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My learning here at Webster University has been bountiful. I was in the military when I
first started my journey with Webster and it took me over the course of six years to finish so Ive
acquired quite a bit! Throughout my journey, I have learned to use the applications of digital
media ethically in educational and work settings. I also understand the need to develop
professionally and continue my education in order to grow and bring awareness to my peers.
Using technology in classrooms to foster creative and critical learning as well as bringing
students together collaboratively and globally are also important and something that I have
learned here at Webster. Below you will find some great examples on how I have grown and
Explain some ways that you can model ethical uses and applications of digital media in
educational and work settings.
One of the ways I could model ethical uses and applications of digital media in an
educational setting is getting my students to start thinking about technology and how its used
today. Some questions to ask are, what types of technology do we use and in what ways?
What are some positive things about how we use technology? What are some negative things
about technology? In my course, Technology Ethics in Society, I did a project on cell phones
and how they are used. In my thesis, I highlighted the more popular ways we use cell phone
technology; texting, using the camera and taking photos, social media, downloading apps, music,
video and games, email, and of course, making phone calls. All of these are great and convenient
features of a cell phone however, we need to make sure we are being responsible with this piece
of technology and are using it appropriately. Please take a look at the interactive project I did on
cell phones.
A way I model ethical uses in a work setting is taking a look at myself and thinking about
ways to keep myself compliant. Again, taking a look back at my Technology Ethics in Society
course, I've learned about copyright laws such as plagiarism and computer crimes such as
copying whether it's digital copying or using the copy machine to make tons of copies for your
students. Also, we need to be careful of our security such as signing off of your computer and
keeping things secure such as grades and students personal information. Practicing anonymity
is crucial when you have so much private information at your disposal. Another way I model
ethics in a work setting is through software evaluation such as that I learned in my Curriculum
Design and Technology course. Software evaluation is necessary to make sure that the program
is suitable and appropriate for what youre teaching. Some questions to ask are, does the
software meet your objectives youre trying to teach? Does it reach the target audience?
What about the usability of the software? Is it user friendly? Check out the sample I did on
These are just a few ways that I have learned that models ethical applications and uses of
Give some examples of how you would demonstrate effective uses of technology and
multimedia (audio, video, text, images, interactive media, etc) for student learning and
teacher reflection, professional growth and productivity.
One of the projects I put together was through my course, Instructional Technology
Planning and Management. This was a technology integrated plan on nutrition and the goal of
this plan is for the students to learn about nutritional planning. The learner objectives for this
lesson are to have students research recipes using resources and standards given to create a 3-day
menu. They will also provide ingredients for recipes using resources given that meet the 5 daily
food group requirements. They will provide video on how to prepare and cook a recipe and
compile nutritional totals for each meal provided to include calories, carbohydrates, proteins,
sodium and fats. Lastly, students will give examples of unhealthy recipes and turn them into
healthy recipes. This plan definitely demonstrates effective uses of technology and multimedia
for learning all around. The resources and tools the students will be using for this project are the
computer/ Internet for researching recipes, video cameras for their cooking videos, smartboard/
projector to display their cooking videos, printer/ scanner for the making of their meal plans, and
some approved resources to find recipes such as certain websites and cooking software. A twist
to this lesson is to have the students do a potluck with their recipes! This will incorporate not
only student learning, but allow for teacher reflection on how the students take to this project.
Was it successful? Did the students learn what was intended? Did they seem to enjoy it? The
potluck can include other faculty but mainly its for the parents to show off what their children
learned throughout this project. This project also includes the layout of the resource/ classroom
for an effective learning environment. To see the full project, click here.
What are some ways that you would help your peers demonstrate (and understand the)
effective uses of technology and multimedia (audio, video, text, images, interactive media,
etc) for collaborative learning and the development of professional learning communities.
