Hi Carly’s Crew!

Today in our EdTech class we had a guest lecture from Jesse Miller. It was all about privacy and safety online… It definitely made me think about everything that I have posted online. In middle school, I remember we had a guest speaker come in and talk to us about internet safety so this topic was something that I already knew a little bit about. However, Jesse made me really think about the repercussions of social media and how it will affect future employment.

One quote that stood out to me from Jesse’s slides that focussed on preparing students for the future and about how our job is to”…help children make sense of their on-demand media and online experiences, teaching & guiding how to uphold enduring values & empowering their communications expectations in the reality they live in…”  Technology can be a scary topic due to all the security and privacy issues; due to this, many teachers are quick to push technology off to the side and disregard the conversations that need to be had. We as educators need to provide students with skills to set them up for the future and to do this we need to prepare them how to use technology safely. Technology really is the reality of this world! Jesse spoke about digital footprints, and digital literacies and it was super interesting to learn about because that’s what Claire and I have been researching for our EdTech Inquiry. We definitely took away some interesting points that we will incorporate into our next blog.

I googled my name and I did not find anything surprising or anything that was inappropriate to be online. With that being said, there were definitely some funny things that came up that I had forgotten about and I honestly did not even know that my middle school Prezi presentation on Canadian history was still out there. From now on, I know I need to be even more careful with what I post on social media but more importantly, what others post about me on social media. I am proud of the digital footprint that I have left behind so far!

For the last hour of our class we changed our focus to video editing. I created a green screen video with chickens swimming in the ocean. I used to make iMovies all the time when I was younger so I am quite comfortable with navigating the program. Creating the green screen video was much easier than I had anticipated but the program seemed to lag behind a bit. I am not sure if I had too many other tabs open but it was quite frustrating trying to move everything around due to the time delay. I am excited to use iMovie in a classroom one day to get students to create projects like book trailers and mini movies. I attached my movie for you all to see!

Next week is reading break so you will not be hearing from me! Don’t miss me too much 😉

Carly