September issue of Edudemic Magazine

Last summer, while checking my Twitter feed or by just clicking on an Edudemic link, I can't really remember where I saw it, I stumbled across a survey, for teachers, asking about ways we use technology in the classroom.  I filled out the survey, and in August, I was surprised to hear back from them.  They wanted to know if I was willing to be profiled during the month of September.  I said, "Yes."  If you are interested in reading my profile article, you can get it from Edudemic Magazine.  For $1.99, you can download a .pdf  version of the September 2012 issue, or if you have an iPad, you can upload the Edudemic app and order the September issue that way.

http://edudemic.com/magazine/

Digital Citizenship - Digital Footprint

Students in my 6th-8th grade art classes reviewed the elements and principles of design.  They also learned about the Zentangle art form. First, each student drew their footprint and added the details they saw on the bottom of their shoes.  Then, they used a variety of lines to divide the background, and they filled in the spaces these lines created with Zentangle designs.  Students used scanners and saved their completed work to their laptops. Next, they used iPhoto, ipiccy.com, picmonkey.com and/or image tricks lite (free app from app store) to edit and digitally manipulate their drawings.  After saving their digitally manipulated work to the laptop, they uploaded one or several images to collage creator lite (free app from app store).  Then, students watched video clips about their digital footprint and how the words they write could be interpreted by others.   Finally, after discussing Nine Themes of Digital Citizenship (http://digitalcitizenship.net/Nine_Elements.html), they wrote about ways to leave a good digital footprint or ways to be a good digital citizen.  They also picked 5 words to describe a good digital citizen.  This was all done to prepare and train students about writing appropriate comments on students' Artsonia.com posted works of art.