Friday, November 22, 2013

Technology Use Scenario #14

Scenario 14
Mr. Hutchinson wants to keep his students’ parents aware of classroom activities. He remembers hearing about blogs at a technology conference. After doing some research, Mr. Hutchinson finds both positive and negative viewpoints related to using blogs in the classroom. He believes that for what he wants to do – inform parents of their child’s daily work – a blog would be appropriate. Before setting one up, however, he consults with the principal and technology support person to see if there are any legal issues. Both say that what he wants to do is perfectly okay. Mr. Hutchinson then sets up a blog and informs his students and parents about where to find the information.

Analysis 
In this case, Mr. Hutchinson expresses how he cares about his students and wants to keep his student’s parents aware of classroom activities. Using blogs is one of the effective ways of communication and I think Mr. Hutchinson demonstration good practice of digital citizenship and the way he use the technology is appropriate.

Digital Communication - Mr. Hutchinson promotes the digital communication very well by using Blogs as a media to communicate with his students’ parent. “Digital communication provides users with instant access to others on an unprecedented level.” (Ribble, 2011). 
“Blogs are great tools to use for communication purpose bothe for students but also for your parents and the global communication” (http://aceconnectors.wikispaces.com Blog provides a platform for teaching, parents and students to share ideas. Besides, teacher can inform the parents of any class activities.

Flexibility - parents can check on their child/children’s works in class, anytime, anywhere.

Fairness – Class Blog opens to all invited students and parents, all the activities and notes will be published and updated by Mr. Hutchinson, therefore, all students and parents should be able to view the information at the same time. Such routine will minimize confusion and strengthen school-family partnerships.


Resources

Digital Citizenship in Schools, 2nd Edition By Mike Ribble 2011 ISBN 9781564843012 Publisher: International Society for Technology in Education.

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