Activity 9: Digital Citizenship

• Discuss the possible ethical issues involved in two of the scenarios
• Miss Starbuck really should have run her idea by someone else.  She also should have thought of all of the possible downsides and ensured that all of her students were of age to use the tool.  Also, even if all of these were met, she needs to set more clear parameters.  
• All of the situations could be solved by proper planning.
• Determine if the safety or well-being of anyone is in jeopardy.
• In most of them, the safety and well being of the students is what is most important.  However, many of these things could also lead to issues for the teachers and their livelihood.
• What advice, strategy, or policy would you recommend to individuals or schools based on this scenario?
• Again, plan ahead and do your due diligence to ensure that what is done at school is helpful and safe.  Be okay with saying that maybe technology is not the best way to do an assignment.  There are still times that teachers and students can be old fashioned with paper and pencil and it is just as useful without the risks.
• Share any real-life incidents or personal connections related to the scenario.
• The only thing I can think of is the fact that I refuse to get a Facebook page.  I feel that it would be an awesome tool to use with my friends, but the risks do not outweigh the rewards/usefulness.  
• How can the Mounds View Resources help to implement high quality instructional practices with with technology?
• By giving guidelines to help teachers select tools.  There is no way that even at the building level that we can keep a list of approved tools and sites.  This is where guidelines and being a professional has to come in to play.
• What is 1 procedure that you can implement in your class and what is one that you would like to implement in your whole PLC or whole building?
• I want to create "commonly used sites" posters for all teachers in my PLC.  These would include things like peardeck, classroom, socrative, etc., but I want to include things like the class codes for each site as well as some guidelines to how they will be used in class.  This would provide a constant reminder to students and teacher as to the fact that the chromebook is a tool not a toy.