After reading articles and watching the documentary about internet safety i spoke with my little brother, who is a senior in high school. We had a great conversation about what I learned about internet safety from this assignment and from class discussion. He shared some personal experiences that he has had with teachers using technology, people he knows who have been bullied online, and various techniques he knows how to use to be safe online.
He mentioned that the teachers who try to learn new technology and incorporate it into their teaching end up being the most effective at reaching the students. He feels like it is really helpful when the school encourages teachers to connect with their students through the internet. I taught him about the various methods I learned about in class to be safer on the internet and he was really excited about using them, like the password protection techniques.
His biggest concern with internet safety was that he worries about people living in a virtual world compared to having face to face interactions. We talked about the documentary I watched and the stories about teenagers who built new lives online and the dangers associated with living a virtual life. My brother was very aware of the dangers of things like that and I feel like he is in a good position to be smart about what he does online.
Friday, December 16, 2011
Internet Safety: Part 1
I just watched the Frontline Documentary about internet safety and current problems teenagers are facing due to the internet. Click here for the link to the video. I also read an article about privacy settings on Facebook at this link.
One of the main points I gained from watching the documentary is that it is very important to be involved in your child's life. A couple of the families described in the documentary had no clue their children were facing very difficult situations even though their kids were proclaiming their problems to the world online.
Another interesting point that was made in the documentary was that, as teachers, we need to embrace reality and use technology in ways that our students can relate to. The internet isn't going away. Rather than dwelling on the dangers of the internet i think it is important to embrace the benefits of the internet and teach our students how to be safe online. I plan on using a classroom blog and website to engage my students in my class.
I would like to encourage my students to be aware of the dangers of the internet and to take preventative measures while they are online. I can teach them how to create strong passwords, set strong privacy settings, recognize dangerous situations, and any other techniques that will enable my students to use the internet wisely. I need to also practice what I preach so that my students can see the benefits of being safe while on the internet. For example, after reading the Facebook article I went and checked my Facebook privacy settings to make sure my info wasn't public to the world!
One of the main points I gained from watching the documentary is that it is very important to be involved in your child's life. A couple of the families described in the documentary had no clue their children were facing very difficult situations even though their kids were proclaiming their problems to the world online.
Another interesting point that was made in the documentary was that, as teachers, we need to embrace reality and use technology in ways that our students can relate to. The internet isn't going away. Rather than dwelling on the dangers of the internet i think it is important to embrace the benefits of the internet and teach our students how to be safe online. I plan on using a classroom blog and website to engage my students in my class.
I would like to encourage my students to be aware of the dangers of the internet and to take preventative measures while they are online. I can teach them how to create strong passwords, set strong privacy settings, recognize dangerous situations, and any other techniques that will enable my students to use the internet wisely. I need to also practice what I preach so that my students can see the benefits of being safe while on the internet. For example, after reading the Facebook article I went and checked my Facebook privacy settings to make sure my info wasn't public to the world!
Monday, December 12, 2011
Here are the links to my comments on the videos of the people in my group:
Brett's - http://brett-smith.blogspot.com/2011/12/instructional-videos.html#comment-form
Liz's - http://lizipt.blogspot.com/2011/12/my-instructional-video.html#comment-form
Brett's - http://brett-smith.blogspot.com/2011/12/instructional-videos.html#comment-form
Liz's - http://lizipt.blogspot.com/2011/12/my-instructional-video.html#comment-form
This is a video that I would assign my students to complete as a project for the Substance Abuse unit in my Health classes. I apologize for the random voice that chimes in throughout the video (there were some issues with the imovie program that left a watermark on my video).
Creating these videos are lots of fun and would be a great way to engage students in learning. I could create videos to document a long term experiment or goal, such as documenting my training for a marathon or my eating for a week. My students could create videos about health habits they are changing, similar to documentaries. I specifically chose to make a video that exemplifies a project I would assign my students because I feel like this type of assignment would be an effective way for my students to personalize the information they are learning. For example, I would love to have my students create a music video, a poem, a song, or some other form of expression to demonstrate what they learned about refusal skills in the substance abuse unit. Overall, I think this would be a great way to captivate students and change teaching methods up.
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