Standard IV
Standard:Promote and model digital citizenship and responsibility.
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Teachers understand local and global societal issues and responsibilities in an evolving digital culture and exhibit legal and ethical behavior in their professional practices.
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Digital responsibility is increasingly important. Though it has never been acceptable to plagiarize, violate copyright, or exhibit poor etiquette in our interactions, these issues are become more and more widespread. On the web, it is easy to find and acquire things that are not appropriate for classroom use. It used to be much more difficult to plagiarize or violate copyright, since the students had to find the information in physical books. With the internet, however, vast amounts of material is readily available. The same is true for internet etiquette. Previously, if you wanted to share your opinion, there was a severely limited audience. Now, however, countless numbers of people are just a few keystrokes away. I am not bemoaning the advent of technology or the internet, merely acknowledging the changing role of teachers in the promotion of digital citizenship and responsibility.
For this standard, I selected the artifacts that best showcase digital citation: the Google presentation, video lesson, TrackStar , ThingLink, and Scoop.it. Each of these artifacts is accompanied by a references list (Google Slides presentation and the video lesson) or connect directly to the source (TrackStar, Scoop.it, and ThingLink). Teachers must model the appropriate behavior if they wish students to follow the rules of “netiquette.” By demonstrating internet responsibility, the instructor is teaching and encouraging the students to do the same. The many images used the first two artifacts were found through Google images, but were licensed under Creative Commons or other Fair Use copyrights. Teachers must show the students how to properly search for and cite sources they wish to use. The slideshow and video lesson are great examples of how easy it is to give attribution. TrackStar, ThingLink, and Scoop.it are also excellent ways for students to give appropriate credit. By directly linking to the source, they are validating the work they have presented. |
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Future Learning Goal: |
As an instructor, it is easy to overlook the importance of digital citizenry until a problem surfaces. The problem could anything from non-attribution to total plagiarism. In the future, I will make the importance of digital ethics apparent from the very beginning. I will not wait for a student of mine, likely through ignorance, make these kinds of mistakes. I have always modeled the appropriate behavior, but it is necessary, too, to give students instruction on how to be a responsible internet user.
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