Standard 5.2 Professional Ethics
Candidates practice the ethical principles of their profession, advocate for intellectual freedom and privacy, and promote and model digital citizenship and responsibility. Candidates educate the school community on the ethical use of information and ideas.
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Reflection
“In the nonstop tsunami of global information, librarians provide us with floaties and teach us how to swim." – Linton Weeks, Washington Post, 13 January 2001
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The topics of using information ethically, intellectual property and privacy, and digital citizenship are more important than ever with the increased prevalence of media and technology in schools. SLM505 Information Sources taught me how to make these important topics accessible for students of all ages. Then, I created a page within my library website to educate my future school community about these topics.
In addition to this website, I also model and promote these principles on a daily basis during my instruction. As a fourth and second grade teacher, I have required works cited pages for all of my classes’ inquiry projects to promote ethical use of information. During my student teaching practicum, I also learned how to scaffold this skill for emerging readers in kindergarten and first grade. During all of these inquiry projects, I made a point to have an open conversation with my students about digital citizenship to ensure they understand the rationale behind being an ethical user of information.
As a classroom teacher and media intern, I have taken the lead on modeling and advocating for digital citizenship skills within the school day. However, I have learned the important lesson that schools cannot accomplish these goals alone; they must work with the entire school community to ensure these skills are used outside of school as well. In addition to advocating for intellectual freedom, and promoting reliable resources and digital citizenship on my website, I also created a systematic plan to address this challenge during SLM501 Administration and Leadership. I look forward to implementing the plan I created in my future school so that I can work with the school community to foster my students’ 21st century skills.
In addition to this website, I also model and promote these principles on a daily basis during my instruction. As a fourth and second grade teacher, I have required works cited pages for all of my classes’ inquiry projects to promote ethical use of information. During my student teaching practicum, I also learned how to scaffold this skill for emerging readers in kindergarten and first grade. During all of these inquiry projects, I made a point to have an open conversation with my students about digital citizenship to ensure they understand the rationale behind being an ethical user of information.
As a classroom teacher and media intern, I have taken the lead on modeling and advocating for digital citizenship skills within the school day. However, I have learned the important lesson that schools cannot accomplish these goals alone; they must work with the entire school community to ensure these skills are used outside of school as well. In addition to advocating for intellectual freedom, and promoting reliable resources and digital citizenship on my website, I also created a systematic plan to address this challenge during SLM501 Administration and Leadership. I look forward to implementing the plan I created in my future school so that I can work with the school community to foster my students’ 21st century skills.