4.1 Digital Equity
Candidates model and promote strategies for achieving equitable access to digital tools and resources and technology-related best practices for all students and teachers. (PSC 4.1/ISTE 5a)
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Standard 4.1 Digital Equity
The candidate will model and promote strategies for achieving equitable access to digital tools and resources and technology-related best practices for all students and teachers.
Briefly describe the artifact and the context in which it was created. What was your individual contribution(s)?
The artifact that I chose to include to show mastery of standard 4.1 is the Equitable Access blog entry that I posted when I took ITEC 7340. This was an entry that I wrote while studying about and learning ways to level the playing field for those who may not have the same access as others to technology. This hit close to home, as I work in a school with a population in which 74% qualify for free and reduced lunch.
Explain how this artifact demonstrates mastery of the standard/element under which it is placed.
I believe that this artifact demonstrates my mastery of this standard in that I addressed the issue of digital equity, but I also explained strategies I used to help with this. I have found that some of the issue is that parents may not value the idea that children need to have access to technology for school. I helped several parents to realize that their or their children’s phones can access the internet, and many things that can be done online, can be done using the phone in their hand. It is not ideal, but I thought it would help. I also met with as many parents as possible to show them the difference in what their child could do online for homework, as opposed to what they would do if they only had paper homework.
What did you learn from completing this artifact? What would you do differently to improve the quality of the artifact or the process involved in creating the artifact?
I really found that the act of keeping a blog/reflection journal is a great way to think back to what I’ve learned and to get that needed reminder to get busy implementing a plan of action~ which is I feel like I need sometimes! If I were to do it differently, I would have kept data from the beginning of the year, so that I could have measured the number of students who started without computers, but who later changed to completing computer homework, either at home or at an after school program, after discussing it with all of the parents.
How did the work that went into creating the artifact impact school improvement, faculty development or student learning? How can the impact be assessed?
I shared this blog with my team, and we all agreed to do all that we can to make sure that our kids have access to technology. While we’d love to say they all got new computers, that didn’t happen. However, we did find that we had more parents who decided that they could find a way to get their children on a computer in some way, after talking to me.
Standard 4.1 Digital Equity
The candidate will model and promote strategies for achieving equitable access to digital tools and resources and technology-related best practices for all students and teachers.
Briefly describe the artifact and the context in which it was created. What was your individual contribution(s)?
The artifact that I chose to include to show mastery of standard 4.1 is the Equitable Access blog entry that I posted when I took ITEC 7340. This was an entry that I wrote while studying about and learning ways to level the playing field for those who may not have the same access as others to technology. This hit close to home, as I work in a school with a population in which 74% qualify for free and reduced lunch.
Explain how this artifact demonstrates mastery of the standard/element under which it is placed.
I believe that this artifact demonstrates my mastery of this standard in that I addressed the issue of digital equity, but I also explained strategies I used to help with this. I have found that some of the issue is that parents may not value the idea that children need to have access to technology for school. I helped several parents to realize that their or their children’s phones can access the internet, and many things that can be done online, can be done using the phone in their hand. It is not ideal, but I thought it would help. I also met with as many parents as possible to show them the difference in what their child could do online for homework, as opposed to what they would do if they only had paper homework.
What did you learn from completing this artifact? What would you do differently to improve the quality of the artifact or the process involved in creating the artifact?
I really found that the act of keeping a blog/reflection journal is a great way to think back to what I’ve learned and to get that needed reminder to get busy implementing a plan of action~ which is I feel like I need sometimes! If I were to do it differently, I would have kept data from the beginning of the year, so that I could have measured the number of students who started without computers, but who later changed to completing computer homework, either at home or at an after school program, after discussing it with all of the parents.
How did the work that went into creating the artifact impact school improvement, faculty development or student learning? How can the impact be assessed?
I shared this blog with my team, and we all agreed to do all that we can to make sure that our kids have access to technology. While we’d love to say they all got new computers, that didn’t happen. However, we did find that we had more parents who decided that they could find a way to get their children on a computer in some way, after talking to me.