This week was another great experience for me. I really like our investigations and comments about ethics/privacy and internet children safety. Privacy is something that we will all fight the rest of our digital lives. While I know people that burn or shred every document they collect, I have different methods of disposing of these. I have a feeling the more sophisticated the criminals become, the harder it will be for our governmental agencies and agencies around the world to policy the issue.
As for child safety, this is one that I deal with a lot with in our digital imaging courses. A variety of my students have Flickr and PhotoBucket websites where they post their own personal picture. I feel that if I allow the students to do this during school time, they are exposing themselves to potential predators. While I don't allow the students to use these services in my computer class, studnets still use the services outside the classroom. I think we need knowledgable high school kids that understand the possibilities that are out there.
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Nick,
ReplyDeleteI we do one thing well as educators, it should be a focus on keeping students safe. There are enough people out there in cyberspace that are looking to prey upon the innocence of our students. I agree that we must have knowledgeable high school kids that are aware of the threats that exist for them, and our role should be to educate them about the internet safety. I am amazed at how high school students believe anything that they hear and read. The internet is a jungle that students are fearless to navigate through, but they need your experience to realize that there are real dangers lurking around the corner.
I agree gentlemen. I think a lot of teachers are quite dilligent in trying to prepare kids to access the Internet wisely, but I don't think that all parents are as well-equipped.
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