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5.4. Internet
Safety and Responsible Use

Ollie recommends looking and discussing with your students
social media site's privacy settings. What other activities can you think of to
address safe and responsible use of social media by students?

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5.4. Internet
Safety and Responsible Use

Ollie recommends looking and discussing with your students
social media site's privacy settings. What other activities can you think of to
address safe and responsible use of social media by students?

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Responsible use of Internet in Portugal is dealt with in these websites, with lots of information for parents, teachers and students

I agree with Ollie that social media are to be used and responsibly everywhere and all the time. Children at school included. As all the rest, they are to be guided, example shown and put under the influence, responsibility and supervision of all three educational participants: parents, teachers and community.
Security on the Internet is often the key problem for students. I always advise my students not to share their personal information on social networks and to think twice about what publish. In our school the students watch videos about real situations and the dangers on the internet.

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5.3. Social
Media in the Workplace

How can we prepare students for the use of social media in
the workplace? What activities can you come up with for your subject that
integrates effective and responsible use of social media? 

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5.3. Social
Media in the Workplace

How can we prepare students for the use of social media in
the workplace? What activities can you come up with for your subject that
integrates effective and responsible use of social media? 

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I teach in a primary school and often speak of social media, particularly of the dangers that may face the children. I think it is useful to guide children in their first use of social media. We have a school blog: every day pupils enjoy writing blog posts, commenting on articles, reflecting on the different opinions that are expressed.

Each time I run an eTwinning project I link it on the schoolwebsite public section; now I've been planning to create a website/blog for a project about multiculturality and multilingualism matters, which is one of the most important issues n my school: each teacher involved will be invited to contribute and there will be a forum for visitors, in order to involve parents as well.

I totally agree with Ollie and I don't have any tips to add.

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5.2 - Social media can be an important
part of a personal learning network. Ollie identifies 3 parts to his personal
learning network: face-to-face, digital closed communities, and digital open
communities. Think about your own learning network. Does it also cover these
three parts? Who do you exchange with? Who do you learn from? And most
importantly think about and share how you can expand/improve your learning
network? 

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5.2 - Social media can be an important
part of a personal learning network. Ollie identifies 3 parts to his personal
learning network: face-to-face, digital closed communities, and digital open
communities. Think about your own learning network. Does it also cover these
three parts? Who do you exchange with? Who do you learn from? And most
importantly think about and share how you can expand/improve your learning
network? 

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Digital communities, open and closed, are strong enough for me! i take part to etwinning projects and i have many on line contacts with many colleagues.
I'm glad to realize that I'm tuned: my learning network covers all the three parts mentioned... I need practice in different tools (and being more active in taking part to the forums ....) but I know and regularly use the most popular ones Ollie talks about.
Most likely the part to improve is the face to face network, as for many of my colleagues at school have troubles in collaborating and in finding time (but in my opinion i's a matter of willingness, not of time....) for the teamwork......it's a loooong way..... but I'm still positive.A lot of my learning happens at my school with my workmates. But these digital networks are as important for my learning. I use Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and Linkedin fpr getting, sharing and producing information. All these networksn are very inspirational!

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5.1. What is
Social Media



Social
Media

Ollie
describes how the entire internet has become social, we can comment, like,
vote, rate, etc. pretty much everything that is on the web. As a result social
media is all around us and our students. Is this a good thing for education?
What are the opportunities for our work and our students? What are the dangers? 

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5.1. What is
Social Media



Social
Media

Ollie
describes how the entire internet has become social, we can comment, like,
vote, rate, etc. pretty much everything that is on the web. As a result social
media is all around us and our students. Is this a good thing for education?
What are the opportunities for our work and our students? What are the dangers? 

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Social media are fundamentally changing the way people learn, read and share information and content. In them there is a fusion of sociology and technology, transforming monologue (one to many) into dialog (many to many) and place a democratization of information, transforming people from content users to editors. Have become very popular because they allow people to use the web to establish personal or business relations.

Social media is the bridge between people and also between real and digital world.

The dangers are up to the users. Social networks are not dangerous by themselves.

That is why we have to teach our students how to use them wisely, without exposing themselves.

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Module
5 Starter

Last module
you shared one thing you especially liked about your school. As a starter in
this module we'd like you to share one thing you think is not so great at your
school and that could/should be improved. It could be a lack of collaboration
between staff, uncomfortable or unpractical classrooms, a lack of culture of
celebrating successes, limited professional development, etc. Chose the one
thing that you think if it would change would improve your teaching the most.
And remember that this is public so please avoid mentioning specific
individuals.

