Validity of Sources

 It is important to check for the validity of resources because we are educators! It sounds quite obvious. Our call as teachers and educators is to demonstrate accurate knowledge and understanding in the classroom. If we present false information as educators we will not seem as a reliable resource and this puts in jeporady our integrity.

The best way I have found to check the validity and accuracy of my resources is by checking several different resources for the same – or similar- facts. It is also key to look at the actual resource itself. Is the information coming from a blog, a newspaper website, an encyclopedia resource and who wrote it and why?

Fair Use

 I have always been taught not to plagerize and not steal someone's work. As a Christian I believe that that is a very important thing not to do. But I also feel that I have no been taught well what it means to use other people's material in the correct way. I think that our educators need to be sure they are teaching their students how to properly use materials and what a copyright actually is.

I often times find that materials are being used in the classroom without proper credit being given and without the proper rules being used. To elimate issues of plagerism we must begin to educate our students on how to properly use fair use.  

Christian Worldview

A Christian worldview is how you percieve the world to be with a Christian attitude—looking at the world through the lense of Christianity. This is vital for Christians to do. We must look at everything with our eyes on Christ. Everything in this world was created by the hands of our mighty God, and the way we treat others and our enviornment matters deeply.

When I think of a Christian worldview I see the importance of caring for the planet and caring about subjects such as politics. Though this world is fallen it is still God's, and as his children and having been adopted into his family we are to care for this world and everything in it. No matter how small and unimportant it may be in our minds. This is why I believe Christians have somewhat of a calling to be involved in what is currently going on in our world today—be it politics, enviornment, or health.