Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Technology & Student Safety
I knew that the internet could potentially be a dangerous place for children, but after our class discussion last Thursday I was surprised to find out that we, as teachers, can be held responsible for internet and technological misuses. Our students will have so much exposure to technology that by the time that they reach high school they should be well aware of technological rights and wrongs. As a future high school teacher I believe that the best way to protect yourself as a teacher is to talk to your students. Remind them of things that they should not be doing at school (and at home for that matter) on their computers. I think that students should be told that if something were to go wrong, that the teacher would be personally responsible for the incident. This way the student should feel more pressure and more of a responsibility to use technology responsibly.
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I think its not fair that teachers should be held completely responsibile for what kids do on the internet. Anywho your sitting next to me...Loser
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ReplyDeleteI was definitely surprised too about the responsibility we could bear for our student's internet misuse. I certainly agree that we should talk to our students and tell them how to protect themselves and teach them what is appropriate use for the internet in certain environments (while that should just be common sense)
ReplyDeleteThat is a great point - make sure to talk to students. Although some may take advantage of hearing that teachers are held directly responsible!
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