1. What are the legal considerations of which a teacher must be aware when implementing technologies in the classroom? Explain each consideration and the step(s) you would take in your own classroom to ensure that you do not violate the law.
When using technology in the classroom, there are some serious legal issues to consider. The internet is a broad, helpful, amazing place, but in the hands of someone who doesn’t know what they are doing or the hands of someone who has ill intentions it can be a dangerous, malicious place. The considerations I would take are the safety of my students, the accessibility of the internet to students with and without disabilities, and the legal use of materials by myself and my students. In order to protect my students on the internet, I will ensure two things: 1) they are on websites that are for their education and safe for their education and 2) their identities are secure and not shared on the internet for others to see. I know that there are websites on the internet that students do not need to be accessing, especially not at school. Students will be monitored to ensure they are visiting websites that are conducive to learning. I will also ensure that I as an educator am not posting student work or any identifiable information on the internet to ensure that my students’ identities remain secure. I will also ensure that my students with learning disabilities are able to access the internet and its capabilities for my classroom. While some websites are catered to students with disabilities, some websites are not as helpful. The first step in helping my students is knowing and observing their disabilities. If a student is color-blind, for instance, then he or she needs to make sure that color markers are not the only way to navigate a website that I am having them use. Previewing websites and anticipating possible issues for students with disabilities is one way to ensure that I am accommodating for my students appropriately. Lastly, I will ensure that I am not illegally using materials from the internet. I will assume that all materials are copyrighted, so that I cannot use them without knowing that it is allowed by the owner of the material. This means that I will need to pay for things that are sold, and I cannot copy and paste words from things and use them as my own. I will need to adhere to the guidelines of the law to ensure I am adhering to the Fair Use guidelines for materials in my classroom. https://brianlongoghs.weebly.com/
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Gary Lee
7/23/2019 01:07:55 pm
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