Marshal's Science Class

     On top of teaching new technology skills applicable in the classroom and the software and hardware that could be used thence, this "Technology Application for Education" course should also emphasize much of the digital safety skills that teachers and students should learn. This set of Digital Safety presentations fulfills the latter part and could go into much more depth with a larger set of minds coming together to produce ample creativity and add ideas from different perspectives.  With the four separate presentations, students had the opportunity to research their assigned topic, make concise presentations summarizing the issues of the topic, and become something short of a "professional" on their topic. Topics covered include sexting and textual harassment, cyber-bullying, phishing and pharming, & copyright and fair user practices.     In this increasingly digital age, children need to be increasingly media literate and more "tech savvy" th...

A is for AOL, an American creation,    and also for Appple, a big corporation. B is for boredom so the web I do search,    for booties and boobies and Bulbasaur merch. C is for Classflow, which I’ll use, no doubt,    in my future Classroom once I am out. D is for Duo, who's doting on donors    to donate some dollars for new language learners. E is for educators using Edmodo for class,    electronically engaging their students to pass. F is for Facebook, where family’s found,    fearing photographs that add a few pounds. G is for Google for researching ghee,    for frying up garlic in a good recipe. H is for Hollywood, fueling the nation,    like Hooters and Hulu and TV sensation. I is for Imgur and Instagram apps    initiating interest in Internet snaps. J is for Jisho for Japanese nerds    joshing up jargon with Japanese words. K is for Kindle, a keen book whiz, ...