Internet Safety Share

For the doing part of the internet safety I talked with my parents. They are pretty up to date when it comes to technology and I wanted to see how much they knew about internet safety. I started by asking them what dangers they thought the internet has and what they do to keep themselves and their family safe from them. I was pretty impressed with how much they knew and what they were currently doing. They have all their computers in open spaces in the house and they don't give out their private information. Even though they no longer have young children of their own they are starting to get grandchildren. I showed them a clip on netsmartz about chat rooms and cyber bullying and then asked what they would do to educate their grandchildren or younger nieces and nephews. They said, "The most important thing is to talk to your children about what's out there and be upfront with them about the real dangers that exist. It's really a balancing act between giving them freedom and keeping them safe. When it comes down to it though all you can do is teach them correct principles and hope they'll make good choices." It was interesting talking to my parents and being able to look back on the precautions they took with me and my siblings growing up. I think they did a pretty good job.

Technology Presentations

The two best ideas I got from viewing the technology integration presentations were using a smart board to teach diphthongs and teaching fractions with a power point. What I really liked about both of these lessons is how interactive they were. They were both relatively simple to put together and they added to the lesson without taking away from the task. The only downside to these lessons is that you do have to have the required technology (smartboard, promethean board) which are not available at all schools.

Internet Safety

Reading:

I chose to read an old Ensign article by Gordon B. Hinckley called, "Opposing Evil" found in the November 1975 Ensign. It was fascinating to read that the same warnings we hear today were given 10 years before I was born! Regardless of the time we live in we have the responsibility to stand up for what's right and to let our voices be heard in a positive way. 

The most important things I learned from the readings is that ultimately the decision comes down to us. We will always be surrounded by bad and dangerous influences but the choice to make them a part of our lives is still ours. There are plenty of good influences left that we can engage in. 

As a teacher and future parent I hope to stand as a good example and be able to inspire the children around me to take part in wholesome activities when it comes to technology. I plan on teaching internet safety to my students and children so they are aware of what's out there for both good and evil. 

I will use what I read to first focus on improving myself and hopefully that will also have an effect on my family and friends. I know that I can't control their choices but I hope my choices will be an influence for good. I also plan on sharing some of the readings with them so that they can be informed and then make their own decisions.

What I learned from viewing other presentations

There were a lot of great lessons done using technology. I learned that it's important to think ahead when using technology and practice going through the lesson beforehand to work out all the kinks. I also learned that there are a lot of great resources available on the internet and through other teachers.

My Slideshare

Katie's Technology Lesson Presentation

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Tech Lesson Plan

I am planning on doing the lesson that I described previously if all goes as planned. Sometimes my teacher changes what she wants me to teach but I am planning on doing my technology lesson for my last observation on March 31st. I will be doing other lessons with technology before that such as using a transparency to do math problems together and a small reading group using the promethean board. The lesson I plan on creating the slideshow for is correcting sentences on the promethean board (see previous post).

TPACK idea

My mentor teacher wants me to teach writing while really focusing on conventions such as punctuation, capital letters, etc. My idea is to use the promethean board to have several examples of sentences that contain errors and then have the students come up to underline or circle the errors they can see. I would use the shade tool to show the incorrect sentence and then lower it to reveal how the sentence should look. This would be an improvement because several sentences could be done in a short amount of time and the students' attention could be held longer.