Internet Safety Reflection

I read the prominent living article. It was a list of things families can do to protect their family from unsafe internet usage. I also read the article that talked about technology manners. For the video I watched the PBS special on internet safety.
TAKE AWAYS
The article was great because it had some quick things families could do. After watching the videos I think the most important one is NOT allowing children to have a computer in their room. I also think it is vital that parents know how to use the technology. Because if parents don't know how to use the technology they will never be able to tell if their children are in trouble. Also, I liked how the article talked about having security percussions on the internet like blocking certain sites. That will take away a lot of the problem. Finally, the most vital one of all, never share personal information with someone you don't know or don't post it on your website so people you don't know can see it.
The PBS special was so informing I learned things that I did not even know. I liked the episode on the classroom technology. The teachers realized that they needed to use technology to keep the students interested in the classroom. I totally agree with it because I'm always doing several things at once. For instance, right now I'm doing this assignment, watching glee, and eating dinner. The videos also talked about the new life the internet can give them. I never realized that some people get all their self esteem from the internet. When that 14 year old girl was posting the inappropriate pictures that gave her,her joy. This an important reason why children shouldn't have a computer in their room. Also, another reason why you check your childs computer! I was surprised also by the "Ana" sites. I struggled with this problem before and I'm SO grateful I never found these sits that could have cause so many more problems. I thought the most shocking story was the junior high boy who killed himself over what was said to him over the internet. However, once I thought about it, it made since their are groups on facebook that are based on hating certain people. How sad and inconsiderate people are becoming.
Reflection on Teaching
I called my mom and talked to her about internet safety. My mom just started using the internet a couple years ago. She is extremely clueness about how to use the internet. However, because she raised 5 children she knew what to do to protect her children from the internet. She was surprised about the cyberbullying she was not aware about that and the damages it can cause. She also didn't know about all the horrible sites that can help you become anorexic or help your commit suicide. It was more of an eye opening experience for my mom to realize how bad the internet it is. My parents do follow all the rules from the internet safety so they were aware of all of those.

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Video Response

I got a lot of the brown bear video. I loved how a kindergarten teacher was able to use technology in her classroom. I would think it would be difficult to have such young students use technology but she made it seem so easy. The thing I was most impressed with, was the fact that she said her english language students loved using the computer too! I am currently working with several ELL students and they also love technology. Sometimes when they don't understand a concept at all we will show them a YouTube video in spanish that explains the concepts and that helps so much. Also, they can figure out computers which makes them feel successful. That was aspect of technology that I have never really thought about before. I see technology used so often and it always makes the students more excited and the lesson a little more exciting!

1st week in the Practicum

My first day we saw how much technology was available in the schools. I was really impressed that every class in the school has a smart board. These are so nice to have in the classroom it lets every student participate and every student can always see what's on the board. In my classroom they have 3 Macs and my teacher has a laptop. Also, in the school they have 4 mobile labs that have 2o Mac laptops each. My teacher takes advantage of these every friday. She gives her students tests on them. The students love it because they get to use the laptops it makes test taking more enjoyable. Also, the school has 2 classrooms that are technology based the student to computer ratio is 2-1. We have a lot of technology and the teachers use it very affectively. I have also finished everything for this week!

Reaction to Science Project

For the science projects I watched Ethan's, Tara's, and Katherine's project. Everyone did such a wonderful job. Each person used a different tool so I thought that was cool to see how you could use them. I'm in a third grade classroom and they are learning about the moon and the stars and how they rotate so Ethans would be perfect to show my students. I enjoyed Tara's it would be really good for younger students, because it's easy to use, and younger students love animals. Katherines was just cool! I thought the whole time that this would have been a perfect science project in Elementary School. It was interesting to see the PH levels of all those household items. I liked this project, it was good to see all the tools you can use for science. Science is a difficult subject to teach so its great that their are tools to help you!

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