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Digital Citizenship: My Online Code

Submitted on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 08:46

Grade 9 and 10 students have had a few discussions & lessons in their advisories about Digital Citizenship. The focus has been on what makes a good citizen of the digital/online world, talking about ethical behavior and what our responsibilities are.

Digital Citizenship: Digital Life

Submitted on Mon, 01/23/2012 - 08:57

This week, grades 9 and 10 will start a curriculum in Advisory about Digital Citizenship. The purpose of this is to help the students be responsible and safe participants in the online world.

SOPA, Wikipedia, copyright, etc.

Submitted on Mon, 01/23/2012 - 08:54

Wikipedia (among other sites) has shut down all its English language sites for 24 hours on 18 January to protest the planned US law, SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act). While most people in the tech world agree that piracy of movies and music and such is not a good thing, the provisions of the bill can have horrible unintended consequences and could shut down a lot of information available online.

Your Digital Life

Submitted on Fri, 01/13/2012 - 10:13

Starting next week, high school advisors will be conducting a carefully designed curriculum to help improve our students' skills in managing the digital world. Digital Citizenship is the idea that students need to be taught how to be responsible, safe and contributing members of the online community. The curriculum is from Common Sense Media, online at commonsense.org

Program or Be Programmed

Submitted on Fri, 01/13/2012 - 09:21

A new class at ICS starts this semester – Introduction to Computer Science. Twenty students are learning not how to use a computer, but how to make them do what they want. Programming has hit the news in recent months as being an essential skill for people who want to be more than just passive users of electronic devices.

Digital Citizenship

Submitted on Thu, 12/15/2011 - 10:07

An important part of any school's educational program in this day and age is helping students be good Digital Citizens: being safe, responsible and ethical users of technology, particularly in the online realm. ICS promotes these skills in computer lessons, but as we have expanded our use of technology throughout the school these skills are increasingly becoming an important part of every area of the school. In the secondary, we will be starting a program of lessons aimed at improving students' Digital Citizenship knowledge and skills.

Technology Holidays

Submitted on Thu, 12/15/2011 - 09:56

Starting this weekend, teachers and students will have three weeks off from classes, and many families will spend holiday time together. It seems an appropriate time to promote a focus on technology. This can be a great time for families to pay attention to how each member uses technology tools and devices ...and take a break from them!

ePortfolios at ICS

Submitted on Fri, 12/09/2011 - 08:34

This year, ICS is promoting the use of electronic portfolios at various grade levels for students and teachers to collect, reflect on, and display examples of their work throughout the year. This has begun in various grade levels and will expand throughout the year and beyond.

Technology and Learning: Finding the right balance

Submitted on Thu, 11/03/2011 - 11:50

During the past week, a few articles have come out showing the popular press' take on technology and education. The New York Times had an article describing a Waldorf school in Silicon Valley which refuses to use technology. Meanwhile, they also ran an article about an Indiana school which is using all digital textbooks.

ICS in the vanguard of African international schools for online learning

Submitted on Fri, 10/28/2011 - 09:04

This past week, I was in Nairobi attending an institute sponsored by AISA, the Association of International Schools in Africa. A dozen international schools from Kenya, Zambia, Nigeria and more were invited to attend this institute.