Emerging Technologies for Social Emotional Resource

Digital Citizenship Of all the types of conflict that occur between students at the middle school level, I believe the rise in technology use has created the biggest problem. In his article, "Digital citizenship is more important than ever",  Mike Ribble describes three core elements that should be considered when teaching students how to navigate their online presence.  Respect Educate Protect These three factors, along with their subtopics, when taught explicitly as well as referenced in daily activities, could help students have a positive online experience. As a special education teacher who co-taught core subjects at the middle school level, much of my time in class was spent monitoring students' behavior as well as their technology use during class.  Judging by the information they were willing to type out on their school-issued devices, I have no doubt students did not have good boundaries online on their own personal devices. Teaching responsible digital citizensh...

     After seventeen years teaching middle school special education in one district, I have accepted a new position at a high school in my home district.  My new role will be Social Emotional Resource Teacher, so along with creating learning plans with the team for each student, I will be helping my students maneuver some additional challenges.       My new district has been a 1:1 technology district at the secondary level for many years, so most of my students should be experienced with their given technology.  In this case, they use Surface Pros. Due to the variety of grade levels and subject areas my students will have, I anticipate there will be a need to use technology to help my students monitor their grades and their progress. Though I am very comfortable using the Google suite along with Canvas to create, share, and monitor course materials with my current students, I recognize there are many other tools that may be more beneficial to...