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  Social Responsibility and Biblical Worldview First John 4:19 instructs “Those who love God must love their brothers and sisters” (New International Version, 1989). Christian educators are called to implement this teaching in both their interactions with students and in the topics they teach about. Catholic social teaching calls followers of Christ to participate in society, to support the institution of marriage and family, and the right to life, as well as the dignity of workers, and offer charity to the poor and vulnerable (“Call to Family Community and Participation”, n.d.; Christie et al., 2019). As educators, we have an opportunity to instruct students in these areas. It is our highest calling as Christians to live up to God’s plan for us, influence others toward Him, and love those around us.  Though educational settings have varying rules of conduct regarding the expression of religious views, any educator can model the values of love and charity, and discuss the impo...

Security of Data in the Future Digital rights are an increasingly important topic in our rapidly advancing technological world. Data security is an essential component of the digital right to privacy (Taylor, 2017). The same fundamental right we have as individuals to personal privacy extends to the digital world. While data on internet activity, demographic, and consumer profiles are very valuable to many companies, it is not ethical for them to have access to this information without consumer consent. The reality of users' experience makes “opting in” to cookies a requirement for accessing many needed resources. The steps to limit access to data are often lengthy and tedious, requiring a level of technological savvy that many lack. This puts the average internet user in a vulnerable position. Traditional privacy is easy to recognize, while one’s degree of digital privacy is virtually undetectable to most. Komljenovic takes the concern of digital privacy even further, arguing tha...

       Digital Citizenship is an aspect of education that has gained importance since the introduction of technology to societies and classrooms decades ago. As new tools have permeated the learning space, the  International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) has adjusted teaching standards to reflect new possibilities, from an original focus in 2008 on using technology to teach, to a revamp in 2017 focusing on “collaboration, advocacy, digital literacy, media literacy, computational thinking, privacy and student data, student empowerment, data-based decision making, feedback, and teaching colleagues” (Trust, 2017, para. 2). For example, the teaching standard 3 is “Model digital age work and learning. Teachers exhibit knowledge, skills, and work processes representative of an innovative professional in a global and digital society” ( ISTE , n.d.).           Teachers today are asked not only to be content area experts but to ...