Digital Citizenship for Teachers

Digital citizenship for teachers is quite a bit different than that of students. A teacher should be knowledgable and wise about technology for many purposes that students do not have to worry about. Here are a few of those reasons: (1)they need to have boundries for social networking; (2)they need to be knowledgable enough to catch students misusing it; (3) and they need to be knowledgable in order that they might plan for and accomodate students needs. Expanding on the reasons above, (1) boundries are extremely important for teachers on social networking sites because those sites are not private. Your employers, students, and the public in general can all see what you are saying. Time and time again teachers have been fired for what they say on their facebook. These sites are not as private as we may think! Be cautious and wise. (2)Students often misuse technology. Because we live in a technology dependent world we often will find that students are overusing, misusing, or even abusing technology. We need to be able to catch these acts and teach them to think for themselves and to not be dependent on technology to think for them. (3)Planning and accomodating for students is a huge part of education. Technology is an amazing tool for teachers while trying to teach in a school where inclusion is valued. Students may often need help from technology and through a knowledge of it teachers will be able to assist and provide ways in which it can be helpful. Students with disabilities have often benefitted from the use of technology as well as those who do not have disabilities. Technology is a wonderful tool for teachers. Through knowing it, we will be equipped to use it properly.