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Safe, legal,
and ethical use of digital information and technology is a must for teachers and those working
with children. This is an amazing world
that we live in. But there are dangers
that as educators we need to be aware of and we as educators have a
responsibility to keep our students safe and educate them to the dangers that
they can fall into with the wonderful age of technology. As I have researched some of the web site
that are there to help us I found a helpful site called “I keep safe” here is
the link to that web site. http://www.ikeepsafe.org/youth/ .
There are so many great videos and links that teachers can use as a
resource to educated themselves and their students. Safety is of the utmost importance for
students but knowing the legal and ethical uses of digital information and
technology is crucial too.
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Digital
etiquette and responsible social interactions “With great
power come great responsibility” (Spiderman 1) We need to keep this in
mind when educating our students about their responsibility when using digital
technology. We all need to remember how
powerful this technology is that lies at our fingertips. Here is a resource website that is full of
lesson plans and ideas to teach about responsible social interactions with
technology. This website is appropriate
for students ranging in age from 8 to 17.
“Faux Paw and the Dangerous
Download”ƒ http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/fauxpaw/FP4%20Curriculum.pdf
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Meeting
diverse needs of learners through learner-centered strategies and equitable
access Who are our diverse
student learners? They might include students from racially, ethnically, culturally,
and linguistically diverse families and communities of lower socioeconomic
status. As educators we can make a
difference if we act on the knowledge that research offers to us. Learn the
strategies that give all students equitable access to learning. My desire as an educator is to be able to realize
the educational excellence with technology and teaching strategies that is available to all children regardless
of their diverse needs. I have a responsibility to know how to access the
technology available and use the strategies that are best suited to my
students. Here is a web resource that can help enlighten us in this area. This site is full of actual classroom
situation that teachers may encounter. http://www.ascd.org/publications/books/107003/chapters/diverse-teaching-strategies-for-diverse-learners.aspx
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Global
awareness and digital-age communication
"We live in a culture where young people—outfitted with
iPhone and laptop and devoting hours every evening from age 10 onward to
messaging of one kind and another—are ever less likely to develop the “silent fluency”
that comes from face-to-face interaction. It is a skill that we all must learn,
in actual social settings, from people (often older) who are adept in the
idiom. As text-centered messaging increases, such occasions diminish. The
digital natives improve their adroitness at the keyboard, but when it comes to
their capacity to “read” the behavior of others, they are all thumbs." --Wall Street JournalThis is one of my biggest concerns with our electronic generation of children. Children are losing the ability to talk face to face to one another. There is an art to reading facial expressions and body language. I worry that electronic communication makes communication impersonal and it is easy to say things that we would never say in person. This link on communication in the digital age sums up some of my concerns and some of the effects on society today.
http://smallhandsbigideas.com/generation-y/communication-in-the-digital-age-lost-in-translation/
There is of course the upside to our ability to communicate all over the world. The sharing of knowledge and information from the other side of our planet has provide cultures to unite and collaborate in the fields of Science, Mathematics, Engineering, Farming and Agriculture, and so many more areas that have benefited mankind. Coming together with ideas would have never been possible without global communication.
There is of course the upside to our ability to communicate all over the world. The sharing of knowledge and information from the other side of our planet has provide cultures to unite and collaborate in the fields of Science, Mathematics, Engineering, Farming and Agriculture, and so many more areas that have benefited mankind. Coming together with ideas would have never been possible without global communication.
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