There are lots of things online that can be harmful to our students if they are not informed. There are many ways that people can get personal information from our students that can be used to harm them and the growing use of cyber bulling is something that we have to deal with. One question that gets asked a lot is who should teach our students about internet safety? Some people think it is the parents and others the teachers. Even teachers can't decided on what teacher should teach the kids about internet safety Some think just the computer teacher. In an ideal world how should we be teaching internet safety? If this is a topic that you do not have much back ground knowledge on I would suggest doing a bit of reading on the topic. If we are asking or students to use technology then we should make sure we know what then need to do to be safe. (I can tell you from personal experience many kids are TOTALLY clueless when it comes to their safety on the web).
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10/20/2013 02:18:29 pm
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/internet-safety-younger-elementary-mary-beth-hertz
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Jodi
10/23/2013 11:00:44 am
I agree that we tend to forget about telling children about strangers being online as well as in person. I monitor my own children's online habits, especially FB and Minecraft (when they play with people online). I know it's hard for them to understand that even though someone says they are a kid playing these games with them, you don't really know for sure who they are!
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Derek Lannigan
10/26/2013 09:02:13 am
I think that parents need to play a huge roll in making sure that their children are being safe online. Even with account that their children are using for educational purposes, parents should be allowed to have access to what their students are doing on that account. Both of my children are to young to be using internet or anything along that lines, but when they do become of age to be able to use those tools I will keep a very close eye on what they are doing. As much as a hate to say it, I have personally seen where when a parent trusts a teacher to much that they don't continue to monitor that teachers actives with their child, that inappropriate circumstances have happened.
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Dustyn Yung
10/28/2013 01:29:56 am
I agree that parents play a huge role in making sure that the students are being safe online. I do believe too that teachers should also teach about how to be safe online. This needs to be taken seriously though. Teachers can't just watch the students hard for the first couple of days or weeks and stop. This is a thing that needs to take place everyday.
Joshua Hancock
10/20/2013 10:44:26 pm
Internet Safety is something that teachers, administrators, and parents are all going to have to work on. I have grown up in an era where the Internet has been readily available for most people. Therefore, I know that the world wide web can be a dangerous place. Unfortunately, a lot of young people do not realize this. I cannot tell you how many times I have heard of people meeting people online, going to meet these people in person, and then being severly disappointed that the person was actually a fraud. All of this was going on way before it became a popular show on MTV (Catfish).
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Denver Price
10/21/2013 04:18:34 am
Josh has a valid point, teaching our kids about internet safety is pointless if we as teachers parents or administrators do not recognize it our self. The next step would be working together and hammering it into our students everyday life.
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Derek Lannigan
10/26/2013 09:16:00 am
I agree that it needs to be a group effort in order to educate young people on how to be safe online. The unfortunate thing about being young is the susceptibility to being naive. As many of us know who have children, they tend to believe that they are invincible and like to throw caution to the wind. Our children believe that IT will never happen to them, the responsibility needs to fall on us as parents to make sure that IT really never does. The thing that I tell my players is the same thing that I will tell my children when they begin to get mad at me for possibly smothering them, I would rather error on the side or caution than on the side of negligence. I will know what my children are doing when they are online, and I will expect the teachers of my children to do the same.
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Denver Price
10/21/2013 04:27:06 am
http://www.internetsafety101.org/cyberbullying.htm
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Alanna Dennison
10/21/2013 11:58:38 am
I think it is important to remind people to keep their profiles private, or ensure people must request to follow them, however there are ways for people to get past this. Those who are really good with computers can get past these walls and use other methods to find information that would like about it. I also think that internet safety goes a lot deeper than cyberbullying. Internet safety goes along with anything you do online and the information you choose to disclose about yourself.
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Thyago
10/22/2013 05:24:13 am
I also want to make a point about facebook, twitter, we chat and etc, all these " SOCIAL LIFE " CAN show all the people personal information about you and your family. And like Alanna said a good " hacker" can break really easy those wall that hide personal information
Jodi McSwain
10/21/2013 08:52:30 am
I think Internet Safety is something that needs to be taught by teachers and parents working together! Organizing a program where teachers and parents are both involved would be a fantastic way to ensure we are getting the message to the students. Each would be a valuable resource for each other. Sometimes parents don't know what they should be doing and teachers are limited to what we can do for the students. So working together would cover more ground and reinforce each other - my kids don't always believe what I say is the best way to do something until someone else says the same thing, lol.
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Ruth Ann Pfremmer
10/21/2013 11:51:14 am
I agree, being open and honest with your children is the best to get your children to communicate. I believe my kids talk to me about most things but there is never a guarantee so I still worry about exactly what they believe. As you stated, my children believe things when someone else states it but they may or may not believe it when I state it. Another issue is that as children age their friends become a more overwhelming influence. Children will believe anything their friends say, no matter how ridiculous it may be. I can't recall how many times I have asked one of my children, "Does what your are stating (repeating from a friend) make any sense?" Although they are fully aware that it makes no sense, they justify it by stating that so and so stated it so it must be true.
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Trisha Shannon
10/24/2013 02:07:06 am
I think a program for teachers and parents would be great. That way both parties are on the same page. And for the parents that do not really know how to teach it to their children they would have some ideas form the program.
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Alanna Dennison
10/21/2013 11:52:37 am
I remember a presentation that was given by an individual when I was in high school about how quickly someone could find your house on Facebook simply by using locations you have tagged, pictures you have posted, status updates and other simple information on your page. The individual used one student in the crowd and was able to find their house on Google maps and their address in a matter of minutes using Facebook and a web search. I had never previously thought of how easy it was for someone to find this information online and get so much information about you. This was a huge eye opener for me, and while I am still perhaps not as cautious as I should be about online information, I am more cautious than I was.
