Em's Ever Evolving Erudition

I appreciate all the resources we've examined on digital citizenship this week in my Leadership and Technology class.  They have me really examining my current practice and contemplating future goals.  When reflecting on current practice, I've felt very negative.  Changing jobs has changed my role and what I'm required to teach.  This has left me unsure about how to address digital citizenship for my students.  The little that I have done seems to be in a vacuum.  It's not because I'm fighting a culture of fear and a list of don'ts, but more that there just isn't a conversation happening.   But I'm not feeling completely negative because I am inspired by the participatory digital citizenship model discussed by Dr. Mattson and reinforced by so many other resources.   I think it's exactly what I am looking to dive into for the future.  I've been inspired by other's around the state that use social media and technology to empower the...

There are many people in my PLN that act as either a maven, connector, or salesperson.  I think of Donna  Sullivan- MacDonald from Orchard School in South Burlington as a maven  extraordinaire.  I think of Meg Allison at U32 High School and Peter Langella at CVU High School as a wonderful salespeople.  And I think Shannon Walters from BHS might actually know everyone in the world so she would be a good example of a connector.  These four Vermont librarians help me so much with my professional practice.  I feel that our librarian network in the state works well with leveraging people's strengths to help our members throughout the state.  We often work together in these different roles to achieve our goals.  I would like to expand this though as there are many new librarians in our state.  I think we could leverage even more people.   The other place that I would like to expand my connections to mavens, c...