Use+of+Technologies


 * Use of Technologies**

You are encouraged to use technologies to support your curriculum. With the ability to use technologies comes a very serious requirement for educational responsibility. You should always be cognizant of the fact that irresponsible use of technology COULD result in loss of privileges to it; you could even affect the entire school use. Consider these guidelines to be fair warning and advice:

1. Do not use any technologies as a reward for your students, i.e., giving students free time to watch movies that are not educationally productive, giving students free time to play computer games that do not relate to your educational goals and objectives, using any technology in a way that is not educationally effectual, etc.

2. Do not use any technology that you have not previewed. Additionally, do not take students to Web Sites that you have not previewed yourself. As educationally beneficial as the WWW is, there are areas that are not appropriate for young people… and definitely not for classes of students.

3. Know what you are teaching and why you are teaching it. Do not just let your curriculum happen. It is a good idea to be responsive to new and emerging technologies; however, don’t just teach the “interactive dissected computer frog” just because “it’s there.”

4. Share what you have found in technologies with your colleagues and write and publish when you can.

5. Everything you write and everywhere you go on the internet could and probably will be monitored. You should have no expectation of privacy.