For
the “Vision of the Future” project, I plan to revisit ideas that caught my
interest at the beginning of this course. During this learning opportunity, I
have stumbled upon a lot of information regarding copyright, selecting quality
resources, privacy online, cloud computing and its use in the educational
setting. It caught my attention as I am someone who likes to follow rules and
guidelines.
I
wish that I had known about these things at the start of my career, and
throughout this course I have had the reoccurring thought - how do you know
you need to know? 
While learning about the above mentioned, I found that all of this important information is in many different places. Some websites I explored because of this course, or stumbled upon, and sometimes I found information from articles I read for another class. Everything just felt scattered all over the place.
As a library-minded person, I did not like how disorderly this was and this is how I landed on my idea for the “Vision of the Future” project.
In my future, I envision all of the helpful and important
resources I have learned about to be in one place. I am designing a
digital resource that addresses copyright, ownership, digital literacy and
safety. The intended audience of this project is teachers on-call and new
teachers, because we often miss staff meetings, or start-of-year procedures
when protocol and procedures regarding this type of information are discussed.
Perhaps this is too simple? Maybe I am not expanding my ideas enough?
Since I am still at the beginning of my career, this seems like a good idea. It feels like a resource I wish I had when starting out. I will share it with classmates, and I will look into contacting the B.C. Early Career Teachers’ Associations, and possibly my own local of BCTF to see if the final product is something that would help other new teachers. If I work in a library setting, I could share it with future colleagues or link it to a library website if I create one. I spoke with one colleague who is brand new to teaching this September, and they said they did not know many of the things I was talking about and would be interested in reading my resource when it is completed.
So I have one audience member so far.
That’s a start.Now to sit-down, concentrate, and create my “Vision”…
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That would be a great resource that I would seek out too! I will be your second audience member :) I always worry that when my students do a research project (as simple as it may be with grade 2 students) I do not want them to get into bad habits about using images or information without siting it properly. I also agree that for new teachers it is often unclear what you are able to photocopy and use from online sources in your teaching. I am eager to see what you come up with!
ReplyDeleteThis is a great idea - I know it would be really helpful for both new and well-seasoned teachers. So much has changed, and it is really hard to keep up. It also sounds like a perfect opportunity to share out as a pro-d seminar if you were feeling brave! A "So where can I get images from?" section would be great for both staff and students.
ReplyDeleteI remember a good letter for asking for parental permission to use online platforms was in one of the appendixes in the J. Hengstler article which outlined many issues around students using online sites and posting. I was just looking at it the other day thinking that I would tweak it and use it myself.
http://etec.ctlt.ubc.ca/510wiki/images/2/2b/Primer_on_Posting_Minor_Students_Final.pdf
Maybe a related project is the student version as they need to know too!
A good discussion of an important topic. You are so right to notice and share how disorganized, loosely scattered, and unknown the state of copyright, digital literacy, and online safety really is on the internet. I would look into some of the work that Julia Hengstler has been doing at VIU. (https://twitter.com/jhengstler ) Many good areas to discuss, my only concern is how big and widespread all of these topics are. It will be hard to narrow and capture enough to be useful. Don't think you have to capture everything out there, as there will be many unknowns, or legal grey areas.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the encouragement! I am familiar with Julia Hengstler and follow her on Twitter. Reading one of her articles back in September really got me thinking about online privacy and safety.
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