3.1.d: Model Safe, Ethical, Legal Use

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This section encourages leaders to use technology responsibly by following and spreading the best digital safety, ethics, and legal practices. This standard stresses how important it is for educational leaders to show safe, legal, and moral behaviour in digital spaces and to encourage students to think critically about digital content. Leaders set a standard for students, teachers, and everyone else at the school to follow in order to become good digital citizens, who are well-informed and responsible. To do this, the leaders at my institution should set in motion the practices of:

 

Showing and Encouraging Safe Online Habits                  


Leaders show and enforce safe ways to interact with others online, protect privacy, and keep information safe by providing cyber security training for students and staff that teaches digital safety. They also ensure that all persons in the school have the right to privacy settings and are taught about data protection while using educational apps and social media.

 

Showing Ethical Use of Digital Tools and Content

 

Leaders should show others how to do the right thing by engaging in habits like; giving credit to original creators, not plagiarising i.e. citing sources and respectful digital communication. 


                                        




Promoting Adherence to Legal Standards for Digital Content


Leaders should make sure that all digital resources used at schools follow legal standards, such as copyright laws, licensing agreements, and fair use policies. Through workshops, teachers can be given Copyright Compliance Training on how to legally use pictures, videos, and digital content in their lessons. They can also ensure that only licensed software and digital resources are used and that no one else copies or downloads them.



Teaching Staff and Students How to Think Critically About Digital Content



Leaders should show and encourage critical thinking when they look at online information. They should train staff and students in how to think critically about digital sources, and how to ensure they are credible and reliable.  In other words, they should supply knowledge and guidance on how to check the truth and promote media literacy that teaches them how to spot fake news, check the credibility of sources, and comprehend how search engines affect the details they see online.




Promoting Digital Citizenship and Responsible Online Behaviour


Leaders teach students and staff how to behave responsibly and positively online by encouraging digital citizenship initiatives, e.g. setting up a digital citizenship curriculum that teaches students how to communicate politely online, understand their digital footprints, and know the consequences of acting badly online.



Setting a Good Example for Social Media Use


Leaders should have a professional account on social media and use it to share school news, recognise student accomplishments, and encourage positive interactions, thereby showing how to use social media responsibly and morally.


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