1-to-1 Essentials Program: Onboarding your school

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

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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

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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

sthotz@commonsense.org

Twitter: @CommonSenseEdu

@suethotz