 

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Module
5 Starter

Last module
you shared one thing you especially liked about your school. As a starter in
this module we'd like you to share one thing you think is not so great at your
school and that could/should be improved. It could be a lack of collaboration
between staff, uncomfortable or unpractical classrooms, a lack of culture of
celebrating successes, limited professional development, etc. Chose the one
thing that you think if it would change would improve your teaching the most.
And remember that this is public so please avoid mentioning specific
individuals.

 

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The problem students face in the new world and also in my school is no longer access to information, but rather how to deal with the glut of content that confronts them when they google a research topic. we have everything in my school, but a few of my colleagues are interesting

Sometimes, It is difficult to involve our colleagues in cross-curricular projects!

In the school where I teach it should be greater use of new technologies in teaching. Unfortunately, there are few!

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This video is part of the Developing Digital Skills in your Classroom course on the European Schoolnet Academy. For more information visit www.eunacademy.eu

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4.8. Internet
of Things

 

Internet of Things

At the end of the video Ollie mentions
that we will need to develop trust in the programmers. The Internet of Things
surely is a very exciting development but at the same time it is very daunting.
Are we ok that everything around us is constantly measured, recorded and
shared? What are the advantages, what are the disadvantages of this? What does
this mean for education? Share your views about this trend in light of your
experience of education.

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4.8. Internet
of Things

 

Internet of Things

At the end of the video Ollie mentions
that we will need to develop trust in the programmers. The Internet of Things
surely is a very exciting development but at the same time it is very daunting.
Are we ok that everything around us is constantly measured, recorded and
shared? What are the advantages, what are the disadvantages of this? What does
this mean for education? Share your views about this trend in light of your
experience of education.

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At the very first beginning we need teachers to be trained and these issues so that technology and education go hand in hand.

I am sure that there will be a radical change in our everyday lives, and also in the educational field, in the near future and we will adapt to all these new tech improvements, but we must also take into account privacy, safety and common sense..

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4.7.
Educational Robotics - Getting Started Activities

 

Robots - Getting Started Activities

Do you have experience of using robots
in the classroom? What activities work especially well with robots? Are you
using Lego WeDo or the Bee-Bots in your classroom? What works well, what
doesn't work well with them? And finally, what other robotic tools are you
aware of that you can recommend for the classroom?

 

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4.7.
Educational Robotics - Getting Started Activities

 

Robots - Getting Started Activities

Do you have experience of using robots
in the classroom? What activities work especially well with robots? Are you
using Lego WeDo or the Bee-Bots in your classroom? What works well, what
doesn't work well with them? And finally, what other robotic tools are you
aware of that you can recommend for the classroom?

 

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I don t have experience of using robots in the classroom.

This course will help me to give it a try.

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4.6.
Educational Robotics - Introduction

 

Educational Robotics - Intro

Can you identify activities how robots
can be used to bridge different subjects so that students learn something about
machines as well as languages / maths / sciences / history / etc.

 

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4.6.
Educational Robotics - Introduction

 

Educational Robotics - Intro

Can you identify activities how robots
can be used to bridge different subjects so that students learn something about
machines as well as languages / maths / sciences / history / etc.

 

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I do think that this innovative teaching methodology will help students to share ideas, design, provide feedback and ultimetly help students to improve their collaboration skills.

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4.5.
App Development -  Touch
Develop - Do you have experience of
Touch Develop? Share your insights here? Never heard of Touch Develop? Could
you use it in your classroom? 

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4.5.
App Development -  Touch
Develop - Do you have experience of
Touch Develop? Share your insights here? Never heard of Touch Develop? Could
you use it in your classroom? 

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I have never heard of Touch Develop, but it seems very interesting and easy tool to use in kindergarten or primary level. (for teachers)

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4.4.
App Development - Getting Started - Ollie highlights the importance of
having good reasons for developing an app. The first step of introducing app
development with your students would be to brainstorm problems that could be
solved with an app. However, for you to be a little ahead, think about what
local problem you could tackle with your students and share it here. Problems
could be anything from addressing environmental concerns to simple timetabling
issues.

