Monday, September 24, 2018
Digital Footprint
I believe that it is important for all individuals to be digitally literate, children should understand and know how to work such a huge platform. Technology is a huge source of communication, education, etc. If one does not educate children on digital literacy, they're doing more harm then good. With digital citizenship, the amount of engagement students should have with that depends on the age range. For instance, I am going for preschool and believe that they should not be given the access to communicate with others through social media because they are so young and don't fully understand "stranger danger". However, they should have access to apps to expand their knowledge and experience with technology. Another concern with children so young is publicly posting photos on social media. Every teacher is excited when they have a classroom of their own and want to share them with the classroom families. However, when posting your classroom on social media, you are exposing them on the internet world and do not fully know every child's circumstances. So a way to avoid that is maybe have a classroom site where you can share photos and activities privately keeping the children safe.
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I agree with you that technology is a use source for communication and education it can be very helpful to stay connected and to learn from. I work in a preschool classroom i agree that it is very difficult for preschoolers to use it to communicate. But most 2 to 4 year olds use technology at home. But there is different ways you can use technology to share photo with parents and activities you do in class. This way you can share things throughout the day that does on in the classroom which is what parents dont normally see.
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