Digital Citizenship Shelbie Shaw Presented to Lamar University             Viewing digital citizenship as the appropriate norms that reflect integrity when using technology. Ribble (2015) supports, “Digital citizenship is defined as the norms of appropriate, responsible behavior with regard to technology use. Anyone who interacts regularly  online  automatically becomes a digital citizen. “He states the nine areas of practical perspective: digital access, digital commerce, digital communication, digit literacy, digital etiquette, digital law, digital rights and responsibilities, digital health and wellness and digital security. The nine elements are grouped into three categories directly affect student learning and academic performance, affect the overall school environment and student behavior and affect student life outside the scho...

I shed a tear listening to his poem. If there was not profanity I would show this to my students. I think without having all the resources in the world that we can make an impact, maybe not to millions of kids but hundreds we see throughout our careers. By promoting and teaching students kindness and the wrongs of bullying in person and online. Some of us will join committees, start clubs, show videos, educate students on rights and wrongs of bullying but most importantly, we have to model kindness. Of course, if I had unlimited resources I would ensure every school in the world had the right tools to stop all bullying and educate our educators. Texas does not have laws in place for cyberbullying. That would be my first on my unlimited resource list. 

The Fair Use Doctrine is the concept that allows the use of copyrighted material without permission of the original owner. The certain instances that Fair Use is applied are for schoolwork and education, news reporting, criticizing or commenting, and comedy or parody. The outline that allows for Fair Use should display small amounts of owners work, making the copied portion original with new meaning, using it in a completely different way and it has to be nonprofit.

A digital footprint/ tattoo is like a real tattoo – permanent and painful to remove. The footprint is the mark you leave of yourself on the internet.  With the help of any social media site, students are able to represent and post about what reflects them deliberately as a young person. It is vital they are posting things of appropriate interest sports, shopping, friends, books, movies etc. They are beginning to shape their reputation in an eportfolio. I think it is ok to post things about their beliefs but in a respectful intelligent way. Their sites should reflect them as unique educated individuals that their future bosses might consider looking at one day. 

This will be my summer reading! How Children Succeed by Paul Tough. The book struck me with the truth behind students succeeding and failing. The overall concept is that students are taught the GRIT, character traits, and curiosity skills that form a students road to success not only as a child but also later on in their adult lives. Not asking them to be the smartest at solving math problems but teaching them to use perseverance, optimism, and self-control to gain successes.  http://www.paultough.com/