Week Eight

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Digital Identity - click image to enlarge

Identity and Reputation

This week we will examine the issues of reputation, identity and membership within different digital contexts. When building identity, learners and teachers develop a sense of their own role in digital environments. By consciously managing digital reputations, teachers highlight the importance of building and maintaining both individual and community reputations. While examining modes and means of participation, we will focus on the nature of collaborative contribution (both synchronous and asynchronous) that make up many digital projects and inherent ethical and cultural challenges. 

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At the end of this week, you will:

• describe digital citizenship and identity issues as they apply to teachers and students
• discuss how reputation, identity, safety and ethics can influence choice and voice in digital spaces
• discover digital citizenship teaching resources and determine where and how these resources can be applied to classroom instruction
• integrate information from professionals in the field of education into your personal and professional practices to manage your professional digital persona

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Begin by viewing the video linked above where Ontario educators have shared some insights about their use of digital resources to develop their professional digital persona and how they apply digital tools to their teaching. Make some jot notes to add to your discussion post.
Then, take a look at the digital citizenship resources posted below. How can you use these resources in your teaching practice? Where do they fit into the curriculum topics or grade levels you will teach?

OSAPAC Digital Citizenship resources

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5 P's - click image to link to web site

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Readings

As you read and view media for this week's topic, consider your own digital skills, fluencies and persona from a critical digital literacy stance. How are you applying the specific skills of managing your reputation while participating safely and ethically, and building your professional digital identity? ​The EduGAINS site provides a selection of videos highlighting how technology innovations are used in Ontario Schools.

• Hinrichsen & Coombs, section on Persona: Identity issues and the digital, and Figure 5
• OSAPAC Digital Citizenship Resources
• Media Smarts Canada -Think before you share and other resources

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Click to link to EduGains Innovation in Action

Use the link from the image (Edugains Innovation in Action site) to access and view ONE video resource on how educators in Ontario are developing digital persona for themselves and their students. Consider how this can shape your own work as an educator in the classroom. ​

Activities

• Connect with your mentor one final time before you head out to your next placement. Consider sharing your Inquiry Project experience or talk about insights from this course. Share the link to your project presentation so they can see the work you've accomplished in this project. 
• Provide feedback to your group members in Slack.
• Work on your final reflection for the A2 assignment due next week.

Actions

• Post it in the D2L discussion forum ONE or TWO bullet points from your video viewing.
• Share your ideas and thoughts about building and managing a professional digital identity. Your ideas can be the spark or connection for others.
• Respond to ONE post. 
• Complete some written or audio feedback to your group members in SLACK about their Inquiry project.