ISCI 761 Library Blog

     The human dedication to bullying is almost inspiring- from the Ostracon of ancient Greece to the geek bashing of the 1950s, our species has always found a way to make its general displeasure known to those who fall a few rungs short on the social ladder- and on our present spoke of History's great wheel, the wonders of information technology have opened revolutionary new vectors of harassment.  Now, you aren't even safe in your own home; the harassment lives in your pocket!  Three cheers for progress!     Irreverent banter aside, digital citizenship and cyberbullying are a constant problem facing the school librarian.  As keeper of the school's technology- and first point of contact for most things digital- we tend to wind up as the authority on matters of proper technology use.  I don't disagree with this, mind you- digital citizenship is a natural offshoot of information literacy- but it does introduce an additional layer of ethical a...

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  I survived Hurricane Helene- and only marginally worse for wear!  On to the post! I'll start by saying that I have some... rather strong opinions on the SAMR model.  In my county, SAMR is our framework for technology integration in the classroom; half the teachers in my school have an old SAMR poster hung somewhere on their wall, and almost all of our tech-oriented PL will emphasize "Teaching Above The Line," that is, stressing the "Modification" and "Redefinition" bits over "Augmentation" and "Substitution."  In theory, this shouldn't be unattainable- after all, we're a 1:1 technology district!  Every student has guaranteed access to a laptop or Chromebook, which should greatly magnify the options available for teaching.  After all, the internet is a powerful tool- you can do so much more digitally than you can with pen and paper, right?? Well... perhaps not.  I don't think I've witnessed an implementation yet whi...