1-to-1 essentials program: onboarding your school
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Common Sense Media's 1-to-1 Essentials Program is designed to help schools prepare for implementation of 1:1 devices. Learn about ways to use resources to prepare teachers and students, as well as teach digital citizenship for a safe, responsible digital school culture.TRANSCRIPT
1-to-1 Essentials Program:
Onboarding your school
Sue Thotz
Chicago Program Manager
Our MissionWe are dedicated to improving
the lives of kids and families by
providing the trustworthy
information, education, and
independent voice they need to
thrive in a world of media and
technology.
Our VisionWe envision a world in which
every kid knows how to
participate safely, responsibly,
and respectfully in a digital world
and can harness the potential of
technology for learning.
Our mission
Our vision
1. Rate
1. Advocate
2. Investigate
3. Educate
What We Do
• 19,000 reviews across
all media types
• Key rating elements
include:
o Age-appropriateness
o Detailed “nutritional labeling” of parental pain points
o Learning ratings for digital content
Ratings and Reviews
Learning Ratings for Parents
• Digital Literacy and
Citizenship as a
National Education
Priority
• LEAD Commission
• Advocate on Kids’
Privacy Rights
• Address Major
Public Health
Issues Related to
Media and Kids
“Private Entities like Common Sense
Media are pursuing a sanity not
censorship approach, which can serve
as a model for how to use technology
to empower parents without offending
the First Amendment”
- President Barack Obama
“As long as I’m Chairman, the FCC will
be committed to working with
organizations like Common Sense
Media to tackle the challenges and seize
the opportunities of the digital age.”
- FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski
Advocate
• Provide reliable and independent data on children’s use of media
• Impact on physical, social, emotional and cognitive development
• Conduct 2-3 original studies per year + host thought leader events.
Investigate
K-12 Digital Literacy& Citizenship Curriculum
Curriculum Toolkits
Digital Passport Professional Development Educate Families: Media, Technology,
and Kids
1-to-1 Essentials Program
Educate
1-to-1 Essentials program at Commonsense.org
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• More than 125,000 education apps in marketplaces today (Source: iTunes and Google Play)
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How do you find the good stuff?
Graphite SolutionIssues for Teachers
No centralized marketplace where
digital educational content is
collected and categorized
No standard ratings system for
reliable comparison content
Discovery of good digital learning
products is time consuming for
teachers
No clearinghouse by teachers for
teachers for authentic feedback
and best practices
Graphite helps teachers discover, learn and share the
best digital learning products.
The Search is Over!
• High-quality, unbiased
ratings and reviews
• For teachers, by teachers
• Simple, easy, fast, free
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Graphite Features
• Rigorous: Comprehensive
methodology and rubric behind
Graphite rating
• Discoverability with powerful
filtering and searching by subject,
skills and grade bands
• Curated Lists: “Top Picks”
• Aligned to Common Core
• By teachers, for teachers:
Teacher community shares
reviews & best practices
Engagement
Is it fun, engrossing, compelling?
Does it attract students?
Would they use it / play again?
Pedagogy
Does it carry depth of content?
Is learning central to the experience?
Do skills transfer offline?
Does it build key concepts?
Support
Are there app tutorials and tips?
Any support for teachers?
Accessible to many audiences?
Ratings MethodologyRating Methodology and Rubric
Key Components
Let’s visit Graphite
• Sign up for Graphite
• Search: Use the filter and look up some digital products for your classroom
• Contribute: Write a field note on a product you already use
Today only! Write two field notes and earn $20 gift card.
Your Turn!
• 65 lessons, differentiated by grade band
• Lower elementary (K-2)
• Upper elementary (3-5)
• Middle (6-8)
• High school (9-12)
• 3 units per grade level
• 5 lessons per unit
• Units are cross-curricular
• Lessons spiral unit by unit
Scope and Sequence
1-to-1 as a Paradigm Shift
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How do you see yourself using 1-to-1 Essentials?
How can 1-to-1 Essentials play a role in your schools/institutions?
How might Graphite and the K-12 Digital Literacy and Citizenship Curriculum be helpful?
Some Key Questions
Sue Thotz
Chicago Program Manager
Twitter: @CommonSenseEdu
@suethotz