Copyright Laws protect intellectual property from illegal copies being made and used in an illegal manner. There are provisions that allow educators to use copyrighted materials in the classroom with limited use. When used effectively, educators can enhance the learning experience by allowing students to view material they may otherwise not have access to through Fair Use. The Technology, Education, and Copyright Harmonization (TEACH) Act addresses the use and storage of digi

The Internet has many uses in today’s society and as we travel through the “net” we leave footprints wherever we go. While watching Nicholas Negroponte’s TED Talk, one question he had resonated with me. “Can learning happen where there are no schools?” (TED, 2014) I love this question/quote because I personally have witnessed this! School is not the only place where people learn, I have seen kids learning to add while bowling, geometry is learned on the pool table, and readin

Digital Citizenship is important and needs to be taught alongside the curriculum in the classroom in order to prepare our students for the 21st-Century workforce. Ribble defines digital citizenship as “the norms of appropriate, responsible tech use.” (n.d.) on his website and Heick defines it as “the quality of habits, actions, and consumption patterns that impact the ecology of digital content and communities” (2018). Dictionary.com defines a digital citizen as “a person wh