4.1 Digital Equity
Candidates model and promote strategies for achieving equitable access to digital tools and resources and technology-related best practices for all students and teachers. (PSC 4.1/ISTE 5a)
Candidates model and promote strategies for achieving equitable access to digital tools and resources and technology-related best practices for all students and teachers. (PSC 4.1/ISTE 5a)
Artifact: SWOT Analysis
Reflection:
The artifact that I submitted for Standard 4.1, Digital Equity is my blog entry from my Weebly Portfolio. I created this web entry in my Internet Tools in the Classroom, ITEC 7430. This was a very interesting subject to me because I had never thought of digital equity before I started this program. I am a person of fairness and that is one thing that my peers always state about me. They complement me often about being a fair person. They know that I love having my parents and students know that I always try to be fair and if I am ever “not” fair, it is because it is beyond my control. When it comes to digital equity, I wish everything could be fair with that as well.
The artifact that goes with this standard demonstrates mastery stating that digital equity is something that we must all work diligently at to promote strategies for achieving equitable access to digital tools and resources. That equitable access must also be technology-related to best practices for all students and teachers. My artifact represents all of these factors in this standard.
Since this was new to me when I started this Master’s program, I can really say I learned a lot about digital equity. I used to think we needed to be fair about what we had as far as technology goes but I did not realize there was an official goal called “digital equity” that tries to ensure that everyone in our society has equal access to technology tools, computers, and the Internet. I have learned through the graphic design that I put with this Standard that the real goal is that we want every child using technology every day. Now that is an awesome goal!
This artifact impacted Timber Ridge when I shared this information with our Technology Team. Most of the teachers who are on the Technology Team with me did not know about digital equity either. I enlightened them all with this information. Of course, they wanted to know what we should be doing to be making it as fair as possible. Our hands are tied as far as being able to get more computers at our school but one of our teammates on this leadership team did mention about writing a grant to our Foundation to increase the number of iPads or laptop carts that we have so we can set a goal of every student using technology every day.
The artifact that I submitted for Standard 4.1, Digital Equity is my blog entry from my Weebly Portfolio. I created this web entry in my Internet Tools in the Classroom, ITEC 7430. This was a very interesting subject to me because I had never thought of digital equity before I started this program. I am a person of fairness and that is one thing that my peers always state about me. They complement me often about being a fair person. They know that I love having my parents and students know that I always try to be fair and if I am ever “not” fair, it is because it is beyond my control. When it comes to digital equity, I wish everything could be fair with that as well.
The artifact that goes with this standard demonstrates mastery stating that digital equity is something that we must all work diligently at to promote strategies for achieving equitable access to digital tools and resources. That equitable access must also be technology-related to best practices for all students and teachers. My artifact represents all of these factors in this standard.
Since this was new to me when I started this Master’s program, I can really say I learned a lot about digital equity. I used to think we needed to be fair about what we had as far as technology goes but I did not realize there was an official goal called “digital equity” that tries to ensure that everyone in our society has equal access to technology tools, computers, and the Internet. I have learned through the graphic design that I put with this Standard that the real goal is that we want every child using technology every day. Now that is an awesome goal!
This artifact impacted Timber Ridge when I shared this information with our Technology Team. Most of the teachers who are on the Technology Team with me did not know about digital equity either. I enlightened them all with this information. Of course, they wanted to know what we should be doing to be making it as fair as possible. Our hands are tied as far as being able to get more computers at our school but one of our teammates on this leadership team did mention about writing a grant to our Foundation to increase the number of iPads or laptop carts that we have so we can set a goal of every student using technology every day.