Using Technology to promote

Character Education

Wikispace and Blogs to promote:

ReliabilityYou can use blog sites and class wiki spaces to encourage students to work efficiently in groups, and be a RELIABLE group member.

Students in this blog site are collaborating which each other through comments. This promotes reliability.

Students are using this class wiki space to discuss their project. They are each showing that they are reliable because they are discussing their project often through their wiki space.

CaringYou can use PowerPoint to promote Character Education such as how to be caring. You can create informative slides that will help the students become caring individuals.

Example PowerPoint Slide to promote how to be Caring.

HOW TO BEA CARING PERSON

• Treat people with kindness and generosity.

• Help people in need.

• Be sensitive to people's feelings.

• Never be mean or hurtful.

• Think about how your actions will affect others.

Responsibility

You can use YouTube and Storytelling to teach students how to be more responsible.

YouTube video that promotes Character Education: Responsibility

Using Facebook and Twitter To Promote Patriotism

Using Materials/Visuals To Promote Honor/Justice

You Could Use Posters As A Visual In The Classroom When Teaching About Most

Anything.

This Is An Example Of A Poster That Could Be Used As A Visual When Students Are

Learning About Honor.

Using Digital Imaging To Promote Thankfulness

Students Could Create Their Own Picture Related to Thankfulness By

Using Digital Imaging.

For Example: If You Were Teaching About Thankfulness, You May

Want To Talk About Thanksgiving. To Incorporate Digital Imaging Into

What You're Teaching About Thanksgiving, The Students Could Take The Picture On The Left And Use Digital Imaging To Make Him Appear To Be A Part Of The Card

On The Right.

Podcast Respect

› A way to show respect is through manners.› Have students listen to Podcast about

manners: PodCast

Web Design Patience

› Teach students how to create a website using a wiki.

› The tell them to create their own wiki that will be all about patience.

Web 2.0 Honesty

› Teach students about Delicious.› Then tell the students to find at least 5

websites about Honesty.› After they find the websites, they should

add them to their wiki.› When everyone is done they will share

their links along with something they learned about honesty from each.