Blog ONE... from Black Board INFO

ETC 447 was designed to help you develop a complete scope of understanding of not only how technology is integrated into the curriculum, but to also have a complete understanding of how it can be used in a fair, responsible, and inclusive manner. For each of the following items, give a brief description of what they are (You will need to conduct a search for information on them) and why addressing them may be important in the development of technology integrated lessons.

• Safe, legal, and ethical use of digital information and technology
• Digital etiquette and responsible social interactions
• Meeting diverse needs of learners through learner-centered strategies and equitable access
• Global awareness and digital-age communication
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Andrea Napier's Search on the Above Four Topics...
  
  
  In the classroom, it is essential to have a nonviolent, safe, authorized legit and principled way of assimilating technology into the curriculum and every day classroom. Therefore you need to regulate and inform children’s needs to be safe and vigilant with using technology in the classroom environment. The way to generate a safe environment in the classroom is for the teacher to use and promote guidelines and rules for technology instruction and use. However to engage students in lesson planes and technology in classroom with various purpose is very important to keep students attention in teaching. Lecturing this in my classroom is important for students to be aware of the security, safety and legal issues with technology. Allowing students to explore and ask questions while learning will help guide them away from security issues and teach them the right and wrong uses of technology. Make sure that guidelines are used at all times, and try to put blocks up so students cannot find harmful situations, nor get in to bad technology use.  Ethical use is important for them to understand treating the technology with care and rules with guidelines is very important or they can the privileges of use of technology. However starting at a young age try to be aware and teach the ethical use of technology is to not plagiarizing to understand the difference and how to cite the use of sites and information. It is commonly known to be easily mistaken and undermined by those without proper use of technology and citing work.

  
  

  
  

  Since social networking has become a world based way of communication that digital etiquette is a necessary basic set of rules you should follow for yourself and others. The key to etiquette is to treat others with respect the way you would in person. There are many uses of technology and integrated ways. Network that can be in process or integrated with lesson plans by the teacher. Teachers may use the development of technology and integration of lesson plans by using blogs, Internet, email, Skype and being Yahoo social interaction, or having classroom Facebook and other types of media. You need to learn to respect one another’s thoughts and opinions, being responsible with your actions even though they are not in person. A common social interaction with negative aspects has been known for major bullying in children, teenagers, and young adults.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Technology these days have been able to give diverse learning in different ways of meeting different kinds of learners with using learning centers strategy. Is important as teacher to learn to make the classroom said students and me different learning strategies technology has many ways that can involve students and help them in real life situations. Technology is good for kinetics learning it can be related to many manipulative which are better ways of meeting students’ needs with logical instruction. Some doing puzzles writing essay recognizing and pouring aspects of learning to be able to use a series of different learning with technology helps benefit student. There are many different sites available present different ways of using technology in diverse setting classroom at every level.

  
  

  
  
  

  Global awareness can be described as a recognized nation, understanding of international relationships and international organizations, nation to state, public and private economic states, social cultural group, and individuals across the globe. The digital age communication ranges from using the home phone to cell phone to video chat with friends on different continents state and locations throughout the world. As a New Age teacher we must provide students with information that will broaden their knowledge and communication skills for a global perspective of real-life situation. Helping students’ peace technologies from images to messages to videos throughout a worldwide view not just one person to person. It is important to ensure teaching and knowing our audience that who we are teaching has the aspect of technology and proper communication skills incorporated in the classroom. If we learn to vary or broaden our educational view and technology we will as teachers be able to help students be successful in the real world situations.