Category: ISTE Standards
The Parents, Be Not Ashamed of Tech Edition
Resources and Links from This Episode Announcements No announcements this fortnight Bell Ringer Forms in the Classroom 10 Best Ways to Use OneNote in the Classroom Why Parents Shouldn't Be Ashamed About Tech Alexandra Samuel's Work Parents: Reject Technology Shame (Atlantic Monthly Article) Show and Tell Is Alexa Dangerous? (Atlantic Monthly Article) Coggle Storybird Want ...
Digital Citizenship Week – Secondary Edition
Digital Citizenship Week is October 15-19! Nicole Kreuger is a freelance writer and has a great piece on the ISTE blog right now titled It's Time to Commit to Digital Citizenship. "Unfortunately, many educators still mistakenly conflate digital citizenship with online safety. While teaching kids to craft strong passwords and refrain from posting inappropriate pictures ...
Digital Citizenship Week – Elementary Edition
October 15-19 is Digital Citizenship Week Wondering how to get started? Try one of these activities from Common Sense Media with your students. Grades K-2 Share the Pause & Think Online video with younger elementary school students to spark a discussion about how their digital world is connected to their real world. Once your students ...
Seesaw Activities Library & Activity Sharing
Seesaw is a great tool for students to digitally document their learning in a variety of ways such as by using photos, videos, voice recordings, file uploads, and even drawings. Seesaw recently introduced something called "Activities" which enabled teachers to create assignments within Seesaw for their students to complete and post. This new Activities Feature ...
Common Sense Education & Digital Citizenship
One of Issaquah School District’s core tools, Common Sense Education, is being continually developed in efforts to address the growing presence of social media and news media in the lives of students. One of the new priorities of Common Sense Education is to help students understand that they are not just responsible for themselves online, ...
Digital Citizenship in Action
Secondary teachers are invited to participate in a book study designed specifically with 6-12 educators in mind. Digital Citizenship in Action: Empowering Students to Engage in Online Communities by Kristen Mattson. In her book, Mattson creates a road map for moving from the traditional sense of "don't do this" and "marketing yourself for college" to ...
Code.org and Clever for K-5 Students
Issaquah students using Clever will have access to their Code.org account without another log-on to remember, and teachers no longer have to add each student to their sections name by name. When you set up your sections, in just a few clicks, your roster of students set up in Clever is automatically added to the ...
Elementary Computer Science Project
Through the integration of computational thinking learning experiences into core content areas, students will gain experience with the problem solving skills that are the underpinning of computer science – providing an opportunity for all students to see themselves in this ever-growing field. Preparations are being made for the second cohort of the Elementary Computer Science Project and ...
Ed Tech Library
Welcome back to a new school year! We are excited to share some new tools, and last year's favorites, available now in the Ed Tech Library. Items are checked out for one week at a time and are delivered and picked up from your school's main office. Your Instructional Technology Specialists are happy to come ...
Check Out The King Institute
Today marks the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination. This of course was a dark day and taking time to reflect upon the impact of his life is more important than ever. And the King Institute's Liberation Curriculum is a great place to start if you are looking for ways to help students ...