by Robert Leneway
I have been asked why I named this blog Educating the Digital Tribe? The concept of a digital tribe was taken from a keynote address that I attended at the 2005 Skillsoft Perspectives Conference in Orlando, Fl by Online Learning Guru, Elliott Masie.
After graduating from XYZ Technical College, Katie Smith got her first job as a web master with Masie Consulting Company. After six months, her boss, Internet guru, Elliott Massey conducted Katie first evaluation. Dr. Masie tells her what amazing job, she was doing in her brief time with the company. But, during this evaluation, they were continually being interrupted by her desk top personal computer beeping. When asked what all of the beeping was about, Katie replied it was her "digital tribe". This is a digital tribe of virtual classmates and friends who she regularly communicates and collaborates with. Masie says he realized that he had not only hired Katie, but also her "digital tribe". A personal learning and support network from around the world, that she could call upon any time to both help her with technical problems and keep her well informed. Thanks to her well developed network, Katie can look forward to a long successful career supported by her digital tribe.
There is considerable research to support the use of personal and virtual network to improve work attainment and advancement (Reily, 2010; Humphries,2007; and Saedi and Nyugen,2009. Graduates and the unemployed are often excoriated to call upon their personal and online networks to help with their job search. Students graduating from high school without the opportunity to develop appropriate online supportive networks are at a definite disadvantage when competing with their social networking digitally competent peers who are also entering higher education.
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Friday, November 5, 2010
Internet Safety
Adobe Educational Leader, Sherry Ziolkowski recently wrote in a general email to the Adobe Educational Leadership group:
"The State of Illinois passed a law requiring that each district have an Internet Safety curriculum. We met as a committee several times last year to write curriculum and gather resources for a website. I have finally completed the student sections of the site and thought that maybe some of you may find it useful, too.
It is divided into three age groups: K-2, 3-5 and 6-8. For each age group there are seven topics: cyberbullying, phishing, digital fingerprint, social networking, cell phones and IM, copyright and stranger danger. Each topic page has what our committee considered essential knowledge, a quote and a ’did you know’ section, as well as links to activities and other resources and videos from many different sources (with permission, of course). The parent and teacher sections are nearing completion.
Any feedback would be appreciated!"
www.sd25.org/isafety
"The State of Illinois passed a law requiring that each district have an Internet Safety curriculum. We met as a committee several times last year to write curriculum and gather resources for a website. I have finally completed the student sections of the site and thought that maybe some of you may find it useful, too.
It is divided into three age groups: K-2, 3-5 and 6-8. For each age group there are seven topics: cyberbullying, phishing, digital fingerprint, social networking, cell phones and IM, copyright and stranger danger. Each topic page has what our committee considered essential knowledge, a quote and a ’did you know’ section, as well as links to activities and other resources and videos from many different sources (with permission, of course). The parent and teacher sections are nearing completion.
Any feedback would be appreciated!"
www.sd25.org/isafety
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