professional+development+supports

Professional Development to Support the Living Sky School Division Digital Citizenship Continuum Each of the following presentations are designed to be incorporated into a staff meeting. None is longer than 20 minutes and they can be delivered face-to-face or via a virtual tool such as Skype and a projector.


 * 1) Intellectual Ownership
 * 2) Copyright and Copyleft
 * 3) Canadian Copyright law as it applies to education
 * 4) Beyond the Bibliography: Citing and Documenting for 21st Century Inquiry
 * 5) Creative Commons
 * 6) What it is
 * 7) How to use it
 * 8) Where to find CC sources
 * 9) Attention Literacy: Strategies for teaching when surrounded by mobile technologies (cell phones, ipods, laptops, etc)
 * 10) Social Networking 101: Privacy
 * 11) Terms of Service agreements
 * 12) Strategies to help students deal with cyberbullying
 * 13) Online Predators: who is at risk and what are the characteristics
 * 14) How to Protect Yourself Online
 * 15) Advanced email features
 * 16) Identity protection
 * 17) Do cell phones have a place in my classroom?
 * 18) What is a 'digital footprint' and how do I help my students create a good one?
 * 19) Living Sky Division's Internet Acceptable Use Policy - what do I and my students need to know?
 * 20) Hoax detection - online tools
 * 21) What is bandwidth and why is it important?
 * 22) Viruses, worms and other unsavoury online afflictions
 * 23) How to recognize online marketing strategies
 * 24) Making professional connections using Yammer
 * 25) What is a //Personal Learning Network// and why should I have one?

Other workshops can also be offered about specific online tools such as blogs, wikis, Flip Camera, photosharing and online communication tools for digital storytelling.