Teachers and students must work together to minimize legal issues from technology use in the classroom, as technology can distract students and lead to unclear directions or accidental plagiarism. However, technology also encourages communication between teachers and students and among students, giving them new ways to communicate and learn while opening their minds. Resources are provided to help address these legal and ethical technology issues.

1. Legal and Ethical issues for using technology in a classroomBy: Elizabeth Dunhill

2. ….Teachers and students could work together to help minimize any legal problems that technology would cause within a classroom. Communication between teachers and students would be a big help in aiding the students understandings of the technology they are expected to know how to use.

3. Can be a distraction to the students.Students sometimes are unclear of directions.Plagiarizing could occur easily by using the internet to look up information during class.Problems with technology

4. Encourages communication between teachers and students.Encourages communication between students and students.Gives students various ways of communicating and learning new information.Opens the minds of studentsTECHNOLOGY ADVANTAGES

5. http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/methods/technlgy/te600.htmRESOURCES