Middle School Tech Night

Henderson International School

Jan 29, 2014

Essential Questions

• How does technology positively impact the learning process?

• What does responsible integration look like?• How can HIS and families partner to support our

children in this fast-paced tech world?

Agenda

• Speed Geeking • Digital Citizenship/Literacy Update• Learning to code• Q & A

Speed Geeking 411

• Our “geeks” are setup at different tables• Guests will rotate from table to table at pre-

determined 3-minute intervals• We will have some time to share/reflect after all the

rotations have been completed

Speed Geekers

Name Grade Topic

Angelu 8th Tenmarks

Bob 8th Powerpoint

Michael 7th Minecraft

Olivia 7th iMovie

Sheen 7th Anime

Jarod 6th Quizlet

Mrs. Waldman Digital Media / Art Teacher Digital Portfolios

Mr. Bezsylko MS Principal Writing Practice Program

Speed Geeking – Time to Reflect

• What did we learn?• What do we want to learn more about?• Did we address any of our EQs?– Impact of technology– Responsible integration– HIS/family partnership

Digital Citizenship & Literacy

Grade Examples of Topics/Themes Covered

Fifth -- Being a good digital citizen-- Creating accurate keyword searches and secure passwords

Sixth -- Personal v private information-- How to prevent identity theft and scams

Seventh -- How to be an ‘upstander’ in cyberbullying situations-- Digital footprint

Eighth -- Risks of sharing inappropriate information-- Legal and ethical dimensions of creative online work

Digital Citizenship & Literacy

Grade Examples of Upcoming Topics/Themes

Fifth -- Cyberbullying-- The role of media in shaping gender stereotypes

Sixth -- Copyright, fair use, and creative rights-- How to handle uncomfortable online situations

Seventh -- How to determine if a site is trustworthy-- Identifying online gender stereotypes

Eighth -- Identifying risky online relationships-- Purposes and contexts of digital image editing

Learning to Code - Why

• Computer science is a top paying college degree and computer programming jobs are growing at 2x the national average

• Assuming current national trends, by 2020 there will be 1 million more computer science jobs than computer science students

• Girls in the US compromise 56% of AP test-takers, but only 19% of AP computer science test-takers

• In China, every student learns computer programming. In the US, less than 5%.

Learning to Code – How?

• Intro to Computer Science course– Series activities and tutorials – Designed by folks at code.org– Integrated into DM

Questions

• Revisiting our essential questions– How does technology positively impact the learning

process?– What does responsible integration look like?– How can HIS and families partner to support our children

in this fast-paced tech world?