Standards and Copyright

ISTE states that as teachers, we should meet these five standards:
1. Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning
2. Design and Develop Digital Age Learning
3. Model Digital Age Work and Learning
4. Promote and Model Digital Citizenship and Responsibility
                                          5. Engage in Professional Growth and Leadership

Not to mention the four performance indicators that follow each standard.  Basically, students should be involved in some type of technology everyday and perhaps most of the day to meet all of these standards and indicators.  This may sound like too much technology but if you think about it a lot of us are on the computer, cell phones, ipads, mp3 players, etc......for most of our day anyway.  So why are we punishing students for having these devices in school?  It should be a tool to get them involved in learning.
Ohio Technology Standards
The Ohio standards seem a little more basic than the ISTE standards.  I teach Kindergarten so the standards seemed very basic for me.  In my class the computers are used often, some of my students even know how to change the background.  I think many of the standards can be implemented in the classroom right now.  For my standards I need to make sure that my students are aware of the different kinds of technology, how they have changed, and make sure they know where to find information.  The hardest thing for me to accomplish in my classroom is making sure that everyone get enough computer time because there are only 4 computers in my class and sometimes not all of them are working properly.  The other difficult obstacle I have is when the students go to the computer lab for their special they mostly play online games and I want them learning other things, games are good during free time only. 
Netiquette
The word "netiquette" means Internet etiquette.  This is very important for students to learn about especially with online bullying becoming a problem.  According to Virginia Shea, here are 10 rules for everyone to follow.  Click on "Rule 1" and it will take you to see the rules in further detail. 

• Rule 1: Remember the Human

• Rule 2: Adhere to the same standards of behavior online that you follow in real life

• Rule 3: Know where you are in cyberspace

• Rule 4: Respect other people's time and bandwidth

• Rule 5: Make yourself look good online

• Rule 6: Share expert knowledge

• Rule 7: Help keep flame wars under control

• Rule 8: Respect other people's privacy

• Rule 9: Don't abuse your power

• Rule 10: Be forgiving of other people's mistakes

TOPIC FIVE:
Copyright
The most important thing I learned about copyright is that you can NOT show a movie to your students.  For example, when my class earns a certain number of popsicle sticks they recieve a movie day.  Well, come to find out this is illegal and many teachers violate this copyright law.  A clip of the movie may be shown for up to 3 minutes in length if it is related to the topic of the lesson.  My students will be sad to know that we will not have anymore movie days but I will make sure that another reward is set in place. 

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