Originally published in TEACH Magazine, Digital Citizenship Special Issue, 2020
By Erin Petley-Kerr
Technology is inevitable in our world and especially in our schools. Students come into our classrooms each year with the innate ability to use technology. This can be a blessing, but as teachers, we’ve been given the role to navigate what technology now looks like in those classrooms.
To assist both students and teachers, at my school we have developed a model to support technology use. The system is trifold, focusing on:
- Digital citizenship lessons
- A teacher technology team
- A student techxpert team
Erin Petley-Kerr is in her 11th year as an educator and is currently a Grade 4 teacher at Foundations for the Future Charter Academy in Calgary, AB. She holds a Masters of Education from the University of Calgary, and is passionate about tech integration in the classroom.
