Tuesday, May 17, 2016

Last Week Selfie - Digital Citizenship/Smartphone Lesson


 Did you know when your finger swipes your touch screen phone, an electric charge transfers to your finger?  
Did you know that your touch screen is built to take 225 Million touches?

My Advanced 5th/6th Tech Ed class just learned all about their touch screen.  In the process, we discussed their digital responsibility to handle having all their technology at their fingertips, but know how to get their responsibilities accomplished.  It can be hard for adults, yet students are entering a world where they have all the digital technology sucking them into distractions taking them away from their student responsibilities.  What a great discussion to identify the problem and address solutions.  

Students were allowed to bring their own devices and complete my lesson while having their personal distractions at their fingertips. We only lost one student to digital distraction.  But like the Good Shepard, we will work hard to find the lost sheep and bring him back to the fold.