Standard 4

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

a. Advocate, model, and teach safe, legal, and ethical use of digital information and technology, including respect for copyright, intellectual property, and the appropriate documentation of sources

I encourage all of my students to use Cite Fast and Citation Machine to document everything in MLA or APA format. I also teach them about creative commons licensing for photo, video, and sound files. Of course the greatest thing that I have ever done is to provide access to all of the photos my family has taken on vacation through Flickr. They are available to anyone because we have uploaded them with a Creative Commons share alike licence. They are available here. Apparently many other students have found them since they frequently show up on Haiku Deck. Not only do I want my students to use other's work properly, I want them to be aware of what rights they have, so I have created a student work consent form for them and their parents to sign..

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Link to my Flickr page

Consent Form

b. Address the diverse needs of all learners by using learner-centered strategies providing equitable access to appropriate digital tools and resources

Since we have gone one-to-one access has not be as much of a problem. Prior to this, I always made sure that there was time before and after school for students to access the computers and Internet. I have also been working with the local library to make sure that the students have a library card, so if they need access over the weekend then they have that option. Directing students to the free Wi-Fi at the McDonalds down the street is also an option, but they recently put up signs saying that Wi-Fi is for customers who order food. There has been a distinct narrowing of the divide since the students received their Chromebooks, and the district adopted Google Tools. Until two years ago, when the district decided to change websites, I kept links to all tools and documents on my class site. Since then I have begun working on Google Classroom. I make sure that all of the tools I ask the students to use are free, and most of them can be logged into using their school Google account. This year I have begun using WeVideo, EdPuzzle, and NowComment all of which only require a Google sign in to access.

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

Digital etiquette is a subset of good communication skills which is what I teach everyday. Therefore I try to teach well reasoned arguments instead of Internet rants. I teach them to verify sources before sharing a meme. And most importantly I teach them that if it is important enough to speak about then don't do it anonymously, which is why I will not allow nicknames as usernames on any of the work we do online.

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d. Develop and model cultural understanding and global awareness by engaging with colleagues and students of other cultures using digital age communication and collaboration tools

I always try to make sure that my students' work has an authentic audience. That audience has been global at times. Fore instance, one student has the grammar on his blog corrected by someone in Germany. It did not elicit a good response, but we were able to have a discussion about how the work you publish is a reflection of yourself. Most of my students are a different culture than I am , and while I might show them the latest tweet from "Ben & Jerry" (This is an exaggeration to prove a point), they keep me up to date on the happenings on #BlackTwitter,. When a protest are going on a few miles north of us, I have the students put it in their own words through poetry. I also try to share my cultural experiences with the students through digital means whether it is seeing a reading by poet laureate Juan Felipe Herrera, hanging out with Sherman Alexie, stalking Stephen King at his home, dropping in on Sandra Cisnero's house not on Mango Street, or meeting Amy Tan with my wife.

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Ferguson Poems

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