BE KIND. BE FAIR. BE SAFE.

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As a teacher and parent, digital citizenship has always been a topic of importance in my classroom and in my home. This class, however, has made me think more in depth about it and realize there is a lot more to it than I’ve been teaching. I’ve never really thought much about teaching digital commerce to my students since we don’t purchase anything together in my math classroom. I also have never really thought about teaching students about their health and wellness when using digital devices. I personally have horrible posture and as a result I have a lot of neck and shoulder pain after using a computer for a long period of time. I need to be better at this so I can be a better model for my students with this.

Not only do I want to be a better model and demonstrator of all the digital citizenship elements, but I also want to make sure I’m finding teachable moments throughout the school year to discuss them instead of just spending one day on the subject at the beginning of the year. If I only teach it once, it’s very likely the information will go in one ear and out the other. However, if I consistently weave the elements into my curriculum and find teachable moments for discussion, it is more likely that they will learn something from it. I think this is one of the most meaningful things I took away from this course as I believe it will be the most impactful with my students.

I feel as though my best work was the Week 3 Assignment. Copyright and fair use is something I’ve never actually studied. As a teacher I’ve always tried to avoid using other people’s resources just because I was always afraid of violating copyright laws. Now I feel more confident in understanding when I can and can’t use other’s resources and how to use them appropriately. I didn’t really know much about the creative commons licenses and what exactly they meant. I now understand the difference between attribution, share alike, no derivatives, and non-commercial licenses.

What I struggled with most in this class was the structure of the course. Being in the Digital Learning and Leading program that follows the COVA model, this course was hard to adjust to as it doesn’t really follow the COVA model. If I could change anything about this course, it would be the structure so that it better fits into the DLL program. Regardless of the structure, I would still tell future students to read as much of the resources as possible. There’s just so much content to be covered in this course and it’s all really important information for educators to know and understand.

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