Cypher 271

                                      Image: Father and son using a laptop. In my E271 class, all students were required to do a presentation on the topic, digital safety. The topics for digital safety were Fair use and Copy right, digital saftey, cyberbulling, textual harassment, sexting, pharming, and phishing. After listening to each presentation, I believe that  all topics  are important  for teachers and students to learn about. Allowing teachers and students to understand the rules of Copyright and Fair use would benefit them in order to avoid any copyright violation. According to Digital Citizenship's article "Copyright for Teachers" , teachers are not allowed to make photocopies of entire chapters or textbooks for students since it violates the copyright rules (Copyright for Teachers, n.d.).  Teaching safety and privacy, especially to students allows students to not share important information to the internet or strangers online. Making students learn of c

  Image of boy using tablet By being an elementary school teacher, I must be able to create or adjust a lesson plan that will benefit all students, including students with a disability. In addition, I must be make sure to be aware of different types of assistive technologies that can benefit all my students in their education.             Technology has proven to be very beneficial for everyone around the world. This is especially true for teachers where it has aided them in involving their students with a disability. In the video, “ How Assistive TechnologyEnables Dreams ” (2005), there was a student with a disability that made it challenging for him to use his limbs, which is challenging since he was in the music band. Although this student had this disability, the band director allowed the student to join the school band. The band director noticed the student was very passionate about playing, where if there was just one note he could hit, he was happy to do it. Through