Week 4- 1

Although all the provided NETS Standards for teacher are important I would focus on # 4, Promote and Model Digital Citizenship and Responsibility. I think this point is very important because of two key verbs Promote and Model. It is well known that children and student model adults and teachers. It is imperative that teacher show good digital citizenship before promoting it to their students. The first lesson in convincing a teacher of the important of digital Citizenship is researching their digital foot print. Although most teachers probably have a clean print some might relies how permanent their actions are. This type of shock could carry over to the students.

The not so short video, “The world is flat”, is another avenue I would suggest when educating faculty. The video is great because it is organized and funny. Teacher will understand how important the digital world is for youth and students. More importantly the end of the video reminds us how powerful the digital world is and how significant a teacher influence is on children. The author suggest simply supporting positive creativity will cure our digital worries.

I would take advantage of websites like http://www.digitalcitizenship.net/Nine_Elements.html which show case elements of Digital Citizenship for teachers to read and understand. In regards to this website I would bring attention to number 4, Digital Literacy. Teachers who acknowledge and learn how to use the internet can utilize it and communicate its benefits and disadvantages to the students. Having this type of communication is important between students and teachers.