Although new to blogging as a as a means of communication, I am an avid user of Twitter (@DrJohnBlackwell) as a way of sharing classroom and school events and activities. In my opinion being a connected educator means having the ability to communicate and share knowledge with other educators, regardless of location. In today's connected age there are numerous resources for connecting with others: Blogs, Facebook, Google Classroom, Twitter, Instagram, and Linkedin, just to name a few. This age of connectivity has helped to transform the way we teach and learn.
"The rate of change in the world is accelerating with the rapid advances in technology. We need to ensure our students are learning new literacies, so they can engage effectively in a world very different from when their parents and teachers went to school. This engagement encourages you to think about teaching your students digital citizenship" (IBO.org). We can use the IB Learner Profile as a guide to teaching digital citizenship to our students. Each of the Profile characteristics can in some way be connected to digital citizenship. Inquiry as a digital citizen would have to do with active participation, sharing your knowledge with others, and interacting appropriately in an online community. Communication would involve areas such as effective and willing collaboration, being courteous with postings, and insuring proper grammar is used. Principled digital citizens would show strong ethics, respect privacy and copyright laws. Open-minded PYP Digital Learners wou...
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