STANDARD+6

= Social, Ethical, Legal, and Human Issues. =

**Teachers understand the social, ethical, legal, and human issues surrounding the use of technology in PreK-12 schools and apply those principles in practice.**


 * Performance Indicators: Teachers**
 * 1) model and teach legal and ethical practice related to technology use.
 * 2) apply technology resources to enable and empower learners with diverse backgrounds, characteristics, and abilities.
 * 3) identify and use technology resources that affirm diversity.
 * 4) promote safe and healthy use of technology resources.
 * 5) facilitate equitable access to technology resources for all students.

My artifacts demonstrating this standard (What?)
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 * __Module 4 - Creative Commons License

Module 5 - Discussion of the effectiveness of my school's computer use policies.__** When I interviewed the librarian they had indicated that they don't do a lot on Digital Citizenship at this point, but I heard from another source that the 6th graders complete a unit on Digital Citizenship. I am looking into that, but I have not heard back on the details. I do know that one of my schools just sent out revised computer use policies. I believe that the computer use policies in many of my schools need some updating/revisions. I found the material to be very interesting and informative. In many of the articles the stated simple rules that make it more effective. I agree completely agree with the statement made by Laila Weir in the article, "Behaveyourself.com: Online Manners Matter." "Understanding how to interact online safely and effectively is, and will be, ever more critical. As today's students grow older, they'll be using the Internet to apply to colleges and jobs, and to communicate and network with colleagues. Yet our children, however much they seem to have been born with iPods growing out of their ears, haven't learned to handle digital communications by osmosis, any more than they innately knew how to write a résumé or hold a fork." I think it is very important to start teaching Digital Citizenship in kindergarten through student’s senior year. As for a plan for my schools, I think all teachers should be involved to provide information on what they are currently doing on Digital Citizenship in the classroom, what they think needs to be done, and ways to implement the ideas. Data could be collected through a Google doc. and a committee to review the data and create a plan for the district.


 * __Module 5 - Digital Citizenship Activity__**



My Reflection on meeting this standard (So What?)
//The use of the Creative Commons License demonstrates the goal for modeling and teaching legal and ethical practice related to technology use because I am applying and modeling the legal and ethical path to my wikispace and will continue to model and teach my students this practice.//

//My discussion post on the effectiveness of my school's computer use policies represents all of the goals for this standard because it allowed me to look at my schools policies to see what they have and if they are making changes as technology changes and becomes integrated in cirriculum.//

//My Digital Citizenship Activiity represents the goals for this standard because even though my district doesn't have any units/lessons on Digitial Citizenship, I created one that I will use in my classroom to promote positive and proper Digital Citizenship.//

My Future Learning Goals related to this standard (Now What?)
//Work colloboratively with my peers to build more activities on Digital Citizenship. Build and create units to use in my classroom on Digital Citizenship.//