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4.4.
App Development - Getting Started - Ollie highlights the importance of
having good reasons for developing an app. The first step of introducing app
development with your students would be to brainstorm problems that could be
solved with an app. However, for you to be a little ahead, think about what
local problem you could tackle with your students and share it here. Problems
could be anything from addressing environmental concerns to simple timetabling
issues.

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I think I can't give children an assignment "make an app". But I can create one with their help, by having a discussion about why we need it, what do we want to learn with it, how it should look like etc.

I haven't used any Apps in my teaching so far. It is high time I started! They look so interesting and helpful. Definitely I will try them very soon.

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4.3.
Coding - Links to other subjects  - How
else can we link coding with other subjects? What classroom projects have you
done that make use of coding related skills?  

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4.3.
Coding - Links to other subjects  - How
else can we link coding with other subjects? What classroom projects have you
done that make use of coding related skills?  

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I am a primary teacher, so i teach all the lessons. In general coding is being taught by IT teachers, but i believe that the importance of coding is to relate it with all the other lessons.

Idea with creating website can be linked with almost all subjects and projects. It can also be linked with etwinning projects for displaying results, sharing analysis and results, and so on.

I am very interested in how colleagues who teach foreign language, have integrated the coding in their lesson.

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4.2.
Coding - Pair Programming - What
do I make of this method? Have you used it before? What was your experience?
What other methods have you used or could use to develop collaboration when working
on coding related topics? How can we illustrate our students the importance of
good communication when programming computers?

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4.2.
Coding - Pair Programming - What
do I make of this method? Have you used it before? What was your experience?
What other methods have you used or could use to develop collaboration when working
on coding related topics? How can we illustrate our students the importance of
good communication when programming computers?

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Very interesting. This is the first time I ve heard about Pair Programming. Interesting indeed!

Working together makes students communicate, cooperate, look at each other from a different point of view and see the strength and weaknesses of each other and also their own.

I have no experience in pair programming at all, but I see the benefits of working in pairs, as in any language activity. Interaction and collaboration are key elements in the creative process of learning.

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4.1. Coding - Getting Started - Former European Commissioner for the Digital Agenda, Neelie Kroes, has
declared: "Coding is the new literacy!" Do you agree with this
statement? How important is it for students to know coding today? Should it be
taught in primary and secondary schools and across all subjects? What is the
situation in your country? 

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4.1. Coding - Getting Started - Former European Commissioner for the Digital Agenda, Neelie Kroes, has
declared: "Coding is the new literacy!" Do you agree with this
statement? How important is it for students to know coding today? Should it be
taught in primary and secondary schools and across all subjects? What is the
situation in your country? 

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I agree with this statement. It's important for students to know coding today. In my country coding is known and used by a small number of teachers.

I think that coding is very important to know for the students. I never had an opportunity to develop a project about coding in my classroom, also because the level of digital competence i my country (I think about me and most of my colleagues) is very basic.

We are living in a digital age and it is very important to teach students how to code. I hope that one day coding will be a mandatory subject for all the Portuguese students. It should definitely be taught at primary level.

Thank you Ollie i found this video very enriching. i am not sure that i have the time now to explore deeply by i will certainly go through it again. I learned coding and use that kind of thinking when exploring new tools and possibilities

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Module 4 Starter - Share one thing you especially like about your school! This can be anything from the school culture, the building, the students, school colleagues, international partners, anything that comes to mind positively when thinking about your school. 

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Module 4 Starter - Share one thing you especially like about your school! This can be anything from the school culture, the building, the students, school colleagues, international partners, anything that comes to mind positively when thinking about your school. 

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My students work very hard expecially when they  were involved in European  project like erasmus plus. I send the link about one of their short stories, see video below.

We want our school to be a place of training for critical, participatory and supportive citizens where it promotes the construction of knowledge, creating equal opportunities for success for everybody:

What I like most in my school are the use of technology to innovate teaching and the European dimension, we have lots of European projects and schools we steadily collaborate with.

I like my students , because they are entusiastic. They like my creative teaching. I like to collaborate with my collegues too.

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1. What are Digital Skills and why do we need them?

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1. What are Digital Skills and why do we need them?

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I have never had an online video interview, and it does not in my school. I have online CV that I opened for Education Erasmus +. (A Multicultural Partnership Comenius).

I have a profile on LinkedIn, but I must admit

that I don`t use it.

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2. How to use digital resources/content?

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2. How to use digital resources/content?

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3. How to create digital resources/content?

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3. How to create digital resources/content?

