Internet Safety Sharing

Doing:

For the internet safety awareness project I talked with my mom, who is in her late 40’s. It was beneficial to talk with her because my brother is in third grade, and is always on the computer. Even though he is not quite into chatting online and using technology all the time now, it soon will. I told my mom about the scariness of sharing passwords and what it can possibly lead to. I shared a few stories from the frontline PBS documentary about cyber-bulling and how it begins. I reminded her how important it is to make sure you talk with your children even when going through hard times. I also told her about chat-rooms and how online predators can find out information about them, even if they don’t share it. It was a positive, easy conversation as she was interested in hearing what sources and information I had learned.

Internet Safety Assignment

1. What article did you choose to read for your fourth article?
Leave It Alone, by Elder H. Burke Peterson, Emeritus Member of the Seventy

2. What were the most important things you learned from the readings?
Many times we watch or hear “unclean” media such as movies, music, or t.v. shows as a relief from the troubles of the world, but in reality it is just relieving us of our spirituality. This article was about staying away from “filthy” media in all forms. Elder Peterson explained that even if we take part in a little bit of this un-cleanliness it takes away from our light. By watching, or listening to these things it lets even just a little bit of darkness into us, and therefore takes away from our light. When some of our light is taken away he reminds us that we are more alone and less happy.

3. How will what you have read influence your actions as a parent and/or teacher of children and youth?
After reading this it makes me want to be even more careful when watching movies or t.v. shows. I do not want to get “caught” becoming immune to the filth out there, and even more importantly I do not want children to think that is normal or okay. I want to keep my children and the children I teach as clean and pure as possible. I want them to keep the light and to not be darkened by any source of media. I know I cannot choose what my students are surrounded by at home, but I can provide uplifting media for them to engage in. I will be even more careful in choosing internet sites and films for my students to watch.

4. How can you use what you have learned from the reading to have a positive influence on family and friends?
I can have a positive influence on my friends and family by being strong and helping us not be passive about what we are entertained by. I can help provide quality entertainment and stand up for what is good and clean.

Learning from SlideShare Presentations

I am very glad I was able to watch other students' presentations on their teaching with technology. The first thing I learned about was that many other schools had Smartboards or Prometheanboards in the classroom. I did not see Smartboards being used in the classroom because our school did not have them. But I was able to learn different ways to use them, and I am excited to use them in my class hopefully. The other thing I learned from the others' presentations was a great website for online tools, games, and technology to use in the classroom. One girl did a lesson on reviewing spelling words, and used a short story to illustrate them. It seemed like a very effective lesson and I am excited to find and use effective tools from this website :

http://www.edzone.net/~mwestern/stuff.html