With the rapid advancement with technology today and the high number of students who use the internet and all the tools that can be found there, we need to ensure that students know how to protect themselves will they are online.
1. Do not put any personal information about yourself online or put any personal images of yourself within your online works.
2. Make sure that when you are blogging, the privacy settings are properly set so you can control who sees your posts, allow parents and teachers to view them, do not make them open to the public.
3. Have your studenst stay away from commercial sites that prompt them to input personal information. As teachers, we need to prescreen websites that we are sending our students to and discourage them from inputing any personal information when they are prompted too.
4. Inform the parents and the administration that the students will be blogging and using the website for classroom activities so they can also keep an eye on what the students are doing to help keep them safe while online.
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Chris,
ReplyDeleteIt's also a good idea to see if the school district has a policy in place for computer use. Many districts have forms that explain the rules for computer use and the consequences for breaking those rules. Both parents and students usually have to sign the forms so that everyone understands the process.
Dr. Burgos