Standard
5.2 Professional Ethics
Candidates practice the ethical principles of their profession, advocate for intellectual freedom and privacy, and promote and model digital citizenship and responsibility. Candidates educate the school community on the ethical use of information and ideas.
Artifact Description
- ISTC 651-Information Literacy and Access
- Digital Citizen Resource Snapshot
- Lesson taught during 2013-14 School year
- Rings of Responsibility (Adapted from CommonSenseMedua.org)
Relevance
Being a LMS means more than just teaching the skills of a responsible digital citizen. It also means modeling those skills for your entire school community. One way I do that is by utilizing the website CommonSenseMedia.org. This website is designed to share anything and everything that has to do with being a responsible digital citizenship. I discovered this website by completing the Digital Citizen Resource Snapshot as part of the ISTC 651 course. For this project, I was required to examine and evaluate an online resource that focuses on digital literacy and being a responsible digital citizen. I found that CommonSenseMedia.org “is dedicated to improving the lives of kids and families by providing the trustworthy information, education, and independent voice they need to thrive in a world of media and technology.” I not only use this source to learn about new apps, websites and read reviews on everything from games and movies to books and TV Shows, but I also use this to teach my students about digital literacy and being responsible digital citizens.
One of the lessons I taught my students this year, was developed from the lesson-Rings of Responsibility, from the Digital Literacy Curriculum on CommonSenseMedia.org. I taught this lesson to students in grades 3-5 in the library. The lesson focuses the different levels of responsibility students will face as digital citizens; being responsible for themselves, being responsible for their friends and family and being responsible as a member of the larger digital community.
Analysis
When ever I discuss anything that relates to digital literacy, I now realize how important it is what a say as a LMS. I am looked at as a leader in my building and need to model how to be a responsible digital citizen because I know what it takes to be a responsible digital citizen. I need to protect my private information. I need to use resources ethically. I need to adhere to copyright laws. I need to know how to navigate the digital world and evaluate tools and resources. I also need to know how to share this information with my entire school community. This is what it is like to be a LMS in today’s educational world.