Participation Type
Paper
Session Title
Session 7.05 Education
Presentation #1 Title
Reconstructing Space & Place: Using Digital Professionalism and Digital Citizenship to Ignite Virtual and Lived Community in an Appalachian School
Presentation #1 Abstract or Summary
This paper is based on the premise that the world that we have come to know and understand within and outside of Appalachia has been fundamentally altered by technology. Technology may have introduced sweeping changes of social site, context and setting; thereby altering the epistemology of culture and community that has historically lent itself to the articulation of the region’s value. The concepts of space and place at large and within education specifically, are being challenged and redefined. An opportunity for Appalachian educators and their students is depicted that describes how teacher and pupil Web 2.0 activity can be channeled to strengthen or create community resources inside and outside the school. The use of digital technologies by educators (digital professionalism) as a model for utilization of technology by students (digital citizenship) is explored and frameworks for creation of both virtual and tangible assets are discussed. A strategy for assessing current state and target outcomes is included, along with recommendations for future research.
At-A-Glance Bio- Presenter #1
Cecelia McFadden is a Ph.D.student in the Education Computing and Technology program at Ohio University. She is a licensed K-12 computer science teacher and presented at ASA 2013 in Boone, North Carolina,
Reconstructing Space & Place: Using Digital Professionalism and Digital Citizenship to Ignite Virtual and Lived Community in an Appalachian School
Corbly Hall 333
This paper is based on the premise that the world that we have come to know and understand within and outside of Appalachia has been fundamentally altered by technology. Technology may have introduced sweeping changes of social site, context and setting; thereby altering the epistemology of culture and community that has historically lent itself to the articulation of the region’s value. The concepts of space and place at large and within education specifically, are being challenged and redefined. An opportunity for Appalachian educators and their students is depicted that describes how teacher and pupil Web 2.0 activity can be channeled to strengthen or create community resources inside and outside the school. The use of digital technologies by educators (digital professionalism) as a model for utilization of technology by students (digital citizenship) is explored and frameworks for creation of both virtual and tangible assets are discussed. A strategy for assessing current state and target outcomes is included, along with recommendations for future research.
