Lessons in Digital Citizenship from Monica Lewinsky

I recently returned from the TED Active conference in Whistler, Canada  where I had the distinct honor of learning alongside 700 other attendees. I listened in awe and at times disbelief to some of the world’s most innovative thought leaders who shared their ideas on a variety of topics. Several of my favorite talks included: What if 3D printing was 100x faster? by John

Calling all Connected Educators: What does #digcit mean to you…and your students?

Connected Educator month is in full swing and October is flying by! Before the month ends, don’t miss your chance to do one of the most meaningful activities in October…give your students the chance to be connected. The #digcit moderation team has created a way for you to do this. From now until October 31st we are collecting video submissions

Who’s Making the Rules in Your Google Classroom?

Like many educators, I plan to integrate Google Classroom into my instruction for the 14-15 school year. Specifically, I’ll be using Classroom with my Digital Literacy students at Burlington High School. In addition to it’s integration with Drive, one of the features in Classroom I am excited about is the ability to have online discussions with my students, especially since

#digcit Returns for 2014-2015

I am thrilled to be a returning member of the #digcit Twitter chat moderation team for the 2014-2015 school year! I am even more excited to have three new moderators joining our dynamic team. Our three new AWESOME moderators include: 1. Mike Ribble – @digcitizen Researcher, author, and presenter Mike Ribble is truly an innovator when it comes to digital

Digital Access: A Student Perspective

In the Digital Literacy/Web 2.0 course I teach at Burlington High School, my students are in the midst of collaborating on a digital magazine project that will focus on educating their peers, educators, and administrators on the complex concepts of digital citizenship. My inspiration for this project came from Meenoo Rami during Edu Con. While I wasn’t able to attend

This Is My 50th Post

As educators, we often become passionate about certain things and we end up putting 110% of our energy into helping instill that same passion in our students. Sometimes it works. Sometimes it doesn’t. For me, the passion I developed last year was for blogging. Not so much for me personally, although I have published 49 posts on my personal blog

Diigo and Feedly and Flipboard- Oh My! Ideas for Teaching Information Literacy

“Awesome” That is what Evan, one of my Digital Literacy students, said when I showed him and his classmates Flipboard. Laying the Foundation for Digital Citizenship: For the past two weeks, my students have been learning how to improve their Internet search skills, critically evaluate websites and curate web resources in order to create a highly personalized online reading experience.

The Creeper Assignment: Part 2

Last week I assigned my students to Google search me for homework. If you missed the original assignment you can find it here. The next day, my students arrived to class and I asked each of them to go to the whiteboard and write down what they discovered about me through their search. Most of what they found came from

The Creeper Assignment

Today was the first day of a new semester for me in Burlington. I gave my new students homework. On the first day of class?! How could I do such a thing? The answer is simple. It’s typically an assignment that 100% of my students complete (rare these days) and I think it’s because they find it quite intriguing. The