Standard+6

= Social, Ethical, Legal, and Human Issues. =

**Teachers understand the social, ethical, legal, and human issues surrounding the use of technology in PreK-12 schools and apply those principles in practice.**

===My artifacts demonstrating this standard (What?)===
 * Performance Indicators: Teachers**
 * 1) model and teach legal and ethical practice related to technology use.
 * 2) apply technology resources to enable and empower learners with diverse backgrounds, characteristics, and abilities.
 * 3) identify and use technology resources that affirm diversity.
 * 4) promote safe and healthy use of technology resources.
 * 5) facilitate equitable access to technology resources for all students.
 * Module 4** - Creative Commons License - media type="custom" key="5952247"

In the discussion for the school's computer use policy, I posted the entire policy for class members to read. Our policy was written in 1998 and revised in 2007, it is in need of another update, to make sure that it includes the issue of digital citizenship and student and teacher responsibility.
 * Module 5** - Discussion of the effectiveness of my school's computer use policies.

If your district does not have a digital citizenship program, consider how you can create one for your students.
 * Module 5** - Digital Citizenship Activity

Austin does not have an organized digital citizenship program. Individual teachers address some of the issues with students but not on a consistent basis. As part of the Professional Learning Community that is being formed, adopting a digital citizenship program will be accomplished, along with what teachers will be presenting the information to what classes and when.  [|ARTICLE: NINE THEMES OF DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP]

My Reflection on meeting this standard (So What?)
The use of the Creative Commons License demonstrates the goal for modeling and teaching legal and ethical practice related to technology use because it shows that the work on my wiki is my own work and that it is important to have students and teachers be aware of the issues surrounding using the internet. It helps me model and teach legal and ethical practice related to technology use.

My discussion post on the effectiveness of my school's computer use policies represents all of the goals for this standard because it has forced me to look at our schools internet policy in-depth and know what to look for and add.

My Digital Citizenship Activiity represents the goal of promoting safe and healthy use of technology resources for this standard because we do not have a current program at school and it made look at possible programs. ===My Future Learning Goals related to this standard (Now What?)=== I will:
 * talk to the Superintendent about revising our Internet Policy.
 * adopt a Digital Citizenship Program for our teachers and students to use.
 * [|Explore Digital Resources]