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Our digital skills weaknessesIn last week's starter activity we shared the digital skills we felt we were especially good at and over 400 of you posted your best digital skills to the Padlet! This week we will do the opposite and identify the digital skill(s) you feel are your weakest and still need further development. Are you absolutely puzzled by code? Does social media communication seem overwhelming and senseless to you? Do you think video production is a mystical activity that they only do correctly in Hollywood? Tell us about your weaknesses when it comes to digital skills!

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I'm quite comfortable with using social media and I'm also able to produce a video or audio though I haven't used special software to "pimp" my videos and audios.

I'd like to develop some material in audio/video form and create my own website where students could take all this material. I'd like to work about coding with the students too...

But I think coding is still my main weakness.

My goals to learn:

- programming

- make my own website

- update my linkedin

- use of instagram

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3.1. Writing for the Web - How do you provide an audience to your students (offline or online)? What are the challenges and pitfalls of this? How does this impact on the students?

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3.1. Writing for the Web - How do you provide an audience to your students (offline or online)? What are the challenges and pitfalls of this? How does this impact on the students?

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Students love having audience and at the same time they fear to expose themselves. As teachers we try to encourage their initiative and self confidence .

Like in many other schools, the works of the students are showcased on the school's wall but three years ago I started to work on a free website (using weebly) where I try to showcase all their digital and non digital products.

I think this could be very motivating and could enhance decision-making skills and creativity.

I use facebook, in private groups to encourage students collaborate in tasks, like sharing doubts and the other help on solving.

I also use youtube to create a list of trailers related with the contents and share the video editions, like in the school facebook.

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I am Rosa Luísa and I work as a primary teacher in a primary school in Madeira Island, Portugal. I am not an expert in technology but I love to integrate it as well as new methods in my teaching. I also love to do projects with my pupils concerning environment, literature or art.

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Magnificent place to live

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Guest  comments. Fell free do write anything.

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Guest  comments. Fell free do write anything.

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3.4. Website Design -  Ollie recommends a large number of tools to build websites. What kind of classroom activities could you use those tools for? How can you build website design into your lessons? Should it simply be something that happens at the end of a project to showcase students' work or can it be embedded into the ongoing work of the class?

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3.4. Website Design -  Ollie recommends a large number of tools to build websites. What kind of classroom activities could you use those tools for? How can you build website design into your lessons? Should it simply be something that happens at the end of a project to showcase students' work or can it be embedded into the ongoing work of the class?

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I am really interested in this topic of building websites. I have used different tools like google sites and weebly to create websites focusing on etwinning projects therefore serving as a showcase of the students'work. With the help of these websites the students had the opportunity to upload their work, share and collaborate with their foreign partners. I also used wordpress to create a school website that I mentioned before in my posts. In the beginning I also used wikispaces. Click on the link below to see one of the websites.

I´d like to create a wiki but I havent got enough time- My work imetable is very hard and it´s necessary a lot of time to practise and create digital resources.

I didn´t know many of the sites mentioned by Ollie.

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I agree with Oliie.

The work is changing. The future work is more digital, more interactive, more virtual.

This was a very interesting presentation. I agree that work has been changing a lot and we can only guess that it will change a lot in the next 10 years as well. On one hand, this is exciting; on the other hand, it can be scary because the job market will be unpredictable.

We will produce App, digital skills, computing. Yes the work will change. Just now, I collaborate in my teaching virtually with many other teacher in the world and I use actively social web to communicate with my students and collegues. I do agree with the ideas in the presentation, since I have seen them happening. It is hard for me to imagine work ten years from now since everything seems to be changing so rapidly. The possibilities for collaboration are impressive.

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I agree with Ollie.

Technology should be considered as means by which goals in education will be achieved; Teachers should focus on values, on the importance of flexibility, resilience, social and collaborative skills.

We also have to think that technology is not the end in itself, it is a means. We have to adapt it to our needs and goals. It's important to teach students about the need to change, to adapt, to persevere and to innovate without forgetting that critical thinking should be at the root of all this change is not easy to teach.

The analysis is quite interesting. The final sentence "...Technology is not going to make teaching easier, it's going to make it different" suggests that what is important is the methodology, not the technology itself.

Sometimes just adapting our work with the students to fit the needs of the new generation is not enough. Some ideas need to be totally scrapped and start a fresh with a new set of curricular skills to teach. We need projects and opportunities to prove their skills and adaptation abilities is the way to go.

