Well it is time to summarize my Major Project. To be honest, it feels incomplete as affecting change on social media is a much more ongoing process than it is a process with some finality. That said, I am happy with what I produced for “Ins.peer.ation”: 5 Tiktoks, and 8 Instagram posts (most of these were multiple pages) and some sharing on Facebook and Twitter. This may not seem like much but it was truly a significant amount of work, especially for someone quite […]
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ECI 832 – Summary of Learning – The Missing Digital Citizen
I have completed my Summary of Learning for ECI 832 – The Missing Digital Citizen. It is a mini-movie – action trailer searching for a missing person, whereby I provide information and scenes in various locations attempting to provide an overview of digital citizenship as learned in our course. At first I was just going to do a Powtoon as I wanted to create an animated film, but its free features were lacking and I wanted to live up to my previous Summary of Learnin […]
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My dog Rio reluctantly posing with a phone for an Instagram photo. This week in our ECI 832 class we looked at moral and ethical issues around technology and social media use. Being the nostalgic person I am, I can’t help but wonder if all this tech is making our lives better or worse? For example, Google maps seems great to find a random location in a new city compared to the old paper maps and asking locals for directions, but we are losing some social interaction, our brains are l […]
Continue readingECI 832 – Post 7 – No News is better than Fake News?
Well I’m going to be completely honest on this post, I basically do not read, watch or listen to the news. I don’t really know what it is about me, but I live in a tight bubble almost all the time. To give an example, in my Fall Uni class we did a current events portion of each class at the start and discussed mostly major Canadian happenings. I was not aware of a single event that we discussed in the whole semester, despite all my classmates seeming very knowledg […]
Continue readingECI 832 – Post 6 – Better literate than never…
Well I am little late in posting this (Monday Eve) but had a very busy weekend of travel and coaching hockey. So this weeks’ question of ‘what does it mean to be literate today?’ had me comparing the idea of sports, participating and understanding, to the idea of consuming media and information in a digital age, again participating and understanding. As some may remember my small town comparison to digital citizenship, I will now attempt to compare being literate […]
Continue readingECI Post 5 – Who’s Teaching Media Literacy this year… the guy on 3rd base?
Well to be honest, after growing up with computers, using them through my high school and university career, having seen the rise of social media through my young adulthood, and now seeing the evolution of smartphones, and very immersive social media such as Snapchat and TikTok as an experienced teacher and parent of two adolescents, I truly feel like the lessons of digital citizenship and media literacy are like the Abbot and Costello skit of “Who’s on first” (linked above […]
Continue readingECI 832 – Major Project Update
Well I am long overdue to provide an update on my Major Project! The good news is I was quite busy over the February break and before working on it, just no updates. As stated in earlier posts my idea was to really promote healthy digital well-being and awareness. In the initial stages I discussed the idea with staff at my school, select students, family, friends and had great comments from classmates on previous posts. Slowly the idea developed that […]
Continue readingECI 832 – Post 4 – Digital identity is like living in a small town
Lumsden Splashpad at RiverPark. Photo from Tourism Saskatchewan I grew up in Lumsden, SK and this is a large part of my personal identity and worldview. You learn in a small town that if you are not kind to someone, or do something you should not, that people find out and they judge you based on this. Your reputation is built on your mistakes, successes and, most importantly, contributions to the community. People are slow to forget but also one can positiv […]
Continue readingECI 832 – Post 3 – Ribble inspires me to inpires others!
Disc Golf with my Daughter at Cypress Hills In our ECI 832 class we had a presentation from Dr. Mike Ribble regarding the Nine Elements of Digital Citizenship and his newest book ““The Digital Citizenship Handbook for School Leaders” (co-authored by Marty Park). The presentation really re-inforced the importance of not assuming this material will be taught in the home or in each subject separately. The question was posed that likely it could be a […]
Continue readingECI 832 – Post 2 – Technology is great for passive learning…
Photo by cottonbro from Pexels Well here we are at 2022. I got my first nintendo in 1986 and played Super Mario Brothers more than I should have. But I also built forts, ran through the bush and rode my bike everywhere. I used my first laptop in 1987 (as my mother was a software sales rep and we always had the latest computers) which I would eventually teach my mother how to use and troubleshoot. I also played soccer, hockey and French horn. In m […]
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