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Session 1 - Basic Skills, Digital Citizenship, and Troubleshooting
Today's session will make sure everyone is comfortable with their level of technology proficiency. We can review quickly if necessary. We will discuss and review the role of digital citizenship in the classroom, professional development, and what they should be getting at home. Finally, we will go over basic classroom troubleshooting. This part will be hands-on so that you really understand how to solve a basic technology issue such as connectivity problems, projector connections, etc. You will also get some helpful hints as to how to avoid some of these issues.
 * Overview**:

Teachers will:
 * Objectives**:
 * 1) Be able to demonstrate technology proficiency through application
 * 2) understand the importance of digital citizenship and its role in education
 * 3) Be able to troubleshoot basic classroom technology issues


 * Instructions**:
 * 1) We will begin by doing a quick online review of some basic technology skills using JeopardyLabs. This will be followed with a brief (10 minutes) Q & A session. Part of this review will be to understand why it is important that everyone have the same basic technology proficiency and what issues can occur in the classroom if we are not able to understand the basics. Then we will create a step by step guide that will teach someone something you learned from your point of view. Feel free to use screenshots.
 * 2) Next we will introduce digital citizenship and its role in education. Then please view the video "[|Why Teach Digital Citizenship?]" from CommonSense Media.
 * What do you think your role is, as an educator, in creating good digital citizens? What about the role of the student? Parents?
 * Why is it so important that students understand what it means to be a good digital citizen?
 * How will this help students as they continue through their school years, and how should we reinforce it?
 * 1) What are some of the technology issues we run into in the classroom? We will go over some most of the issue you could face and how to solve them. Then we will break into small groups. In these groups we will create these issues for you and you get a chance to apply the troubleshooting skills you just learned. Don't worry, once this training is done I will provide a link to troubleshooting common issues that you will have available to you whenever.

Curriculum Overview Table from CommonSense Media [|CommonSense Media for Educators]
 * Additional Materials**:

Here are some self-evaluation questions to make sure you understand what we covered today. Please don't hesitate to ask questions if there is something you need more information on. Here's my email:jjacobs@pallottihs.org.
 * Evaluation**:
 * 1) Do you feel that the level of your technology knowledge is no longer an inhibitor to your use of technology in the classroom?
 * 2) Do you understand the role of digital citizenship in education and are you able to apply the curriculum in your classes?
 * 3) Do you feel comfortable solving some of the basic technology issues that you may face in the classroom?