1. Digiteen
and
Digitween
Project
14-‐1
Welcome!
Teacher
kickoff
mee;ng
February
11/12
2014
The
Informa;on
Guide
can
be
found
at
h"p://&nyurl.com/digiteeninforma&on
The
project
Teacher
Guide
can
be
found
at
h"p://&nyurl.com/digiteenflatconnect
This
project
is
part
of
the
Flat
Connec;ons
group
of
global
projects
h"p://flatconnec&ons.com
3. Agenda
Part
1:
Digiteen/tween
Info
• What
is
Digiteen/tween?
• Enduring
understandings
• Essen;al
ques;ons
• What
is
digital
ci;zenship?
• Community
learning
strategies
Part
2:
Project
details
• Project
content
• Project
structure
• How
to
get
started
• What
to
do
now….and
next
4. What
is
Digiteen
and
Digitween?
The
Digiteen
Project,
and
Digitween
Project
are
global
hands-‐on
projects
for,
upper
elementary,
middle
and
high
school
students,
(typically
Grade
4-‐12,
8-‐18
year
old).
These
projects
study
digital
ci;zenship
and
promote
effec&ve
and
responsible
online
choices
and
immerse
students
into
an
online
educa&onal
community
for
learning
and
collabora&ng.
As
part
of
the
project
students
research
current
topics
to
do
with
digital
ci;zenship,
write
a
collabora&ve
report
on
a
wiki,
and
perform
and
document
offline
ac&on
educa&onal
projects
to
promote
effec;ve
digital
ci;zenship
at
their
local
schools
and
in
their
communi;es.
Teachers
will
meet
every
week
to
discuss
project
goals,
aims
and
progress.
They
will
monitor
not
only
their
students
in
the
project,
but
be
part
of
the
larger
whole
and
be
ac;ve
across
the
en;re
community.
5. Enduring understandings
As
a
result
of
this
global
project
par;cipants
will:
• Understand
how
to
learn
in
an
open
community
virtually
• Appreciate
the
poten;al
of
connec;ng
and
collabora;ng
globally
• Build
and
interact
with
a
network
of
learners
• Experience
collabora;ve
design
and
co-‐crea;on
using
Web
2.0
tools
• Gain
cultural
understanding
through
connec;ng
with
a
diverse
community
• Understand
digital
ci;zenship
concepts
and
issues
• Appreciate
what
is
needed
to
implement
an
ac;on
project
to
raise
awareness
about
digital
ci;zenship
concepts
and
issues
6. Essential Questions
• What
should
learning
look
like
in
a
‘flat
and
connected’
world?
• How
can
all
learners
be
safe
and
maintain
privacy
while
learning
online?
• What
are
the
main
concepts
and
issues
to
do
with
being
a
digital
learner?
• How
can
we
understand
the
world
beber
through
learning
with
others?
• How
can
ac;on
projects
raise
awareness
and
improve
understanding
of
learning
with
digital
tools?
• What
products
can
we
make
together
at
a
distance?
• What
will
be
the
impact
of
our
collabora;ons
on
the
world?
10. Digiteen/tween
Teacher
Community
•
Flat
Connec;ons
teacher
network
(Ning)
– Teachers
only
(hbp://flatconnec;ons.net)
– Social
/educa;onal
network
(Ning)
– Join
Digiteen/tween
teacher
group
– Connect,
communicate
–
blog,
discuss
• Digiteen
Google
group
– Set
your
own
email
preferences
and
make
sure
you
are
receiving
mail
during
the
project
12. Digiteen/tween
Student
Community
• Edmodo
Group
– Team
groups
created
– Blog,
discuss,
share
mul;media
– Teachers
monitor
all
students,
not
just
their
own
• Wiki
Template
pages
– Collabora;ve
authoring
– Discussions
about
content
• Student
Teams
– Need
to
find
team
members
and
connect
via
Ning
and
wiki
13. What
are
Project
Outcomes
for
Students?
• Online
learning
community
interac;on
–
‘handshake’
forums,
blogs,
discussions,
reflec;ons
• Research
and
social
bookmarking
(Diigo
op;onal)
• Collabora;ve
learning
and
team
skills
• Presenta;on
via
online
Student
Summit
(op;onal)
• Major
outcome
Part
1:
A
collabora&ve
wiki
• Major
outcome
Part
2:
A
school/community
based
ac&on
project
15. Technology
Access
Map of world’s Facebook connections Source: Facebook December 2010
16. Technical
Awareness
“If
you
don’t
know
how
to
put
on
shoes
–
having
them
will
do
you
no
good.”
