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I genuinely enjoyed EDUC 320 and as I shared with the Principal at my job (Berwyn Heights Elementary School), "My Professor knows her stuff."
Though it was interesting enough discovering various technology tools to use in the classroom during class sessions, I must admit that I didn't truly appreciate these tools and really intend on using them in my classroom until I was required to complete this portfolio. I'd originally settled in my mind that the information given in this course was too much for a 1-credit course, however, not only will I definitely use it in my own classroom, I've also been prepared for the digital portfolio I will have to complete upon graduating from Bowie State. During this portfolio, I was exsposed to so many valuable tools, even ones that we didn't cover in class but things newer PC's allowed me to do while constructing my Wiki.
Several of my courses during my academic career have offered redundant information and all of it hasn't been of value, however, I can honestly say that this class was not one of them. Thank you Professor Henderson!

Case
Outcomes
Demonstrate an understanding of the legal, social, and ethical issues related to technology use.
Indicators
Identify ethical and legal issues using technology.
Analyze issues related to the uses of technology in educational settings.
Establish classroom policies and procedures that ensure compliance with copyright law, Fair Use guidelines, security, privacy, and student on-line protection.
Use classroom procedures to manage an equitable, safe, and healthy environment for students.
Case Study You
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At the beginning of each class, the students enter and sit where they choose, occasionally arguing over seats. For the four classes with more than 22 students, Mrs. Jones pairs a boy and a girl, assigning the boy to operate the computer and the girl to take notes. Mrs. Jones starts the class by sharing a model of a final product, a PowerPoint presentation. Without guidance, she encourages the students to freely copy any graphics and text from the Internet to brighten up their slides. She explains that they will have one day in the computer lab to complete the assignment and that, if they do not finish in class, they must complete the work at home within two days. She directs them to use the atlas software and to search the web for sites about the country assigned to them. At the completion of class, she gives them time to save their work to the class folder on the local area network and reminds them not to access other folders.
During the first class period with students, a few students become distracted with the computer in the first row where Mrs. Jones had been working on her gradebook program at the end of her planning period. They begin reciting aloud the classmates' scores that are still visible on the monitor. She closes the program and puts the students back on task. Several students sitting by the windows complain that they cannot read their monitors due to glare.
She is advising students to freely use any info from the Internet for their presentation as well as any graphics and texts from the Internet.
Any photos, graphics or texts that are copyrighted cannot be used in student's presentation. For example, a student can't use a federal logo for their presentation.
3. ThreeI noted several health and safety issues;
Students arguing over seats
The students should have assigned seats in the computer lab to avoid any negative issues about seating arrangments.
Students' unruly entrance and exit, potential equipment damage and inappropriate behavior such as visiting sights not permitted.
Before holding class in the computer lab, I noted werethink Mrs. Jones should have gathered students in the regular classroom and introduced the assignment, gave specific instructions, took questions, restricted casual net surfing on sites unrelated to the assignment, reviewed computer lab safety rules and regulations as follows...
well as consequences for inappropriate behavior.
Teacher doing hall duty
Students are never, ever to be left unattended! Too many incidents can occur. If the teacher must do hall duty, the students should be required to line up outside the computer lab or make a straight, inconspicuous line in the hallway Mrs. Jones does duty on.
Mrs. Jones had no back-up plan for the assignment so she allowed the students to talk until dismissal.
A concrete lesson, such as previously prepared worksheets or books, should always be accessable in the event that "power poops". A stage for disaster is set leaving more than 22 middle schoolers with nothing to do but converse freely for 35 minutes.
4. In reference to security and privacy;
Students should not have saved their work in files on the local area network of the school PC's.
Other files should not have been accessible to other folders.
Students should not have been required or allowed to continue or finish outside of the classroom.
5. There is so much knowledge to be gained as teachers as well as given to students in reference to technology benefitting academics. Students have use of various reputable search engines to obtain facts, there are a number of ways to enhance projects and tons of tools teachers can use to engage and involve students. Though technology is wondrous, tangible back-ups must be ready in case technology becomes uncooperative. Also teachers must cover themselves by making sure they adhere to laws and regulations of software liscensing agreements and copyright laws. Teachers also need to consider the inexsposure resulting in ignorance students may bring to dealing with technology in the classroom.

Outcome
and effectively
Indicators
using technology.
Evaluate
Evaluate information critically specific purpose.
Organize, categorize, and store information for efficient retrieval.
{Should Vaccinations be required for students.ppt}

{Should Vaccinations be required for students.ppt}
Outcome
Access, evaluate, and process information efficiently and effectively
Evaluate information critically and competently for a specific purpose.
Organize, categorize, and store information for efficient retrieval.
{Should Vaccinations be required for students.ppt}

{Should Vaccinations be required for students.ppt}
Outcome
Access, evaluate, and process information efficiently and effectively
Indicators
Identify, locate, retrieve, and differentiate among a variety of electronic sources of information using technology.
Evaluate information critically and competently for a specific purpose.
Organize, categorize, and store information for efficient retrieval.

order to legally install the software to several computers, she needs to obtain a group or enterprise liscense.
She is requiring students to download information from the atlas program.
is using is most likely propriety and not public domain, therefor, downloading any information from it is most likely also in violation of the liscensing agreement. Also any information used from the Internet needs to be sited.
She is advising students to freely use any info from the Internet for their presentation as well as any graphics and texts from the Internet.
3.Any photos, graphics or texts that are copyrighted cannot be used in student's presentation. For example, a student can't use a federal logo for their presentation.
3. Three health and safety issues I noted were as follows...

order to legally install the software to several computers, she needs to obtain a group or enterprise liscense.
She is requiring students to download information from the atlas program.
The information from the software that Mrs. Jones is using most likely not
She is advising students to freely use any info from the Internet for their presentation as well as any graphics and texts from the Internet.
3.

2. Three legal and ethical issues I found were as follows...
Mrs. Jones is installing the school's only copy of an atlas software program for single user liscense on 22 computer.
single usage liscense which mandates the program be downloaded to only one computer. In
order to legally install the software to several computers, she needs to obtain a group or enterprise liscense.
She is requiring students to download information from the atlas program.
She is advising students to freely use any info from the Internet for their presentation as well as any graphics and texts from the Internet.

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