Ethical, Human & Social Issues in Technology

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Visit the TeacherWeb® videos to learn about the features, modifications, and customizations available on your website. Click here to learn more. Introduction small medium large You work for a school division which has a very low-income student population. Many of these students speak a second language and the demographics include cities and a small rural farming community. It is a challenge to find money for instructional programs but the division and community members want to increase the technology expertise of students and teachers. You and your partners are on a subcommittee investigating current issues of technology use in schools. Be sure to look at these issues from different perspectives - age groups of users, home/personal use, ability levels, special-needs populations, etc.... so that you can discuss how the various issues affect all constituents. Your task is to learn about the challenges and benefits due to technology and how to best serve the community with educational technology. You will look for best practices from other school divisions and predict some challenges that the committee will face in educational technology. You will share your knowledge, opinions, insights and perspectives and predict ways to circumvent some of the pitfalls. Your recommendations will be used to guide a school division technology plan - so <b><i>read carefully, think deeply and weigh the consequences of your suggestions for ALL stakeholders of the decisions!</b></i> A cost/benefit study will be conducted by another sub-committee based on your plan so you do NOT have to be concerned with costs - just with what educational technology should <b>ideally</b> encompass. Some guiding questions: <i> 1. To what extent do we owe the students, parents, and community a technologically proficient graduate? 2. What should we require students to learn? 3. If technology is embedded in the curriculum, will ALL have equitable access to it? 4. If technology isn't embedded into the curriculum, will it be used? How can we ensure it is? 5. Are we using technology to level the playing field for the disabled or handicapped students? for the poor, rural, or ESOL populations? 6. Are we missing valuable opportunities that technology could offer? 7. If technology hardware is outdated rapidly, are we willing to commit monetarily to a 5-year refresh cycle? Will the taxpayers support that?</i> Or, would you like to view and optionally restore one of these previous versions? Password: Forgot your password?

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