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.** === My artifacts demonstrating this standard (What?) === **Module 4** - Creative Commons License media type="custom" key="5953059" [] 
 * 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.
 * Module 5** - Discussion of the effectiveness of my school's computer use policies.

I just reread our school’s student handbook and found not one word about computers in it! I do remember that on the first day of school the students received a paper with our computer usage rules on it that had to be signed, but if they are not in the handbook, how are the students supposed to reference them? All of the policies are common sense though. The effectiveness of our policies is pretty limited. We have some very tech savvy students who know how to access anything that they want. This year I think that we have only had one student disciplined for attempting to access a prohibited site. If I had to rate the effectiveness of our current policy I would have to give it two thumbs down. We do not do any training or teaching. We simply expect the students to know what the right thing is and how to do (or not do) it.

The most valuable piece of information that I gathered from this week’s session was that there is a thing called digital citizenship and that it has guidelines that all of us can follow. DC seems so common sense, yet it is not being addressed. By exposing us to these articles the idea of DC will become more and more common, and will help many people to avoid some potentially dangerous situations. The first step I would take to bring this issue to light would be to make these articles available to our staff and administration. I think that everyone would agree that we need to develop this kind of plan. I don’t think that it would take very long before many of our staff would want to become involved! A blog could be started to survey peoples’ interests and concerns and then we could form a committee of interested people to write the policy, publish it, and start teaching it!

**Module 5** - Digital Citizenship Activity  Blogging This activity centers around the students own experiences using technology. To address the nine themes of digital citizenship the teacher will pose the following questions to answer in a blogging format. Estimated Time Frame for Completion: 1 grading period (9 weeks)/1 question per week 1. Digital Etiquette a. Have you ever been cyberbullied? Please describe how this made you feel and how you responded. If this has never happened to you personally, do you know someone who this happened to? Interview that person and relay that information instead. 2. Digital Communication a. What are the different forms of digital communication? Give examples of when it would be appropriate or inappropriate to use each form.  3. Digital Literac y  a. You are a member of the local board of education. A student has just revealed that she feels that she is being stalked by a classmate online. No one on the board has any experience with this. How will you research your options? Describe in detail the steps that you would take. 4. Digital Access a. Everyone in the school has access to the internet as a research and social networking tool except the students in the special education classroom. The administration has announced that they feel these students would not benefit from this experience and has denied their access. Do you think that this is acceptable or not? Give reasons for your choice. 5. Digital Commerce a. You just found out that your best friend’s brother is buying pornography off the internet. How do you feel about this? Do you think that this should be illegal no matter what or that we live in a free society and anything goes? Explain your reasoning. 6. Digital Law a. You just learned that your cousin in Arizona is using a stolen social security number and driver’s license number to buy items off eBay. What do you think? Do you think that it is ok because he isn’t buying anything illegal right now? Or do you think that he has already committed a crime? How do you think he should be dealt with? 7. Digital Rights and Responsibilities a. You have just responded to a blogging question in health class concerning abortion. Your teacher took your response to the administration and now you are being recommended for discipline by the school board. Have your rights been violated? Why or why not? Explain. 8. Digital Health & Wellness a. You just asked your sister if she wanted to go to the game with you tonight. She said no thanks because she has to do some “work” on the internet. You know that she does some work on the internet but also does //__everything__// else on the internet too. Do you think that the internet can be an **addiction**? Defend your position. 9. Digital Security a. Has anyone ever forwarded one of your “personal” emails where you revealed something that you really didn’t want shared with everyone? Do you know anyone who has had their identity stolen (because they purchase things online a lot)? Does this scare you? Should we have protection against this kind of behavior? Why or why not?



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 it represents not only ownership but more importantly sharing of ideas and information within the legal boundaries of copyright law.//

//My discussion post on the effectiveness of my school's computer use policies represents all of the goals for this standard because it has demonstrated that we have a long way to go in developing policy. More evident is the fact that this policy will need to be continually updated and reevaluated for improvement.//

//My Digital Citizenship Activiity represents the goals for this standard because it shows I have true understanding and dedication to //  educating myself and my students to be aware that there are standards related to digital technology. Everyone needs to understand that while technology is a powerful tool, it may not always have a positive impact. We must learn that there are rules, boundaries, and dangers as part of learning to be digital citizens.

=== My Future Learning Goals related to this standard (Now What?) === <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">My future goals are to make my students and colleagues aware that there technology is a powerful tool that we need to manage with powerful responsibility and to practice healthy habits as related to the use of technology.