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2.1.d.
Searching the Internet - hidden gems

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2.1.d.
Searching the Internet - hidden gems

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Etwinnning site in 2015.

"eTwinning Live" just great

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2.3. Live
Webinar 1st October: Digital Skills in the 21st Century Classroom

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2.3. Live
Webinar 1st October: Digital Skills in the 21st Century Classroom

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Wow, that´s great!

How you did it? Amazing

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2.1.e.
Searching the Internet - searching the future internet

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2.1.e.
Searching the Internet - searching the future internet

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I've never used google alerts but I think it's a useful tool

I've just started using google alerts right now, truely.

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2.2.c. Content
and Copyright - understanding copyright

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2.2.c. Content
and Copyright - understanding copyright

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Some students think that the internet is an open source where you can just copy and paste. We should teach the students the difference between copyright and creative commons. This will help them to identify which sources need to be quoted or not.

I know creative commons from eTwinning Researches and told my students about the rights, how they can copy other materials or not.

Actually, copyright is one of the most ignored issues especially doing homework and creating projects. I need a course about that.

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Great work, Luisa and your ideas are inspiring! Bravo!

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3.3. Audio and Video -  Ollie shares a number of examples of student audio and video production, do you have other examples you can point to? Share them here. What other advice can you share with your colleagues? What other questions might you have about audio and video production? What type of equipment do you have that allows you to do some audio and video production with your students?

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3.3. Audio and Video -  Ollie shares a number of examples of student audio and video production, do you have other examples you can point to? Share them here. What other advice can you share with your colleagues? What other questions might you have about audio and video production? What type of equipment do you have that allows you to do some audio and video production with your students?

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Great video and a lot of very interesting posts from all of you. All these new suggestions are making my head spin! Where to start? I often try too many things at once … Well, I have already used Skype ( a great tool to allow absent students to keep up with theclass ) , Prezi, Ezvid , Jing but I ‘ve never asked my students to create their own videos.

For sound recording we used Tellagami, which is adorable. Our next task is Voicethread - a combination of everthing: talking, writing, video. We also managed to create a lovely slide show using Slideshow maker. Perhaps I will introduce Viber into my classes.

I usually use Movie Maker and then I upload the videos to Youtube but in my last etwinning project they ask me not to use Youtube, which is a shame.

I found this video really interesting because I like audio and video productions. I created podcasts, used different video creators like moviemaker, phoyostory, vimeo. The students really enjoy using these type of software. They are learning and at the same time having fun. I think to develop these type of productions one must have a good microphone and a good video camera. I also found smilebox a good tool to download and create really nice videos. Below you can view a video that I created with moviemaker as part of an etwinning project.

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3.2. Collaborating Online - How have you used online collaboration in the classroom, not just for your own teacher planning, but also to get the best out of your pupils from a learning and teaching perspective?

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3.2. Collaborating Online - How have you used online collaboration in the classroom, not just for your own teacher planning, but also to get the best out of your pupils from a learning and teaching perspective?

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I use Google Docs and Google Drive to share works with my students. Together with them we animate a blog, where they share their research on the Internet.

We used to work almost all the tools of Google Drive. The idea was to watch a video an write down a list of questions with possible answers in a Google Doc. This reflection then put in common with the rest of the team on a shared document.

I use for myself Power Point, Word, Excel but not for online collaboration in the classroom. I have used online collaboration with my colleagues in etwinning projects with padlet.

Pinterest also allows us to invite collaborators to add their pins; it can also work as a mini-blogging platform.

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2.2.d. Content
and Copyright - digital plagiarism

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2.2.d. Content
and Copyright - digital plagiarism

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This is a serious problem. Copy and paste is something that some students feel is a right.
Copy - paste option is unfortunately very popular. This is a very delicate topic, and which should be taught to each and every student. From my experience, I teach in primary school and often my students copy and paste photos or information from internet. It is a real problem.

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2.2.b. Content
and Copyright - 7 things you didn't know about Wikipedia

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2.2.b. Content
and Copyright - 7 things you didn't know about Wikipedia

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Wikipedia is one of the first stops for many students working on a research project. Unfortunately, more often than not, they do not cross check the information or look at original sources.

We need to teach students to gather information from more than one source in order to verify it's accuracy. We also need to teach them to check the reliability of their sources, as mentioned in previous videos.

