That’s a Wrap: Major Project Finale: Gr. 7 Cross-Curricular Digital Citizenship Unit

After a few bumps along the path, my major project is complete (although I foresee future adjustments as I continue to implement it in different classrooms). My intent with this project was to test it as I created it, because – as I’ve said a thousand times – there are no truer critics than middle-years…

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Having Students Reflect on Their Online Behaviour and Usage Through Journaling

Outcomes CC B10.4 Create a variety of written informational (including a business letter, biographical profile, problem solution essay) and literary (including fictionalized journal entries and a short script) communications. AR B10.2- Set personal language learning goals and select strategies to enhance growth in language learning. Course Theme The World Around Us and Within Us Overview … Continue reading Having Students Reflect on Their Online Behaviour and Usage Through Journaling

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Combating Confirmation Bias: A Lesson Battling Fake News

Outcomes CRB10.3- Listen to, comprehend, interpret, and summarize information and ideas presented in a variety of literary and informational texts including group discussion, oral readings, interviews, prepared talks, and a talkback show about a topic or issue being studied. CRB10.4- Read, interpret, and summarize a wide variety of classical and contemporary literary (including drama, biography, … Continue reading Combating Confirmation Bias: A Lesson Battling Fake News

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Starting off the semester with a technology survey

When looking through the Saskatchewan Digital Citizenship Continuum, one of the first key skills students will need to do is look at their schools technology policy and use that to co-create a “Responsible Use Policy” (2015). This policy should make it clear how students can use technology in the classroom, and what appropriate use would … Continue reading Starting off the semester with a technology survey

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The Filter Bubble and how it fits into ELA B10

Outcomes: CR B10.1 – Comprehend and respond to a variety of visual, oral, print, and multimedia texts that address:• identity (e.g., Diversity of Being);• social responsibility (e.g., Degrees of Responsibility); and• social action (agency) (e.g., Justice and Fairness). CC B10.2- Create and present a visual or multimedia presentation supporting a prepared talk on a researched … Continue reading The Filter Bubble and how it fits into ELA B10

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