Flat Classroom Book
www.flatclassroombook.com
17. Individual
Awareness
“To
blindly
accept
a
website’s
profile
sekngs
is
to
hand
over
your
digital
des;ny.”
Flat Classroom Book
www.flatclassroombook.com
18. Social
Awareness
“The
novelty
and
addic;veness
of
technology
will
harm
our
rela;onships
and
produc;vity
unless
we
take
control.”
Flat Classroom Book
www.flatclassroombook.com
19. Cultural
Awareness
þ
Everyone
is
not
just
like
me.
þ
Everyone
is
like
me
in
some
ways.
20. Global
Awareness
• Different
countries
have
different
laws
– Copyright,
legal
– Taboo
subjects
• Na;onality
transcends
culture
– Every
na;on
has
mul;ple
cultures
– Never
stereotype
a
na;on
21. Project
Content
Summary
Five
‘Areas
of
Awareness’
1. Technical
access
and
awareness
2. Individual
awareness
3. Social
awareness
4. Cultural
awareness
5. Global
awareness
Four
Core
Competency
Areas
-‐
"Rays"
of
Understanding
1. Core
Area
A:
Safety,
Privacy,
Copyright,
Fair
Use
and
Legal
Compliance.
2. Core
Area
B:
E;quebe
and
Respect
3. Core
Area
C:
Habits
of
Learning:
Reliable,
Responsible
Management
of
Online
Ac;vity
4. Core
Area
D:
Literacy
and
Fluency
22. Digiteen/tween
project
structure
Team
forma&on,
Handshakes
Research
Topics,
Collabora&ve
Wiki
Authorship
Ac&on
Project
Design
and
Implementa&on
Celebra&on,
Reflec&on,
Sharing
outcomes
24. How
will
Workflow
support
Digiteen/tween
14-‐1?
• Digiteen/Digitween-‐01:
February-‐May
• Applica;on
Deadline:
February
15
• Online
Teacher
Informa;on
mee;ng
before
February
15
• Classroom
and
student
handshake
February
15-‐31
• Wiki
edi;ng
and
collabora;on:
March
• Wiki
edi;ng
must
be
started
by:
March
15
• Ac;on
Phase
March
15-‐April
30
• Student
Summits
April
16-‐May
15
• Post
Ac;on
Project
by
June
15
25. Be
a
DigiTeacher
-‐
Research
the
technology
and
lead
the
way
-‐
Monitor
and
be
engaged
-‐
Avoid
the
fear
factor
–
Make
a
difference
-‐
Model
legal
wisdom
–
choose
your
own
copyright
hbp://www.flickr.com/photos/cogdog/8540095171/
27. Ac;on
Projects
• Communicate
a
message
–
different
audiences,
school
presenta;on
• Prepare
resources
–
slideshow,
video,
other
mul;media
• Deliver
or
create
ac;on
• Share
back
to
project
Encourage
students
to
make
a
difference
to
their
school
community
–
teachers,
leaders,
students,
parents
28. Badges
-‐Teachers
&
Students
Flat
Connec&ons
will
introduce
‘Badges’
this
semester.
More
informa&on
coming
soon!
h"p://credly.com
29. What
now?
• PMs
will
email
a
mee;ng
summary
and
recording
link
for
this
kickoff
(and
this
info
will
be
on
the
Ning!)
• Invita;on
to
Google
group,
Ning
group,
Timebridge
• Week
star;ng
February
17:
– Another
teacher
mee;ng
run
by
Helen
and
Theresa
– Teachers
start
introducing
students
to
concepts
and
issues
to
do
with
digital
ci;zenship
– Students
can
join
Edmodo
–
instruc;ons
and
protocols
coming
from
PMs
– Team
Grids
established
–
students
find
team
members
31. Final
words………
• Anyone
who
has
never
made
a
mistake
has
never
tried
anything
new.
-‐
Albert
Einstein
• The
important
thing
is
not
to
stop
ques;oning.
-‐
Albert
Einstein
