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Internet Safety

10/30/2013

3 Comments

 
Our students are a part of a digital society.  As we teach our students to be a member of a global society we must also teach them digital citizenship.  Part of digital citizenship is teaching students how to ensure their safety as they navigate the internet.  The Digital Citizenship web site offers numerous resources including videos which cover the nine elements of digital citizenship.

As a way to guide and safeguard my student’s safety while using the internet, I set ways which will keep my students focused on certain sites.  When I have a project t or assignment they students will use the internet I place all materials and approved web sites as part of a assignment in my classes Edmodo site.  I know my students will have web sites which are safe for them to use.

I also had my student’s sign a digital citizenship pledge which I hung on my wall in my classroom all throughout the year.  This pledge I received from Common Sense Media.  This site provides lesson plans and videos for educators to use in their classroom along with materials for families.  Along with teaching students proper internet safety at school, we hope this education transfers to home but it is important that this knowledge is transferred outside of school.

A strategic to teach our students proper internet safety teaching our students proper and safe ways to search for information.  Our students must know how to tell who is a safe site and what information could be a hoax and when and when not to provide personal information.  The Center for Safe Schools provides resources and courses for students and their parents to review have to navigate the internet including the “Friend or Foe “ program.

In the new age of BYOT and BYOD (Bring Own Technology and Device), I have found many teachers do not understand it is so important that we limit the students use of technology to our school Wi-Fi systems and not cell providers.  We as educators are responsible for keeping our students safe as required by the Child Internet Protection Act (Richardson, 2010, p10).  Allowing students to use their devices under their cell plans does not provide a filter of content and websites.  Students could take pictures of student’s right in our classrooms or of use and post to social media sites right then.  These actions could contribute to bullying or even but our students and us in danger in allowing the public to be aware of what is going on in our classrooms.

We as leaders we must model to our student’s proper usage and safety in the digital world.  We can do this by ensuring in our classrooms we guide our students to be digitally responsible.

Edmodo. (2013). Retrieved from www.edmodo.com

Ribble, M., & Ribble, M. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://digitalcitizenship.net/

Richardson, W. (2010). Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms. Thousand Oaks: Corwin.

(n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.safeschools.info/internet-safety

James Steyer. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.commonsensemedia.org/advice-for-parents/internet-safety-tips-middle-school-kids


3 Comments
April Shinpaugh link
11/2/2013 10:48:14 pm

Christa,

I agree on the importance of modeling internet safety for our students. We are ultimately responsible for them and their safety. Your idea of providing an approved list of resources is wonderful. Do you also have an approved list of games students can use? My school is working toward BYOT. How do you communicate with other teachers the importance of monitoring students' personal devices?

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Christa
11/9/2013 04:36:58 am

April,
I do not really focus on games in my class, but most students are familiar with sites that their teachers approve. When they have completed their work, they will ask if they can go on sites and they are good about the sites being items such as cool math. For teachers in our school to use BYOT in their classroom, it is not a blank permission. They have to send home permission forms for specific days and lessons of instruction. These teachers had to attend a session with me to go over the rules and best practices for this use. I stress the importance of monitoring student activity for the students protection as well as their own.

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Monika Davis
1/7/2014 01:11:47 am

Christa, your concern about teachers understanding that students should be using the school's wireless and filtered network to support BYOT or BYOD are very valid. I agree in that too many educators really just don't understand the technology enough to think this far ahead. We have go to do a better job educating them. Are you aware of any tools or tactics that monitor whether or not a student is using the wireless network versus their cellular plan? I really think you are on to something here as BYOT/BYOD are really catching on in many districts to address access issues.

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        • Standards >
          • Standard 1 >
            • 1.1 Shared Vision
            • 1.2 Strategic Planning
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          • Standard 2 >
            • 2.1 Content Standards & Student Tecnhology Standards
            • 2.2 Research-Based Learner-Centered Strategies
            • 2.3 Authentic Learning
            • 2.4 Higher Order Thinking Skills
            • 2.5 Differentiation
            • 2.6 Instructional Design
            • 2.7 Assessment
            • 2.8 Data Analysis
          • Standard 3 >
            • 3.1 Classroom Management & Collaborative Learning
            • 3.2 Managing Digital Tools and Resources
            • 3.3 Online & Blended Learning
            • 3.4 Adaptive and Assistive Technology
            • 3.5 Basic Troubleshooting
            • 3.6 Selecting and Evaluating Digital Tools & Resources
            • 3.7 Communication & Collaboration
          • Standard 4 >
            • 4.1 Digital Equity
            • 4.2 Safe, Heathly, Legal & Ethical Use
            • 4.3 Diversity, Cultural Understanding & Global Awareness
          • Standard 5 >
            • 5.1 Needs Assessment
            • 5.2 Professional Learning
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            • 6.1 Continuous Learning
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      • Blendspace
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    • Pushing the Boundaries- ISTE 2016
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