Submitted by Trina (not verified) on March 24, 2008 - 17:38.
I think that safety is such an important thing to think about when using technology to reach the larger community. At my school we must get signed parental permission in order to take pictures and use them on the internet or anywhere else. Unfortunately, there are some situations that come up in life that make parents wary of their child's image on the internet posted to the world at large.
Speaking of the world at large, I would like to talk about safety in classrooms using the internet. Recently at my school we were not allowed to use student computers because the filter that my district uses was somehow disabled. It may sound silly, but my kids and I were devastated. I use the computers during reading, math, and science. There are such wonderful, free sites on the internet that support learning with examples in an entirely individual way. My students learn so much from interacting with the computer in an educational way, and they take this learning home and use it there too. I don't really know what I want to get out of this discussion...perhaps someone going, "Huh."
Internet Access in Schools
Submitted by Trina (not verified) on March 24, 2008 - 17:38.
I think that safety is such an important thing to think about when using technology to reach the larger community. At my school we must get signed parental permission in order to take pictures and use them on the internet or anywhere else. Unfortunately, there are some situations that come up in life that make parents wary of their child's image on the internet posted to the world at large.
Speaking of the world at large, I would like to talk about safety in classrooms using the internet. Recently at my school we were not allowed to use student computers because the filter that my district uses was somehow disabled. It may sound silly, but my kids and I were devastated. I use the computers during reading, math, and science. There are such wonderful, free sites on the internet that support learning with examples in an entirely individual way. My students learn so much from interacting with the computer in an educational way, and they take this learning home and use it there too. I don't really know what I want to get out of this discussion...perhaps someone going, "Huh."