One scenario that can demonstrate effective uses of technology and multimedia amongst
peers is to establish staff development meetings. I created a sample agenda for the course,
Instructional Technology Planning and Management. For this staff development session project,
I have come up with fictitious personnel based on a middles school with average subjects such as
Geography, math, sciences, Languages, music, English, writing, Health and fitness, etc The
technical skill level of the school would be more about how I remember it when I was in college
in 2005; everyone would know the basics but anything beyond that would be quite new. The
questions to ask are, what is there currently, what needs to be integrated, and if it will even be
used? The survey will be delivered via a meeting amongst the teachers and anyone else who
utilizes technology within the school. Everyone will have approximately one work week to
complete the survey. Once the results are in, the principal will deliver the results to the school
and discuss any changes that could occur. The principal will take the feedback from the meeting
and start working on a plan to integrate the changes in the school. In this scenario, the results
confirmed that everyone knew the basics of using technology, but were not up to date on the
results would come first in the meeting. That will help lead us into the object of the meeting
which is to give them a quick introduction to something we all use all of the time; the internet.
Then I would go over some inventive ways to enhance our students learning with the internet.
Keeping it simple in the beginning may help to keep the staff more open to the idea of
technology changes within the school. I expect the learning outcome from the staff to be a
positive one. After all, this is a slow beginning to a much larger picture. Progression is the key,
especially for the more stubborn personnel. Then as the school progresses into using the
technology, slowly start to implement new innovative technology. The closing will reinforce the
purpose of the meeting and how I will want every staff development meeting after this one to
consist of someone presenting a new idea on integrating technology into the classroom. Either
types of ideas, applications, software, and hardware will be the topic of each staff session. Each
meeting will be a progression to more advanced learning with new technology and I think that
this will get the team motivated for these learning opportunities. The topic will have to be
approved first prior to a session. If you would like details of the first staff development session
check here.
Explain how you can design, develop, implement, and evaluate technology-
embedded learning experiences for students that enhance content mastery, creative
thinking, critical thinking, and global citizenship.
that is project-based, and having that project be authentic in nature with an outside focus. One of
the lessons that I have been toying with involves students working together on a health topic that
we had learned that year. They will come up with surveys to ask their peers within the school
and will also reach out to other schools. They will ask questions on topics such as nutrition,
fitness, substance abuse, sexual awareness, disease prevention, body issues and other hard hitting
topics. This indorses creative and critical thinking because of the types of questions needed to be
asked. What questions do you want to ask and how should they be asked? Once the data is
collected, they will then present their findings to the class and then later on to other students
If I had a health class that was made up of about 20 students, I would split them into five
groups of four. Students will guide their own learning by choosing which health topic they
would like to present for their project. The group will come up with a type of survey loaded with
questions and after the survey has been reviewed by me, the teacher, they will then proceed to
submit the survey to their peers. Now, even though Engagement Theory also says that the lesson
be project-based and authentic with an outside focus, just for the purpose of this question, I am
going to be sticking to collaborative and professional learning among communities. This student
project gets students working together not only amongst their classmates, but also other students
throughout the school. They will conduct the survey throughout the school and collect data. To
expand the project and promote global citizenship, students will organize Skype sessions with
other schools who have also carried out surveys. This is also a great way for professionals
amongst schools to collaborate in collecting data, making program modifications, and raising
awareness from the results of the survey. This could be very important data and is something
Using the ADDIE model, the analysis for this project is that this will help adults and
probably even the students themselves understand what someone at this age and grade level are
really going through. Also, students will realize that they, personally, are not going through
things all by themselves. There are other kids their age that also have a hard time so this does
qualify as a need. Creating the survey based on examples provided will take care of designing
and developing. I would then proceed to implement the plan of students conducting the survey
to their peers. Evaluation of the students will be done with rubrics and evaluation of the project
These are just some of the ways that I have grown here at Webster. I have many more
ideas, more lessons, more projects, and ways of implementation. More ways of encouraging
globalization and collaboration amongst students and peers. Bringing people together ethically
through technology and digital age programs are important to foster growth. Implementing
technology and multimedia into the classroom enhances learning and motivates students to want
to learn.