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Digital Citizenship
In my last post, I wrote about the “challenging challenges” independent schools are grappling with in regards to academic programming. Independent schools have always been mission-driven and are now...
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Digital Citizenship-Process and Products
In my last post, I unveiled a graphic, the PD Digital Citizenship Compass, which is a visual guide for our community members to “navigate” the world wide web. In this post, I would like to give you...
View ArticleDigital Citizenship-More Resources & Upcoming Presentations
In my last post, I discussed the process and products related to our new digital citizenship initiative at Providence Day School. In the last month, we have made a new web-based version of our digital...
View Article2014 iPad Summit Reflections: Pursuing New Literacies
This past week PDS Director of Technology, Matt Scully, and I had the opportunity to participate and present at the EdTechTeacher iPad Summit in Boston. We were honored to have the chance to present...
View ArticleFor Oregon Coach, Manners Matter!
You may not be a football fan and so, may not have witnessed the absolute drubbing Florida State received at the hands of the University of Oregon in the inaugural College Football Playoff yesterday....
View ArticleBe Present: Classroom Management in the Digital Age
Providence Day School is now a 1:1 iPad school in grades 4-12. While we have embarked on a new digital citizenship initiative with our students, we have also invested a great deal of time and effort...
View ArticleDigital Citizenship: The 3 Challenges of Parenting a “Digital Native”
If you are visiting this blog for the first time, know up front I am a school administrator passionate about helping parents and students with digital citizenship issues and I am also a parent living...
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Challenge One of Parenting a “Digital Native:” Continuous Partial Attention
In my last post, I laid out three challenges of parenting a “digital native:” 1. Continuous Partial Attention 2. Continuous Public Attention 3. Continuous Peer Advice In this post, I want to focus on...
View ArticleChallenge Two of Parenting a “Digital Native:” Continuous Public Attention
As Digital Citizenship week ends, I just realized it is a good time to continue this most recent thread. In my last post, I discussed continuous partial attention or CPA #1. In this post, I want to...
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Challenge Three of Parenting a “Digital Native:” Continuous Peer Advice
This is the final post in my series on the challenges of parenting a so-called “digital native.” The new normal for today’s teens is near constant connection to their peers. My last post pointed to...
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