Dr. Sessoms-EDUC318By: Charles Heath, Matthew

Mignogna, and Phillip Townsend

Social networking Acceptable Use

Policies Netiquette Cyber bullying Student data Internet privacy

Cyber Safety Video

Social Networking is the communication of a group of individuals with common interests on the web. This can be done in such forums as a chat room or through a blog. Issues do arise, by being manifested in cyber bullying, and does open individual students up to predation in many circumstances.

Teachers can improve by: Utilizing the broadened

communication capabilities of this tool

Communicate with parents and colleagues on a regular basis

An acceptable use policy is a written agreement created by the school or school district which outlines the allowances and restrictions the students have in regard to internet use. This should make clear the what kind of student behavior is considered appropriate or inappropriate, in regard to computer use.

Teachers can improve by Making clear the detrimental forms

of websites including pornographic, gaming, and other non-academic sites

Showcasing the appropriate use of technology themselves, according to their own guidelines

Netiquette, or network etiquette, is essentially the proper way to behave on the internet, and what to do and not to do while communicating with others online. With the advent of e-mail, blogs, and other forms of communication it is essential to practice the appropriate behaviors while using such tools.

Teachers can improve by: Adhering to netiquette themselves

while communicating with parents and students both online or in person

Taking the time to educate their students on how to respectfully communicate on the internet as well as in person.

The use of technology as a form of communication has created the monster of cyber bullying, any form of harassment or mistreatment through the use of technology. Through the advents of increased use of technology (i.e. cell phones and instant messaging), and in new types of social networking (such as Facebook), this has truly come to the forefront of technological issues.

Teachers can improve by: Being stringent on cell phone use in the

classroom, removing them from becoming a distraction or a tool for bullying

Create an internet “search dog” to keep an eye out on what students say to each other online and making sure tensions do not spill over into the classroom

The data collection and reporting requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act have stimulated the development of data systems used by many states and school districts to track student data. The importance of this is manifested in the parents ability to track student progress through e-grade books and allows schools to better track student performance overall.

Teachers can improve by: Making sure all student data is

protected from other students and peers

Only sharing this information with the student and their parents and/or guardians, and do not discuss it at inappropriate times either

Internet privacy is the ability of an individual to display information about oneself and control who can access the information. Internet privacy is an issue that teachers must take seriously, as such issues as cyber bullying and predation have become mainstream.

Teachers can improve by: Not posting any of their students’

personal information on the internet to protect from any possible cyber bullying or predation

Warning their students of the dangers posed by posting personal information on the internet

Gender Socio economic Race Resource

equity Teacher bias

Digital Divide Video

The gender gap in technology has been consistently uneven throughout history, with more men working with and intrigued by technology much more than women. In general more boys than girls use gaming technologies and are interested in computer science.

Teachers can improve by: Encouraging girls to use technology

in the classroom highlighting its creative aspects

Using computers and technology throughout the school curriculum instead of simply in computer applications classes

The socioeconomic status of students is an integral part of their opportunity to use technology in and out of the classroom. If students do not have access to technology, more importantly computers and the internet, it would be impossible for them to compete with students that do, automatically putting them at a disadvantage.

Teachers can improve by: Acquire adequate funding for

technology in the school Making sure students have access to

technologies at public libraries, and the knowledge thereof

Although computer and Internet use is expanding rapidly in the United States, large disparities exist between ethnic and racial groups. The race of a person plays a huge part in their involvement and their use of technology. For instance, nearly half of Mexican-Americans in do not have computers in their households, and are one-fourth as likely to use the internet as compared to Caucasians.

Teachers can improve by: Introducing minorities who would not

normally have technology at home while they are in the elementary grades of school

Giving all students regardless of race equal attention in educating them, in general, and specifically on the subject of technology

Every school must have the resource equity, or recourses and funding to give their students the opportunity to succeed. Schools that do not provide this for their students need to be monitored by the government and funded appropriately, allowing students of different backgrounds and socioeconomic statuses to have the same education from grade school to high school

Teachers can improve by: Applying for loans and grants to acquire

necessary technologies, as well as new developments

Giving the students the tool of knowledge within technology operations, to ensure that they are technologically literate in their future careers

Teacher bias is essentially, a teacher’s willingness to eject deficit thinking and stereotypes, while embracing a belief that students from all backgrounds can learn and flourish. This is essential to the process of student learning and creating a technologically literate, and equal classroom.

Teachers can improve by: Putting aside differences they may

have had with students and give them an equal opportunity in access to technology, within reason

Embracing the belief that all of their students can flourish while using technology

Copyright Fair Use Creative Commons

Legal Issues Video

Copyright is a form of protection given to authors to allow them to protect their work for both published and unpublished work. Plagiarism is a serious issue and citing and respecting others work is necessary for both students and teachers to comprehend.

Teachers can improve by: Discussing Copyright issues

with their students and making clear consequences for plagiarism and the like

Making the copyright of all images, videos, and multimedia clear, that teachers and students use in the classroom

Fair use is a legal principle that provides certain limitations on the exclusive rights of copyright holders. Educators can borrow any amount of a copyrighted article and put in new context, but not using it as their own. Students need to know the proper uses of information as well as correct citations.

Teachers can improve by: Providing students with examples of

fair use, and proper citing techniques

Allow students to do exercises practicing citations, and the proper way to use information in writing papers and doing presentations

Creative Commons is a nonprofit organization devoted to expanding the range or creative works available for others to build upon legally and share information. Free tools that let authors, scientists, artists, and educators easily mark their creative work with the freedoms they want it to carry.

Teachers can improve by: Giving credit where it is due when

using sources provided by this source

Using these legal sources, to serve as a role model to the students in the classroom

As the use of technology is ever increasing in the classroom, and in society, so do the problems and responsibilities that the teachers face in the classroom regarding technology. Teachers must be cautious and weary of what materials students use, allocate, and view via the internet. The responsibility of educators has become extremely important in an effort to educate students to become technologically literate amongst this advent of technological use.

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