Reading the blog by Kathleen Morris "Teaching Digital Citizenship: 10 Internet Safety Tips for Students." I really liked how she pointed out that lecturing students on the dos and don'ts will not be enough to impact them. Real life stories are a good way to get most students emotionally involved and it is important to get our children emotionally involved. The importance of this is because this is the start of their digital lives or so to speak digital citizenship, they need to learn a certain etiquette. Learning what the norms of appropriate, responsible behavior when it comes to using technology. This is the new age and teaching and its vitally kids know how to collaborate and connect online. This means educators have to be willing to learn as well. Some teachers are afraid that their students will know more than they do in this area. It has been said that you do not need to be an expert, you just need the willingness to talk, listen and learn to introduce this into one's class room.
Safety tips for students by Kathleen Morris
Talk: Talk to your parents or a trusted adult if you are unsure about any online activity.
Check Laws: Check before using an image or others work as they may be protected by copyright laws. Certain sites such as facebook, YouTube, Twitter, and so on require you to be a certain age before you can join.
Privacy: Always keep personal information like full name, address, passwords, and etc. private.
Friends: Only add people you know in real life and never arrange to meet someone in person you met online.
Reputation: Do not publish anything online that you would not want your parents, teachers, or future employers to see.
Unplug: Life is all about balance and it is not good for anyone's health to be online all the time.
Question: Question the information you come across, you can not believe everything you read online. When coming across information question who wrote it and why.
Passwords and Usernames: Choose sensible usernames or email addresses, try not using your reall name. Use strong passphrases as passwords and don't share them.
Cyberbullying: Know that it is not ok to pick on someone and tell someone if it is happening to you or someone you know.
Manners: Always be polite and respectful online.
Do you think there is something missing in these rules?
I love the way you paraphrased and broken down all the safety tips. Short and simple, with information like that, can be very convenient and easy to understand.
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Thank you. This was an easy topic to blog about for me. I think with some subjects such as this, the less wordy it is, the easier it is to teach to a younger group.
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