This we had a guest speaker named Ana Galac, who spoke on the technology tools that are available for teachers to use in their classrooms and the transition from switching their Windows 10 devices all over to Windows 11 in the district. It was helpful to learn about what we will have available in our future classes and how we are able to use them in a beneficial way.
We also explored resources from the FocusedED site, which is a non profit organization intended to provide public, private, and First Nations schools with shared supports. I was highly impressed by the “Student Security Awareness Curriculum” that we looked into and how much they had to offer. For example, there was lesson plans, student handouts, customizable slides, teacher guides, and more! The part that especially stood out to me was how all of the resources in this curriculum were sorted and tailored to specific age groups. In the younger students (ages 8-11) there topics were surrounded around the introduction of cybersecurity, understanding social media, and building strong passwords while the older students (ages 15-18) were looking into the principles and ethics of cybersecurity. Looking at the “Student AI Literacy Lessons” it seems that they are also structured in a similar age range providing the same helpful resources tailored to the age.
Lastly, I appreciated the additional resource section that was in the “Digital Classroom”. There was an excellent amount of material extending from Indigenous series to BC history to National Geographic. Overall, this week really showed me how accessible digital resources are for AI, cybersecurity, and literacy for teachers to use in their classrooms. It was great to know there are these materials out there to take some stress off teachers in trying to find ways to teach digital literacy.
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