Category: about me

I remember, in one of my first years of teaching, having a conversation with a “seasoned vet” about the language students were using. She was horrified that students were using “u” to replace “you” and “r” to replace “are”. She felt it was a sign of laziness or lack of intellect, when really it was … Continue reading Today’s learner and multiple literacies

The grade 8s and I are really enjoying our digital citizenship time! I always structure every class the same way. DEAR, Read Aloud, Digital Citizenship mini unit and then work on our main unit. It sounds like a lot, but our classes are 112 minutes long and grade 8s need to be kept busy! So … Continue reading Rules are rules…

I used to believe that it was a parent’s job to teach their kids about the internet….until I had kids of my own. Weird how that happens, hey? The main theme that has been weaved throughout most of my experiences with technology has been to basically find any reason not to use it. In theory, … Continue reading Teachers role with Digital Citizenship

When I sit back and reflect on my Digital Identity, I am immediately drawn to the extensive list of email addresses I began my online journey with. Horselover10, sparkleprincess_439 and gurlygurl_10 – some of the many user names I have tried out over the years. Don’t use your real age or real name I was … Continue reading My Digital Identity Journey

My project will be a mixture of building a resource and a person journey with technology. When Alec first introduced the final project, my mind immediately went to my grade 8s. They require some (understatement) support in the digital citizenship area. This is a group that followed the “Devious Licks” trend on tiktok very closely… … Continue reading Major Project Ponderings

My project will be a mixture of building a resource and a person journey with technology. When Alec first introduced the final project, my mind immediately went to my grade 8s. They require some (understatement) support in the digital citizenship area. This is a group that followed the “Devious Licks” trend on tiktok very closely… … Continue reading Major Project Ponderings

Do schools need to change? Rural vs urban, public vs private, elementary vs high school – one thing all of these schools have in common is the struggle with student cell phone use! Restricting cell phone use in schools is like using a band aid to fix a water leak – it just doesn’t work! … Continue reading Cellphones: to ban or not to ban, that is the question!

I am both excited and anxious about starting this exploration into Digital Citizenship and Media Literacy. I have used some technology but a beginner when it comes to using most applications in this class. So bear with me, as I … Continue reading →

Ok. I hope you guys think my blog title is a lot less “cringey” than my grade 9s did…I’ll just get right to it. I’m Jill. A wife, mom of 4 girls, high school english teacher and grad student. We live in a small town, and I am lucky enough to work at the local … Continue reading New blog! Who dis?