Practice
11 years ago
Saturday, December 12, 2009
Internet Safety Reflection
1. I chose to read one of the articles under the Media section entitled, "Rated 'A' " by Marvin J. Ashton (such a great article!).
2. I watched over 60 minutes of the video footage under the resources of Netsmartz, iKeepSafe Faux Paws, and the PBS Frontline Documentaries. Some of them were short, informative clips of hypothetical situations whereas others were real stories told by the kids who had experienced them. The videos covered internet safety topics ranging from child predator fears to social life revolution to kids growing up online to creating new identities. I was blown away by how manipulative people can be just through a few clicks on their computers. It was so good for me to watch these stories and recognize how these things actually do happen.
3. Some of the most important things I learned from these readings and videos were founded in the principle of preparing and preventing (instead of "repairing and repenting"). Just as that one "feather in the wind" video explained, once negative things are said on the Internet, it is extremely difficult to pick up the pieces. I enjoyed reading the articles because they articulated correct principles that should govern Internet use and the reasoning behind the principles. My favorite article was Elder Bednar's talk on reality and how Satan wants to minimize the importance of our bodies by getting us to use technology incorrectly--I thought that was really poignant. So many of the videos really struck me as well, but the most interesting one I watched was the one about the goth model who put her identity so much into her provocative Myspace account that it was devastating when she had to delete everything. It demonstrated to me just how careful we need to be in not allowing virtual reality to become more important to us than actual reality.
4. I talked to a parent who was actually pretty well informed about internet safety. Although she was not aware of all the specific ways kids could manipulate each other through the Internet (like cyberbullying), we discussed some of them and realized how most of these situations could be prevented by carefully setting up safeguards, starting when kids are really little. Then, if they start to violate the parents' trust in different ways, then the parents will come down harder on them with more restrictions. I was a little bit surprised to hear how she would restrict Internet privileges so much, but it made a lot of sense considering how hard she has worked on relationships of trust with her kids. I shared a lot about the videos, especially with the girl who shared her best friend's password and she was taken advantage of and her reputation was ruined. I think the person I talked to was amazed by how little it takes to destroy a reputation, and hopefully she will keep teaching her kids important principles about relationships and little safety tips like keeping passwords private.
2. I watched over 60 minutes of the video footage under the resources of Netsmartz, iKeepSafe Faux Paws, and the PBS Frontline Documentaries. Some of them were short, informative clips of hypothetical situations whereas others were real stories told by the kids who had experienced them. The videos covered internet safety topics ranging from child predator fears to social life revolution to kids growing up online to creating new identities. I was blown away by how manipulative people can be just through a few clicks on their computers. It was so good for me to watch these stories and recognize how these things actually do happen.
3. Some of the most important things I learned from these readings and videos were founded in the principle of preparing and preventing (instead of "repairing and repenting"). Just as that one "feather in the wind" video explained, once negative things are said on the Internet, it is extremely difficult to pick up the pieces. I enjoyed reading the articles because they articulated correct principles that should govern Internet use and the reasoning behind the principles. My favorite article was Elder Bednar's talk on reality and how Satan wants to minimize the importance of our bodies by getting us to use technology incorrectly--I thought that was really poignant. So many of the videos really struck me as well, but the most interesting one I watched was the one about the goth model who put her identity so much into her provocative Myspace account that it was devastating when she had to delete everything. It demonstrated to me just how careful we need to be in not allowing virtual reality to become more important to us than actual reality.
4. I talked to a parent who was actually pretty well informed about internet safety. Although she was not aware of all the specific ways kids could manipulate each other through the Internet (like cyberbullying), we discussed some of them and realized how most of these situations could be prevented by carefully setting up safeguards, starting when kids are really little. Then, if they start to violate the parents' trust in different ways, then the parents will come down harder on them with more restrictions. I was a little bit surprised to hear how she would restrict Internet privileges so much, but it made a lot of sense considering how hard she has worked on relationships of trust with her kids. I shared a lot about the videos, especially with the girl who shared her best friend's password and she was taken advantage of and her reputation was ruined. I think the person I talked to was amazed by how little it takes to destroy a reputation, and hopefully she will keep teaching her kids important principles about relationships and little safety tips like keeping passwords private.
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
week 12
I read "Early Connections: Technology in Early Childhood Classrooms" thoroughly for week 12.
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