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Joshua Hancock
10/22/2013 11:32:45 pm
The presentation you saw in high school sounds fascinating. I think that would be a great thing for all students to see. I think it would also be good to see if something similar could be done based on a student's twitter, instagram, or other social network. I know that you can make social networking pages private, but I always wonder how private they actually are. Also, people add friends all the time that they think they know, but how are they sure they are actually decent people. I know a lot of my students are naive and they think they can trust people that they should never associate with. This is why we have to make internet safety a top priority.
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Lynn Royer
10/21/2013 12:55:58 pm
http://kids.getnetwise.org/safetyguide/teens
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Morgan Goetschel
10/22/2013 01:37:33 am
I agree, i like how you put an emphasis on the responsibility on the children as well. Because at the end of the day it is on the children what they put on the internet. teachers and parents can only say so much to the child, so it is on the child at the of the day.
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Morgan Goetschel
10/22/2013 01:32:03 am
I think that internet safety is something that needs to be address early on for students. This is because children are starting to use the internet earlier on in life. Because of this i feel that internet safety is not just one persons job, because most children do not have access to the internet when they are with just one individual.
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Ethan Mignard
10/23/2013 01:24:28 am
I think you make a great point about the need for internet safety to be addressed early since children are beginning to use the internet at younger ages. I think that point also brings up a good question - how young is too young for children to begin using social media? While I think it's a great idea to teach children to use the internet for educational purposes from a young age, I think they should be encouraged to hold off on creating social media profiles until they are older.
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Thyago
10/22/2013 05:27:43 am
Im my opnion teacher, parents, friends, professrionals in computer and web should help everyone about web safety. Ex in brasil people post a lot photos os facebook and instagram with their family during vacations and they get attetions of bad people. people that think they are rich and try kidnaping their kids or their family, so I think the best its to keep your personal life and information out of these social life , another trick in brasil is web site that ask you about your credit card information and honest a lot people just gave to them easy. So I Think is a mix between knowledge and perception.
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Jodi
10/23/2013 10:22:57 am
It amazes me how many people give their credit card and personal information out so willingly. It is sad that we can't trust people because there are so many people out there scamming others! It's also scary that people can get away with it so easily.
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Travis Dalton
10/22/2013 07:05:20 am
I think internet safety is really something that we need to learn more about and teach more about at all levels of education. There are a lot of things the internet is great for but it is also a tool that can be used in a not so great way. I think we preach so much about how awesome the internet is that we forget that just like anything else in life there are dangers to it. We need to make everyone more aware of the dangers and make sure that they have the proper knowledge to protect themselves from it. The internet makes access to all information really easy so we need to start being more careful with what we are/have been posting.
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Thyago
10/27/2013 09:17:09 am
I think in the future we will have a lot of professionals working on how to teach people to be safe on the internet. Good things never come without some bad things, internet is so great but at the same time can be so bad. We better start wacth out for yourselfs while we are surfing.
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Ethan Mignard
10/23/2013 01:08:51 am
I think that the discussion about internet safety, just like the advice about regular safety (don't take candy from strangers, look both ways before crossing the street, etc), should begin in the home. It is the responsibility of parents or guardians to know what their children are doing online, so it should also be their responsibility to educate their children about the dangers of social media/internet use in general. Schools should reinforce this lesson and can play an important role in teaching internet safety, but I think the primary burden for teaching this topic should be on parents/guardians.
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Trisha Shannon
10/24/2013 02:04:16 am
I think internet safety is something that needs to come both from teachers and parents. At home parents need to monitor their children online and make sure they are being carful on the internet. At school teachers need to teach the children about the risks of internet safety and steps you can protect yourself. A lot of people are not aware how easy it is to get your personal information from social media, this is something that should be taught to children at a young age so they do not misuse it later in life.
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Travis
10/27/2013 11:28:29 am
I agree with your comments. I think it is something everyone has to work on improving and teaching. We need to be aware of the dangers that arise from the internet and social media.
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10/26/2013 08:54:03 am
This website looks at cyber bulling and how it is done with social media. I have worked in a public school system before and I have seen how bullying can really affect how a student interacts with their peers. It is much easier to stop it when you can see it and physically intervene, but when it is done through avenues such as facebook or twitter, it is much more difficult to manage. I feel as educators we must do everything in our power to educate our students on how to protect themselves on line, but ultimately, as it should be, it falls on the shoulders of the parents to monitor and police what their children are doing online and make sure it is appropriate.
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Dustyn Yung
10/28/2013 01:21:39 am
I believe it should be a mixture of teachers at school and parents at home teaching the students about what can be found and done on the internet. This way they are hearing in multiple times. Kids also need to taught at a younger age as well. Today you here more and more about cyber bullying through emails and social media. We really must teach the kids in the classroom and at home about what negative things can be done on the internet.
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Lynn Royer
3/16/2014 07:48:37 am
Do we monitor our kids closely and how do they respond? As a mom, I try to keep close tabs on what my children are posting online. I would think that in the classroom, the policies and procedures in the school could be very much the same as policies in the workplace. Although creativity and certain freedoms are there for the students, I feel that if bullying or privacy violations come into play on behalf of a student, they should be punished by losing the privilidges of the internet at school. I realize however that we cannot enforce it once they leave the school, and a good parental support should also be involved. It is really tough to do though, as children and parents alike have so many different backgrounds.
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