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Alex Hiam - Creating Student Portfolio Websites

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Alex Hiam - Creating Student Portfolio Websites

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Teaching students to use Google Sites or another web building app, can be a fun way to teach students how to begin building a positive online persona for themselves. Helping students learn how to responsibly use information and images as well as how to select their best work to share online with an authentic audience.

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The best way to teach to inspire is through practice and great role-modeling. We can model what a positive online presence is and give students opportunities to practice it for themselves. These strategies go hand-in-hand and I don't believe you can have one without the other!

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I believe we can promote a positive online presence with our students by creating lesson plans that allow for areas of digital presence practice. Student’s need the ability to learn to create their presence by using digital tools to showcase their learning while also highlighting their strengths and personality- as well as giving them a safe space to create and cultivate in.

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I think we can model a positive online presence for the students, but also provide models that are not positive to show what can happen. I think it is so important to begin this at an early age, since students are becoming tech savvy earlier and earlier on. Most of my students have a cell phone by 5th grade, and that was not the case when I was in school at all.

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Amanda Scalcione      Modeling positivity! Our kids need to see us making mistake and learning from them. They need situations to be modeled in order for them to see how to appropriately handle a situation. Act as "normal" as possible online comments/FlipGrids etc so that kids see YOU and not just the screen. BE REAL!  :)

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Amanda Scalcione      Modeling positivity! Our kids need to see us making mistake and learning from them. They need situations to be modeled in order for them to see how to appropriately handle a situation. Act as "normal" as possible online comments/FlipGrids etc so that kids see YOU and not just the screen. BE REAL!  :)

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We can create positive online presence for our students by teaching them how to use various platforms efficiently. Providing them with opportunities to practice will allow them to make mistakes we can help them learn from, making it less likely for them to make mistakes that may cause harm. Teaching students how to communicate with each other online through Flipgrid or Jamboard can help them learn how to productively collaborate and communicate. This will also teach them how to professionally communicate in a work place.

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In order to promote a positive online presence, is by first modeling one to our students. When we model this behavior, we are also teaching them how to behave through the online world. Students need to understand why it is important to have a positive online presence and how to stay safe when using it. One way to teach students how to introduce students to interacting with others online is by having them respond to each others posts and using sites such as Flipgrid to complete their work.

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We can promote a positive online presence by modeling appropriate ways to handle situations effectively and safely online. Exposing students to a variety of hypothetical scenarios will give them practice and will allow them to make mistakes without causing them harm. This roleplaying will allow students to understand that their words and actions cannot be retracted once they are delivered. It is imperative that students realize that their words have power and consequences, and can have devastating effects.

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We can promote a positive online presence with our students by teaching students how to have a positive online presence, why it is so important, and then providing them with multiple opportunities to practice using these skills online. Teaching students why it is so important to have a positive online presence is crucial. Students need to understand that we all have a digital footprint and the importance of their digital footprint. Then, we need to teach students how to have a positive online presence, what makes it a positive presence. Engage students in a collaborative discussion, where they identify positive online characteristics. Finally, provide students with many opportunities to use their skills and positive characteristics when working online.

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We can promote a positive online presence for students by making sure they have the knowledge they need to make good choices when navigating through the online world. Practically from birth students are introduced to the internet and may be posting material or chatting online at a very young age. Appropriate behavior needs to be modeled as well as directly taught to ensure that students realize the impact they can have in their online presence. Teaching the importance of understanding the difference between in-person (face-to-face) interactions and those done behind the mask of an avatar or even just in messaging through texts is one extremely important lesson. This can also promote the important skill of empathy in our young learners and it needs to be reinforced repeatedly and often. There are so many resources (many in the other padlet are fantastic!) for helping to teach skills like these. I think also providing opportunities for students to comment positively on their peers' work through a digital platform (like we are doing here by rating each other) can carry over into being positive in their online presence outside of school.

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As educators, we can promote a positive online presence with our students by developing smart rules to follow when navigating the roads of the internet safely and in productive manner. Like any new environment, it is important that a groundwork is firmly established to protect children from harmful elements of the vastness of the internet. I think with that being said, children nowadays are much more conditioned to browsing than ever before. They are almost as proficient as adults and that can be a challenging obstacle to adapt to. This is a unique concern that will, most likely, continue to develop with the years. While maintaining a constantly growing understanding of the internet is essential for students, but I feel that issue pales in comparison to adults and educators understanding of the internet. This will continue to be a challenging issue.

