Cybersmart

Digital Fluency Day 8

The ambulance at the bottom of the cliff
This phrase suggests that a problem is being looked at backwards, as through we are trying to treat the consequences rather than the cause. In essence it’s a restatement of the proverb, “prevention is better than cure”. I am that ambulance at the bottom of the cliff. And my reaction is inhibiting the ability to empower some of my learners.

We are teaching, or should I say Gerhard is teaching, cybersmart lessons once a week throughout this year. This covers smart learners in term one, smart footprint in term two and Smart relationships in term three. And if we keep using a positive educational approach as well as using a common language and asking if they are leaving a “smart footprint”. We probably need to imbed this ideas into our daily thinking and approach it in a similar way as our Schools Learning Powers and PB4L. This will also need to be taught from at least our year two and three classes, not just in the digital classes. This will probably have a better impact than the ambulance at the bottom of the cliff.

A question to discuss at our syndicate meetings- How do we use the digital lure to empower our learners in the choices they make- instead of unsuccessfully trying to stop the use of what we see as unsuitable material.