Kids that are going to school now have grown up with technology all their lives. Most of the students we as future teachers will come in contact with will have been using computers since they were two or three years old. Cell phones and the internet are almost like life lines to many of these kids. They get home from school, do their homework, and then head right to the computer or the video games that they can now play online. This technology can be a good thing for students from an academic standpoint and I also think it is a good way for kids to be creative and express themselves, but kids also need to really understand the dangers of this technology. The video said that most kids who are online know about predators and are very smart about what they say and who they talk to. I think parents need to take the initiative to talk to their kids and lay down rules about how the internet is to be used whether at home or not. Then it’s up to the parents to trust that their kids will follow the rules. As a teacher, I want to make sure that I let the parents of my students know what their kids are doing with technology in my class. If I am going to be using the internet for a project in my class I would send a note home and make sure I get permission for their son or daughter to participate. I would make sure that the students are not giving out personal information or using their full names when posting things online so their identities are kept safe. I would put security measures on what I was using so only certain people could have access to what the students are writing. I know that the students are going to use the technology regardless of what safeguards I put on it, but I want the parents to know that I am doing whatever I can to keep their kids safe while on the internet in my class.
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