Vision of the Future Reflection

Introduction 

For my final vision, I create a primary school scope and sequence for digital learning. 

Rational

 In the past, digital citizenship/digital learning has been taught inconsistently between classes and grades.  I have tried to push into classes for lessons but with busy classroom schedules it ieasily fell through the cracks.  We tried to spend a bit of time during student library sessions for a quick discussion but again this was also sporadic at best.  

Process 

I started to create the document by first gaining a better understanding of Digital Literacy and Digital Citizenship as they seems to be interchangeable.  I looked into resources such as ISTE, Common Sense Media, Leading from the Library (page 21)  and Google Internet Awesome.  In the end, I decided to name the project Digital Literacy and break it down into three concepts: Digital Citizenship, Research and Digital Skills.  The purpose to education students to take ownership of the digital lives in a respectful, responsible and safe manner.  Also to teach them to navigate and interpret the digital world. 

Next, I organized the resources we had created in the past few years from team planning meetings and browse and borrow sessions.  I also added information and lessons based on student questions and interests. To keep the process simple and easily accessible by teachers, librarians and administrators I gathered all the information into a slideshow.  I also created a LibGuid which can be used by students and teachers to find related books and videos.   This way it can be shared out and edited by a variety of people as needed.

The future plan is to use the document and resources next year within classes and during library during Browse and Borrow in the library.  With the document, we will be able to join planning meetings and ensure that the content is consistently taught.  It will be presented to the curriculum to at the beginning of the year to ensure support from administration.  

I am also going to work with a small group of grade 5 and 6 students to help develop content that is meaningful and engaging to them. 

Speedbumps

The slideshow seems a very basic way to gather information. I would rather have a full website with resources and lessons ready for teachers, librarians and ed tech coaches to use.  This will be a goal I will work on next year.  

A second speedbump was the abundance of resource and ideas which made it difficult to stay focused.  I felt several times the project could have gotten out of control but keeping simple and to one slide help me to stay focused... for now. 

References

Be Internet Awesome. (n.d.). Be Internet Awesome. Retrieved June 21, 2023, from https://beinternetawesome.withgoogle.com/en_us/

Digital Citizenship Curriculum [Fact sheet]. (n.d.). Common Sense Media. Retrieved June 21, 2023, from https://www.commonsense.org/sites/default/files/pdf/2020-09/2020-digitalcitizenshipcurriculum-overview-final-release.pdf

ISTE. (2018, October 12). Rethinking Digital Citizenship [Video]. ISTE. https://www.iste.org/areas-of-focus/digital-citizenship#:~:text=Learn%20to%20Teach%20Digital%20Citizenship&text=Designed%20to%20help%20students%20consider,them%20through%20a%20critical%20lens.&text=Digital%20citizenship%20is%20a%20key%20component%20of%20the%20ISTE%20Standards.

Massey, S. (2023, March 21). 7 Ways School Librarians Can Build Partnerships With Content Teachers. ISTE. https://www.iste.org/explore/digital-and-media-literacy/7-ways-school-librarians-can-build-partnerships-content-teachers

Miller, S., & Bass, W. L. (2019). Leading from the library: Help your school community thrive in the digital age. International Society for Technology in Education.