Safe, Legal and Ethical use of Digital Information and Technology in the Classroom
Having technology in the classroom can enhance a child's learning in many ways. However, it is extremely important that the technology is used in a safe and ethical manner. When students get on the internet they are essentially leaving the classroom and left to their own devices. This is why it is important to make sure you've created a safe environment on the computer. This can be achieved by the following:
1. Students are only allowed to use teaching and learning sites.
2. Do not rely on the internet to teach your students. The internet should only be supplementary
3. Give students guidelines to follow when they are accessing the internet
4. Make sure all devices have a safety setting so students aren't able to access inappropriate websites.
The legal and ethical use of the digital information falls on the teacher for the most part. As far as the students are concerned the most important thing for them to learn about is plagiarism. They need to know what is means and how to avoid it. I think it's the teacher's responsibility to supply legal and ethical material. Students use the resources that are given to them by the teacher. As teachers we need to make sure before had that it is legal and ethical.
As a teacher it is extremely important to model safe, legal, and ethical use of digital information. Student's look to their teachers to know what is right and wrong. If we show students that being safe on the internet or not citing our sources isn't important why should we expect them too? Plagiarism is like stealing and stealing is never okay. Taking digital information seriously teaches students to respect the power. The internet is a big scary place and that's why we need to be smart with what we decide to do on it.
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