EDLD+5370+Reading+Reflection+for+Technology+Facilitator+Standard+VI

====TF/TL Standard VI addresses the social, ethical, legal, and human components of technology use in education. The use of the internet and the material that it gives our students access to has always been a big concern. These concerns led to the enactment of the Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA) in December 2000 (Williamson & Redish, 2009). This law requires that, as a condition of participating in federal educational funding programs (such as E-rate), school systems will have protection mechanisms in place to block or filter sites that are obscene, pornographic, or otherwise harmful to children (Williamson & Redish, 2009). This is why they now have internet filters in place in schools. Until this course I had never heard of CIPA. The filters in place in schools also tend to block sites that have great information that can be used in education and the classroom. This is a concern of many teachers.====

====While taking courses in this master's degree program I began to learn about copyright laws. This was very eye opening for me. Based on what I have learned, many students, teachers, schools, and school districts are violating some of the copyright laws. This is more than likely due to the fact that they do not know the laws. I know I didn't. No one has ever discussed the copyright laws with us. There is no training on them. Students violate these laws every day because most of the cut and paste information and give no credit to the source. Once I learned about these laws I dedicated an entire class period to copyright laws. I believe this is something that should be discussed with students no later than 8th or 9th grade.====

====The filtering of websites is also a big concern of schools. It is so big of a concern that many useful sites are also filtered. To get around this, I have to download load the information I want to use to a flash drive using my home computer and bring it to school so that I can show my classes. As a result of standard VI, I was constantly aware of what I was putting onto my wikis and blogs. The concern I have with filtering is that with so many students in possession of cell phones and ipads, how effective are we really being? Everything that we try to filter on the high school level, they can easily pull up on one of the devices.====

====As technologist we must set the example on what we can and cannot use, as well as what we can and cannot do. This is why the way staff development is used is so important. Instead of covering the same old things over and over, standard VI is one of the thing that should be discussed. It's impossible for teachers to monitor and teach the students about copyright laws if they do not know them. Everything I learned about the copyright laws, I shared with my colleagues so that they too will know. I took the knowledge I learned and help correct some of the things that were wrong with our school website. I created classroom policies and procedures for internet use, including giving every student a time limit on the computers, since we have a limited number.====

In the future I will be working to ensure that all parts of Standard VI are being covered.
References:

Williamson, J & Redish, T. (2009). Chapter 6. //ISTE’s Technology Facilitation and Leadership Standards: What Every K-12 Leader Should Know and Be Able to Do// (p. 128). Eugene,OR: International Society for Technology in Education.

Williamson, J & Redish, T. (2009). Chapter 5. //ISTE’s Technology Facilitation and Leadership Standards: What Every K-12 Leader Should Know and Be Able to Do// (p. 128). Eugene,OR: International Society for Technology in Education.