I think that the most valuable aspect of creating a PLE was that is is a great way to communicate online. It has made me want to do this with my future students so they know what is going on in the classroom as well as the parents will be informed. I liked that it is a way for you to document what you learned in the class and see how you progressed through the semester.
Having a PLE the only thing that I really didn't like is that sometimes what you are trying to post, especially pictures they never seem to line up where you want them to. Also I had a lot of problems with it not letting me post the things that I needed to for the assignment.
I think that I will use my blog in the future so that I have a place where I can see the different things that I have learned throughout the years as so I can look back at them for ideas when I am teaching in the future.
Saturday, December 13, 2008
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Internet Safety 2
There was lots of interesting internet safety videos. One that I liked a lot was the netsmartzkids.org. I learned that kids need to use your netsmartz. I learned that students need to be really careful online, in making sure they are saying No to things they don’t know about.
They also need to make sure they are checking their email for viruses before they open them and telling a trusted adult anything that you are unsure of when online. You need to make sure students understand that on the internet you don’t always get what you think it is. Students need to learn to never give their personal information out online to people they don’t know. I also learned about the importance of understanding of ethics on the internet so that students will learn that taking songs is stealing things that are not theirs.
These internet safety videos and websites are a great resource for you to introduce your students or kids to. Many of the songs on netsmartzkids.org are catchy songs that will help students and kids understand what is important for them to know about how to use the internet and keep them safe.
They also need to make sure they are checking their email for viruses before they open them and telling a trusted adult anything that you are unsure of when online. You need to make sure students understand that on the internet you don’t always get what you think it is. Students need to learn to never give their personal information out online to people they don’t know. I also learned about the importance of understanding of ethics on the internet so that students will learn that taking songs is stealing things that are not theirs.
These internet safety videos and websites are a great resource for you to introduce your students or kids to. Many of the songs on netsmartzkids.org are catchy songs that will help students and kids understand what is important for them to know about how to use the internet and keep them safe.
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Internet Safety
I decided to read the article “Mixed Signals” from the June 2001 New Era. This was an interesting article and it had lots of good ideas to help your family keep safe from the internet. One of my favorite things it said was that you are in control you can keep yourself save on the internet. Another thing I liked was that discussing with your children different things like don’t trust everything you read and different internet rules in your house will help keep you as well as them safe.
I learned that the internet can be both beneficial as well as dangerous. One of the biggest things we should do is make our students and family aware of these dangers. This is one of the preventive measures we can do, as well as get a filter for our internet, put our computers in a public place and educate ourselves on as much as possible about how to prevent the dangerous of the internet in our homes.
What I have read in these articles will influence me because I will use the preventive measures learned to help educate my students on what they can do to prevent themselves from getting into trouble on the internet. I will make sure every student understands the dangers and knows how to make sure they don’t run into them. This may include teaching children to never share personal information and to always be on the internet for a specific purpose and not aimlessly searching.
I can use what I have learned from reading these articles by talking with my family and friends and teaching the about them preventive measures they can take to protect their family from the dangers of the internet. Some of these will include putting your computer in a public place, talking to your students or children about these dangers and making them aware of not to go on them. This has helped me realize that we need to also have meetings with our families and make good choices ourselves so that we can set a good example for them that they can learn from. We also need to take the time to watch good appropriate shows with our children so that we can discuss how to make choices that will help them rather than hurt them.
I learned that the internet can be both beneficial as well as dangerous. One of the biggest things we should do is make our students and family aware of these dangers. This is one of the preventive measures we can do, as well as get a filter for our internet, put our computers in a public place and educate ourselves on as much as possible about how to prevent the dangerous of the internet in our homes.
What I have read in these articles will influence me because I will use the preventive measures learned to help educate my students on what they can do to prevent themselves from getting into trouble on the internet. I will make sure every student understands the dangers and knows how to make sure they don’t run into them. This may include teaching children to never share personal information and to always be on the internet for a specific purpose and not aimlessly searching.
I can use what I have learned from reading these articles by talking with my family and friends and teaching the about them preventive measures they can take to protect their family from the dangers of the internet. Some of these will include putting your computer in a public place, talking to your students or children about these dangers and making them aware of not to go on them. This has helped me realize that we need to also have meetings with our families and make good choices ourselves so that we can set a good example for them that they can learn from. We also need to take the time to watch good appropriate shows with our children so that we can discuss how to make choices that will help them rather than hurt them.
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