TF-VI.   Social, Ethical, Legal, and Human Issues

             Educational technology facilitators understand the social, ethical, legal, and human issues surrounding the use of technology in PK-12 schools and assist teachers in applying that understanding in their practice. Educational technology facilitators:

       A. Model and teach legal and ethical practice related to technology use. Candidates:

       1. develop strategies and provide professional development at the school/classroom level for teaching social, ethical, and legal issues and responsible use of technology.

       2. assist others in summarizing copyright laws related to use of images, music, video, and other digital resources in varying formats.

B.    Apply technology resources to enable and empower learners with diverse backgrounds, characteristics, and abilities. Candidates:

       1. assist teachers in selecting and applying appropriate technology resources to enable and empower learners with diverse backgrounds, characteristics, and abilities.

       2. identify, classify, and recommend adaptive/assistive hardware and software for students and teachers with special needs and assist in the procurement and implementation.

C.    Identify and use technology resources that affirm diversity. Candidates:

       1. assist teachers in selecting and applying appropriate technology resources to affirm diversity and address cultural and language differences.

D.    Promote safe and healthy use of technology resources. Candidates:

       1. assist teachers in selecting and applying appropriate technology resources to promote safe and healthy use of technology.

E.    Faciltate equitable access to technology resources for all students. Candidates:

       1. recommend policies and implement school/classroom strategies for achieving equitable access to technology resources for all students and teachers.

TF-VI Reflections and Artifacts

TF-VI Social, Ethical,Legal and Human Issues addresses the legal issues and human aspect when using technology. Many students and educators are unsure of the proper ways to use technology and the ethical issues that can occur. This standard helps teachers and students be responsible users of technology whether it be using someone elses picture, video or words or just sending documents over the world wide web. My first artifact is a Powerpoint that was developed to educate, teachers, parents and students in the safe use of social networking sites such as MySpace or Facebook. My second artifact discusses the way to include the student body in providing a workshop for parents and students. The artifact also includes a survey on how much parents understand regarding Internet safety.