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We can contribute to a positive online experience by teaching students that not only do the actions and choices that they make on-line stay a part of their digital footprint, but  that comments they post can have the same impact as a verbal response.    I think many students are aware that what they post and share can become part of their digital footprint for life. When communicating with peers, it may be easier  for students to express themselves using a digital platform instead of face-to-face, but positive and negative comments (cyber-bullying)  easily shared online can have the same impact as saying something to a person directly.  It is very easy to type something negative without realizing the impact it may have on another person.  Students are using technology at such a young age.  They do not always understand the impact of their words.

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We can create a positive online presence by teaching our students from a young age how to use the various platforms appropriately and productively.  It would be best if we could have a curriculum that scaffolds age appropriate skills and introduces platforms and best practices for each. Our youngest students know no other world than one with technology such as apps. Since they are so familiar with how to use technology it would be ideal to model how to use it to be collaborative learners and problem solvers. Of course the platforms and skills that we would teach would be ever evolving as new technologies are created

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I think we can create a positive online presence by making sure that the technology tools are age appropriate and engaging for the learners. Creating a Google Classroom banner, for example, that utilizes a Bitmoji of yourself in the classroom shows students that online or in the classroom setting they are part of the learning community. It makes it a more welcoming environment where they feel comfortable and familiar, and are able to do the work assigned. Creating an online routine for how to access resources and when can also be a way to create a positive online presence. I like the way that this Pallet exercise allows for us to "rate" our peers responses... this could be something that created a positive experience for me online. This got me thinking of having students posting an All About ________ paragraph and asking students to respond with smiley faces or positive comments.

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Veronique Galyardt -Positive Online Experiences

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Veronique Galyardt -Positive Online Experiences

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Even though this is a new age for humans integrating technology like never before, certain features of our human experience have remained true, or dare I said primitive. We want to feel connected to someone or a group in a positive way for a positive experience. To attain this connection humans look at others for information and then apply it themselves. We as their teachers must take the lead whether we are fully immersed in the technology or not and must provide physical models for our students to engage in themselves and with each other. If students do not feel they are in a safe space, then they can not connect or engage with anyone. For myself, I always try to stress the human side of things when we are online using Google Classroom or Nearpod. If you accidentally hit submit but did not mean to it's okay. It is not the end of the world. Think about what can you do next, email me, refresh or hit undo or resubmit and etc. No one is perfect and we all make mistakes. But we truly fail if we choose not to make the effort to fix our mistake either in an electronic format or not.

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First, it is important to model positive online experiences for your students.  This will help students to develop their own online presence.  In addition, providing students with digital resources that students can be successful with will promote a positive experience for them.  As teachers, we create a safe environment for our students within the school setting.  It is just as important to provide students with safe space for online settings.  I provide digital resources for my students to use in the Google Classroom setting.  These digital resources are modeled by me and used in the classroom setting allowing students to feel comfortable to use those resources independently and with confidence at home.  

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First, it is important to model positive online experiences for your students.  This will help students to develop their own online presence.  In addition, providing students with digital resources that students can be successful with will promote a positive experience for them.  As teachers, we create a safe environment for our students within the school setting.  It is just as important to provide students with safe space for online settings.  I provide digital resources for my students to use in the Google Classroom setting.  These digital resources are modeled by me and used in the classroom setting allowing students to feel comfortable to use those resources independently and with confidence at home.  

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One way would be to make sure that the technology systems you are using in class are accessible to all students. This could be having a setting turned on where students can private message the teacher instead of posting a question to the whole class. It could be setting up an assignment where you can provide real time feedback, and not just leave comments on the assignment when you hand it back graded. It could be making sure the students know how to access the resources/tools they have available to them (ie bookshare, speech to text, highlighting, test reading features, etc...). I feel that the more the students see you are doing what you can to support them, the more willing they will be to try and the more positive their thoughts will be on the technology you are asking them to use.