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).
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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