My main goal during this class has been to promote Digital citizenship. I beleive that I have struck a chord with my class this last week. I became very blatant in my goal and told the students what I was trying to do. Wow, did this help. I forget that I do not have to be sneeky to get students to learn. I walked right out in front of th class and asked them to list the different groups they are memebers of online. They loved this idea and listed over a bundle. We broke them down and talked about what purposes they serve. Informative, educational, social, professional, etc. Turns out that kids these days do enjoy learning, they just want it to be fun, fast and convienent.
I too feel this same way and I beleive most people feel this way. That is why I am taking my masters online. I am not ready to change goals yet or even move on to the second goal I set. I feel I am just getting my feet wet and i am beginning to get excited about this one.
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I am glad to read that things are working out for you regarding your goal. It is amazing what students can do for us. Our students really can teach us a lot. I also think it is great that you helped the students to focus on the purposes of their networks. That is beneficial for them to see that there are so many different resources available with several different purposes. I would love to read more about some of the ones they shared.
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Great goal Nate. I’m very impressed by the reception your class had to different types of online technologies. It’s good that they know your goal and know what you expect out of them. I bet it was surprising for you to see how much technology they use. I bet the students were surprised as well to see all of the educational purposes in the technologies they use. I am a curious to how many of the technology applications that both you and your students have in common.
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