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Seamless integration of technology with authentic learning and differentiated instruction bring about true learning. Technology adds excitement and motivation for students and teachers as they use digital tools to enhance and expand learning beyond the classroom walls.
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Educator cultivates global collaborations and creates opportunities for safe learner interactions with others outside the learning environment.
Educator Exemplars
a. Uses digital tools to support communication and collaboration with others outside of the learning environment.
b. Develops learning activities to help learners participate as citizens in a global community.
c. Establishes a network of professionals, peers and mentors to collaborate with the learning environment community so that learners increase understanding and global awareness.
Learner Exemplars
a. Contribute, as well as receive knowledge from others (e.g., with peers, experts, community members) in various ways, as part of a global learning community.
b. Use technology to collaborate globally with peers and experts.
c. Follow digital citizenship agreements.
Educator develops an environment where technology is seamlessly integrated as a tool for learning.
Educator Exemplars
a. Gives learners the autonomy to choose appropriate technologies to support their learning.
b. Supports learners in developing technology proficiency.
c. Is proficient using a variety of technologies and applies those skills across multiple platforms and new situations.
d. Seeks and experiments with new technologies and makes a variety of tools available so learners develop a repertoire for independent selection.
e. Troubleshoots technology issues and has a backup plan when technology doesn’t work.
f. Establishes routines and procedures that support fluid technology use.
g. Uses technologies to communicate and collaborate with learners and parents/guardians to support learner success wherever and whenever they are learning.
Learner Exemplars
a. Select and use appropriate technology for multiple purposes to support learning (e.g., to organize and synthesize information, create authentic products, collaborate, and communicate).
b. Have access to the technologies available in the learning environment.
c. Can troubleshoot basic technology issues.
Educator prepares learners to be digital citizens by modeling and teaching appropriate, responsible behavior with regard to technology use.
Educator Exemplars
a. Educates learners about cyber-bullying, including how to prevent and report it.
b. Creates expectations for the use of technology through a well-defined digital citizenship agreement.
c. Models and teaches appropriate online behavior including maintaining a positive digital footprint.
d. Stays knowledgeable of district guidelines for teaching digital citizenship and is prepared to address any situation that may occur in the learning environment.
e. Models and establishes expectations for legal and ethical uses of information (following laws of copyright, correctly documenting sources, etc.).
Learner Exemplars
a. Engage in activities preparing them to identify, prevent and report cyber-bullying (e.g., analyze scenarios, participate in discussions and evaluate online interactions).
b. Protect personal and identifying information.
c. Interact appropriately in digital environments (e.g., online, texting, video chats, sharing photos and files, social networking, etc.).
d. Make educators aware of any infractions that occur.
e. Correctly document sources (e.g., photos, quotations, etc.).
f. Follow district acceptable use policies.
Educator prepares learners to become information and media literate.
Educator Exemplars
a. Demonstrates how to identify, locate, evaluate and organize information from reputable sources on the Internet in an age appropriate context.
b. Demonstrates how to analyze media for validity, accuracy and reliability in an age appropriate context.
c. Locates or produces media that informs, persuades, entertains and/or conveys emotion and feeling.
d. Creates opportunities for learners to communicate and express themselves using various forms of media.
e. Uses varied questioning strategies to help learners interpret and understand messages conveyed through media.
Learner Exemplars
a. Efficiently locate and organize information from reputable sources on the Internet when age appropriate.
b. Independently analyze resources and media for validity, accuracy and reliability by identifying author’s qualifications, triangulating information, examining assumptions, etc. when age appropriate.
c. Produce media that informs, persuades, entertains and/or conveys emotion and feeling.
d. Articulate their understanding of messages conveyed through media.
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