ISPP Elementary Technology: Events

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Questions about how your child is interacting with technology at home or at school? Nervous about terms such as "screen time", "internet privacy", YouTube, or online games?

This workshop will discuss how technology integrates with students' daily lives, and how you as a parent can become better equipped to guide and participate with your children's use of technology.

Join me and our elementary librarian, Rachel Jackson, to discuss these important issues this Wednesday!

-M

This is a supplemental post for the presentation Parenting in the Digital Age, live at ISPP Elementary on Wednesday, October 26th, 2016.

Presentation Slides

Digital Citizenship (Common Sense Media)

Full K-12 Digital Citizenship curriculum for all ages including online and offline activities that can be used both at home and in schools. ISPP Elementary draws upon these resources but it does not represent official curriculum for the IB. Many resources for building understanding about children learning in the digital age.

Tools and Digital Learning Resources Used at School

If you're curious about what your child is doing on their device, or looking for something new to try, here's a list of some of the things we're using at school. Always available from the Home Learning link on the blog.

Websites, Apps and Games (2016)

Resources from the Library (Event Handout)

The digital world is a powerful place for students to connect, communicate and create. The Elementary Library suggests these resources to help parents make informed decisions about parenting in the digital age.

StaySafeOnline.org: Raising Digital Citizens
Common Sense Media: Parent Concerns
Netsmartz: Information for Parents

(BOOK) Screenwise by Devorah Heitner (Amazon.com)

What You Can Do

Make time for technology… and no technology.

Know what your children are reading, watching and playing. “Screen time” doesn’t exist. Know the specifics and experiment with the technology they use.

Devices before bedtime are proven to disrupt sleep patterns. Make sure kids power down at least 30 minutes before going to bed, and that devices are not available during this time.

You are not alone. Talk to other parents, teachers and use online resources to learn more about the tools your kids are using.

Wednesday, October 26th @ ISPP Knowledge Center
Parenting in the Digital Age

Join me along with our Librarian Rachel Jackson for a session discussing technology use in school, at home, and how you can leverage it to engage with your children.

Check out this awesome event for young filmmakers! It's coming up in March.

With all the aspiring youtubers, action documentaries, stop motion animators and other creative video aficionados running around our school, surely some would be interested in showcasing their work and winning some prizes?

Next week (Dec. 9 & 11) ISPP will be hosting two events to join in a huge worldwide event: The Hour of Code.

We're going to be making and playing games, learning about how computer programs work and respecting the fact that code exists all around us: online and off, in our phones, cars, clocks, and microwaves, from games to calculators, the code is there... and schools are barely studying it!

Learning the basics of how computer programming works is actually super easy... and it makes for great team learning between friends and families. At our Hour of Code events we'll have everything you need to help you get started, but feel free to bring your own computer or program if you like! This is an all ages event and you're most welcome to bring friends, those who complete the hour will earn a certificate and get a great start to understanding how all these apps and websites actually work.

We have two events:
Tuesday, December 9th, Elementary campus and Thursday, December 11th, Secondary campus.

Sign up here, and I'll see you there!

-M

Some people might say that "the whole world runs on code". I think we'd better investigate!

Stay tuned for information on how learning to code benefits students, as well as ISPP's upcoming Hour of Code events for all ages at at both campuses, starting this December.

Meanwhile, check out this short (1min 27sec) teaser video from the Elementary Student Technology Advisory (ESTA) on why you should join in and learn the basics of coding, no matter how old you are!

-M

This week we are celebrating #DigitalCitizenshipWeek as our students take to blogs and social media in a responsible, T.H.I.N.K first, post later manner.

As students learn new media research skills and ways to identify quality websites, we continue to make digital citizenship a key part of our technology integration. It's not a giant leap for the PYP; the learner profile, attitudes and skills of IB PYP are perfectly aligned with the tenets of digital citizenship, but the pace of change and impact of new technology do present their challenges for a curriculum that is this "full on". Sometimes teachers are learning alongside students, the options can be overwhelming, and technology can fail when you need it most. Teachers can always use more time, teaching digital citizenship takes time, can they really spare it?

I believe they must. I believe that in such a connected world the ability to understand and evaluate internet sources is crucial. That knowing who to trust with your information and the value of that information cannot be understated. That understanding self image and identity can help students express creativity without changing who they really are. That we can be producers of content and grow a community of learning worldwide while staying safe, keeping private lives private, and developing a public portfolio of our best work.

New to digital citizenship? New to integrating technology in your classroom or with your kids? Afraid of all the nasty stuff you hear about the internet?

Common Sense published this awesome series of teacher backgrounders that really break down what you need to know about the core tenets of good digital citizenship, including why we teach it. I strongly encourage you to have a look at these and talk to your kids about them at every opportunity, they will be permanently linked from the Digital Citizenship page on the blog.

Happy digital citizenship week!
-M

There's nothing quite so inspiring as being surrounded by innovators, all talking about something you love.

The past four days have been a whirlwind of sorts, as the intrepid Ms. Chelsea Woods and I leaped into the maelstrom of discussion that circulates around the best educational technology event in Asia: Learning 2.0. We were there with education and tech leaders from loads of international schools to attend sessions ranging from school culture to technical tools, and everything in between.

The theme of this years event?

Empowering your community.

And if you're reading this now, that means you.

Although this has long been our philosophy in-house, over the next month ISPP’s tech team will be extending our reach to help foster growth and empowerment of the learning community here in Cambodia.

NEXT WEEKEND (October 10th and 11th) Several of our staff will be offering sessions at an community lead event called teKHin2014, a collaboration among teachers and tech leaders of local international schools to share tools, techniques and lesson ideas involving educational technology. If you’re looking for something new to try out with a class or at home, this is going to be a great event with many sessions aimed at absolute beginners as well as the techy folks. We’re talking Blogging, robotics, minecraft, flipped classrooms, 3D printing, animation, Google Apps … and that’s just getting started. Remember, this is not just for teachers, anyone interested is welcome! See the link to register.

October 27th at ISPP Elementary I will be hosting a session for parents on Cyber Awareness to talk about what children are doing with tech, how we can help keep them safe while they’re doing it, and to help start a dialogue between parents about their children’s tech use. You can contact me or the Elementary office for more information.

What would you like to see and learn more about in this age of technology integration, a time where the “real” world and the “digital” world are one and the same?

I hope you’ll join the discussion!

-M