1.
Safe,
legal, and ethical use of digital information and technology
Technology is key in our society that is
evolving everyday with more advanced technology. It is extremely
important that when students are using technology in school, they are aware of
the safe, legal and ethical ways to use it. There are many sites that
students can access that are not age appropriate and restrictions have not been
placed on them. Teachers need to have rules when students are using technology
in order for their students to have a safe learning environment. In order for
students to have access to the computers, they must understand the rules when
on the computers. Students should only be allowed on websites that have
been approved by the teacher to ensure that the students will not come across a
website that is inappropriate. When students are doing reports and are
accessing information from different websites, they need to be aware that they
are not plagiarizing what has been said. Information taken from the
internet and not giving credit (citing) to the person who published the work is
stealing. Students need to be taught how to correctly give the author of the
website credit for the information. It is important for me to model as a teacher
the importance of safe, legal and ethical use of digital information and
technology because when my students are using technology, I am being held
responsible for what they are looking at. If I have students that are
looking at a website that is inappropriate, and another student goes home and
tells their family that they felt uncomfortable because of what another student
was viewing on the web, I am going to be the one who is held responsible.
It is also my responsibility to show my students how to correctly cite
information from a website so we are not stealing information. There is
great information for us on the internet; we just need to know how to safely
use the technology.
http://prezi.com/tl5zk8mhybyr/the-safe-legal-and-ethical-use-of-digital-information-and-technology/
2.
Digital
étiquette and responsable social interaction
With so
many different websites for social media, people need to consider what they are
posting for everyone to view and who they are communicating with. It is
alarming that people today have created fake profiles in order to talk with
younger aged people, and arrange for them to meet up. Also people create
fake profiles and will cyber bully someone they know from school or in the
neighborhood. Students must know that what they post on the internet or
say to someone, they are responsible and will have to deal with the
consequences.
Students
must know that what they publish or put on the Internet is going to be there
forever and anyone can have access to the work. Although a person may
think they have deleted or erased something they have published on the
internet, there is still a way for that information to be found. With
technology being a part of our everyday lives so much, it is no wonder that
employers are now looking up their employees and even potential employees on
the internet to see what they are doing on their time off. As a teacher,
I am responsible for what I post on any social media website because my
employer and also the students parents in my classroom can search my name and
view what their childs teacher is doing on her free time. I need to be a role model and keep in mind
that anyone can view anything and everything I post online.
http://jayrenee2010.blogspot.com/2012/10/digital-etiquette-and-responsible.html
3.
Global
awareness and digital-age communication
In todays world communication from one
side of the world to the next can easily communicate through all the different
technologies that are available today.
These include, email, call, or text, Fact to face internet communication
via Skype, or Facetime. Information is
transferred in seconds from one place to another, no matter the distance. With all this technology, it makes it very
easy to have news the is happening
across the world or country right at your finger tips. With everything being done over technology,
people can work from home over the email or phone and even check business
emails on a tablet on the beach.
As a teacher I must remember to teach my
students that with information being just a click away, it is very important
for them to remember to be aware what they are posting and to always be
cautious to not give out personal information.
http://hannahwilsonetc447.blogspot.com/2012/09/global-awareness-and-digital-age.html
4.
Meeting
diverse needs of learners through learner-centered strategies and equitable
access
Each student in a classroom learns
differently and it is important to provide each students with the best possible
way to learn. Making sure that the students are at the center of the learning
experience is very significant. Providing
students with technology that will reach
all the needs of the learners is key. Providing
students with technology gives them a great aid to help them and also gives
them the ability to work at their own pace.
In classrooms today, students with special needs use tablets to help
them academically with educational games and also tools to help them
communicate. Although technology is
great, it is expensive and not every students will have the same access. Students should have time to complete work
that must be done on technology because the students that do not have access at
home will feel like they are being set up to fail.
http://www.pcc.edu/library/about/resources-strategies-learner-centered-instruction
