Digital ethics....

What state and national standards should be considered in your scope and sequence?

Developing the scope and sequence of a course is an essential precursor to a successful classroom. I personally think this is the most overlooked portion of planning of current educators. The majority of scope and sequence plans I have seen adhere to the layout of the current textbook being used. Instead of studying the state and national standards, some teachers look at the textbook as the guide to instruction. I am not proclaiming the use of textbooks to be bad or negative thing. There are times though, where we might fall back to the textbook as the easy way to teach a course.

As we consider specific standards within our scope and sequence it is vital that we incorporate and integrate different areas of curriculum into each lesson. As educators we must be fluent in all standards we are required to teach. 

How will you model digital ethics and responsibility, and how will those skills be incorporated into your score and sequence?

Last weeks class that covered digital ethics and responsibility was very helpful. The world we live in is one of continuing technological innovation. I often forget that many students in my classroom do not come prepared with the necessary knowledge of what it really means to be utilize technology in an ethical way. Lessons of digital citizenship should echo throughout a student’s educational career. I see the importance of implementing more digital responsibility into my curriculum. 

Standouts from class for me were materials from commonsensemedia.org. One of their values state: ……(It is) designed to empower students to think critically, behave safely, and participate responsibly in our digital world.

Just think for a second that you, I, and all of us have the opportunity to EMPOWER students to become digital citizens in an ethical and responsible way. What we say and do now could make a difference for them in the future.