Mayer+Goal+4

Name: Tricia Mayer Date Completed: November 16, 2009 =**4. Promote and Model Digital Citizenship and Responsibility**=

Teachers understand local and global societal issues and responsibilities in an evolving digital culture and exhibit legal and ethical behavior in their professional practices. Teachers:

 * a. || advocate, model, and teach safe, legal, and ethical use of digital information and technology, including respect for copyright, intellectual property, and the appropriate documentation of sources. ||
 * b. || address the diverse needs of all learners by using learner-centered strategies providing equitable access to appropriate digital tools and resources. ||
 * c. || promote and model digital etiquette and responsible social interactions related to the use of technology and information. ||
 * d. || develop and model cultural understanding and global awareness by engaging with colleagues and students of other cultures using digital-age communication and collaboration tools. ||

=**Step 1: For standard four, select the indicator that is your strongest suit for the standard and give two examples (artifacts) of why you selected it as your strongest suit.**= Indicator selected: a.advocate, model, and teach safe, legal, and ethical use of digital information and technology, including respect for copyright, intellectual property, and the appropriate documentation of sources. Artifact 1: The teachers in our unit have impressed upon students the significance of asking for permission to use others' work. Several students now obtain copyright permission before they use work, especially pictures, for projects. They are also diligent in documenting their sources.

Artifact 2: We have set up student emails through ePals to promote student-to-student and student-to-teacher communication. This also allowed students to create a google account, allowing for collaborative work with google documents. We are very excited to use this effective tool.

=**Step 2: For standard four, select the indicator that is your "least strongest" suit for the standard and write a professional goal of how you are going to increase your competency with the goal this year.**= Indicator selected: d. develop and model cultural understanding and global awareness by engaging with colleagues and students of other cultures using digital-age communication and collaboration tools. Goal: My goal is to allow one of my classes to collaborate with their peers from another culture.

=Step 3: On the final TCL day, reflect on each standard and goal you set for yourself. How did you do and why?=

Reflection: