Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Web Tools in Education


4. Promote and Model Digital Citizenship and Responsibility

Teachers understand local and global societal issues and responsibilities in an evolving digital culture and exhibit legal and ethical behavior in their professional practices.

Teachers:

c. promote and model digital etiquette and responsible social interactions related to the use of technology and information

 

Technology is an important tool for teachers to be able to incorporate into their students’ curriculum but the students must know how to use this technology safely and responsibly.  Facebook, blogs, twitter, you tube are all great resources for students to be able to create and communicate with each other but if teachers are going to require the students to complete research using the web, it is the teachers responsibility and duty to assure the students are given the correct sites to explore and are monitored on a regular basis to make sure they are not going to sites that are harmful or inappropriate.

Podcasts and blogs can be used to share information on assignments as a group project or it can be used for the students to communicate ideas with the teacher and other students.

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