Deb Norton Tech

Wow - February is just flying by! In case you haven't heard this lately, "Thank you for your dedication to teaching and to the education profession". Here are a few highlights from my week. This video is helpful when working with students on proper citations.  And this site is helpful for teaching about plagiarism. If you teach History, Civics or Media Literacy, you might want to check out the site NewseumED .  You will find flexible lesson plans, downloadable primary source documents and videos to support your instruction. Quiznetic looks like a site I should explore for game-based learning.  Here is an explanation from the site: "Quiznetic takes gamification to a whole new level. With the style of a traditional board game, this is the ultimate gamified learning experience. Make a set of questions and build your own themed revision game for students to race each other round whatever kind of track you can imagine. Students join t...

We will begin our school year teaching our students about Copyright, Cyber and Internet Safety, Plagiarism, and Fair Use. Here are the sites that we will be using: #1 Surf Swell Island This is an adventure game from Disney.  Through playing the game, students will learn all about how to be appropriate and safe on the Internet. #2 Game Classroom  This interactive is a great way to answer questions that students have about Fair Use, Copyright, Creative Commons etc.   #3 Cyber Saftety This is site that looks very similar to an infographic.  The topics covered are Cyber bullying, Identity Thief  Plagiarism, Computer Viruses and Internet Safety. #4 Webonauts  This is an adventure game from PBSKids.org.  Students work to become part of the Internet Academy.  They will learn about privacy and how to be safe on the Internet. Here are the important concepts that Police Departments want students to learn about...

I keep several sites bookmarked on my bookmarks bar.   One of my bookmarks is from Technology and Learning.   I have this bookmark because it is one of the best references that I have ever found for Copyright and FairUse for teachers.  This reference is a chart and it is easy to read and understand. CLICK HERE to access this reference. Here is another great resource I found on Tech and Learning that covers plagiarism. Game Classroom has an interactive for students  that teaches them about copyright. It's imperative that we teach our students about copyright, fairuse and plagiarism early on in the school year and throughout.  Parents should also be educated and made aware of these laws.  I recommend sharing these resources with your students, parents and colleagues.