I think Wikipedia is very useful for students. But they need to verify the information from other resources.

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2.2.a. Content
and Copyright - reliability of digital content

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2.2.a. Content
and Copyright - reliability of digital content

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I identify two things that make it an unreliable website: first

of all the author mentions species, and scientific names, that actually do not exist and are a hoax too. Besides, the site lacks contact details.

I agree with the elements mentioned in the padlet. It is absolutely not reliable!

There are no clues like About us, or Contacts, or References from scientists.

Everything that appears on the website is unreal.

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2.1.b.
Searching the Internet - improving your search

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2.1.b.
Searching the Internet - improving your search

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My students are very young, so when they have to search information about a topic at home, I suggest to search in Wikipedia or I give them key words. When they do it in school is much easier for mr to know how they use the searching engines

I always use key words, it is a good exercise to do with my students. also because i usually create a mind map at first, and i try to get the students able to construct a cmap at the end of the module

the best way is to use the keywords or the pictures in the right way. So, you never lose the road. this is my suggestion for my students

When they have no ideas about the topic we start with one ot two "general" keywords and we a read an article about and we start to define better new and more specific keywords.

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2.1.a.
Searching the Internet - types of search engines

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2.1.a.
Searching the Internet - types of search engines

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I use Google and it is my favourite engine. I have tried Yahoo but decided to come back to the one I am satisfied with. As far as I know, my students use other engines, such as Bing or Ask, but still Google is the most popular engine.

I can suggest to you to try a search on the site that collect bookmarks, I mean diigo.com, pearltrees.com… in this case we will make a search between web sites chosen by our colleagues and there is a big chance to find the pearl rare J)

I am always concerned about privacy and i do consider this topic to be very important to address with students of all ages.

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Searching the Internet - advanced search

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I found this video really useful since I didn't know about some shortcut tips that ond can use while searching. I also think that the advanced search button feature will help especially when you are doing a thorough search.

Thanks a lot for the tips. They are very useful! I have discovered so many things that I didn’t know. Advanced search seams to be very helpful, because sometimes we stumble on lots of stuff.

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starter activity we'd like you to tell us a bit about yourself by briefly identifying what digital skill you think you are best at. Are you good at creating digital content (videos, animations, websites, etc.)? Or are you an effective online communicator? Or maybe you are especially good at finding things on the internet? Or are you a gifted programmer? Whatever it is you think is your strongest skill in the digital area, share it with us (just a very brief description).

I am the etwinning Ambassador in my all region Madeira so I must be updated with new digital skills.

Until I have discovered these courses my digital skills were very poor.

I like to use free and open source operating systems and software.

I'm quite good at creating digital content and I'm always trying to learn new tools. I'm good at searching the Internet but I exclusively use Google. I don't like using Bing. I think I am  a good online communicator, I use social media for my professional development activities, very often.

I have an enormous curiosity about all multimedia, digital resources, and whatever issues that technology is bringing to me. I enjoy myself doing e-books, attending to MOOCS, searching/investigating things in internet, basic programming. I can't say i am good at all or that i have a strong skill, i just feel equal interest and motivation to deal and learn with them all.

I like discovering new web 2.0 apps and new possibilities, but I am not an expert in any of these areas, I'd say I'm quite good at creating videos, presentations and making use of various teaching apps.

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I completely agree with the items from the Marshable website. Moreover, what I really like is the idea presented in the second video of a classroom where people/sts create, interact, develop,

exchage information. Seems to be o bvious, doen't it? However, as far as my teaching experience is concerned, that's not always the case! I'm not sure what digital skills will be important in the future..technology changes rapidly.

In the animation I really love the sentence "in the future classroom won't have four walls". It makes very clear what teachers need to do to help students to become ready for their future.

I believe that the most important skills are produce information (creating a website, using a digital presentation tool) and exchange information ( communicating online with colleagues and partecipating in collaborative networks via the Internet).

I am agree with  the 10 items from the Mashable website, particularly I believe that young people leaving school should be able to back up to the cloud, use Google docs and Microsoft Office,  set up a website and domain.

Skills are connected with practice. Without practice we do not produce, create, connect, access, store, present anything.

Nowadays we should improve the infrastructure and help students to connect with the minimum requirements. On the other part we should use the best technology we have to connect (still 3G and 4G) by mobile tools.

In my opinion digital skills are strictly interconnected, so to be really competent you need to master, on a basic or advanced level, most of them.