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  Reflective entry 6  Critique and address issues of law, regulations and/or policy that have been relevant to the digital and collaborative learning innovation you applied in your practice  The NZ emerging trends report by Google for Education quotes Dr Tim Bell saying “Rather than just saying screentime is bad or AI is terrible because it's going to replace humans, as a society we need to say there’s a good balance. Technology isn’t good or bad in itself. I think that’s where education is going to be really important. Nicholas Marouchak, (2019)  makes a great analogy of policy, law and regulation. "Think of policy as the seed we plant, an idea that we have envisioned to improve our surroundings. The seed is planted and out of that seed grows the trunk of the tree, a law with a firm foundation. Finally, from the law, we get branches of regulations that reach out into the community and assist with the growth of leaves or community improvements.  Watering that tr...

  Title: Implement, document and critique a digital and collaborative learning innovation applied to a specific area of your practice. Within your reflective portfolio, continue to add reflective entries that critically evaluate your practice. Reflective entry 5  Critically analyse issues of ethics, society, culture and/or professional environments that have been relevant to the digital and collaborative learning innovation you applied in your practice  All of the students I work with have Neurodevelopmental disorders, some of whom have complex communication needs and/or relatively limited experiences of generating language, literacy and more so writing presents many challenges.  Teachers want to assist the students that I work with, but due to their lack of knowledge about special Ed, and assistive technology, most are unable to do this successfully. As a specialist outreach teacher, my aim is to upskill staff in the mainstream school by providing them with special ...