Thing 11

Thing 11:

I chose this lesson for both professional and personal reasons.  Having young kids at home we have run into problems of online awkwardness.  My family has worked together to be sure we are making safe and conscientious decisions online.  I wish I had some of the evidence and examples when we first encountered the issue that I do now.  My daughter was snap chatting with someone she knew only through a friend.  He fortunately enough is an acquaintance and contacted us to let us know what was happening.  We were lucky that there was nothing inappropriate shared.

Currently my position is in a middle school, and we have lots of drama.  At the beginning of the year our students sign an agreement for internet use.  This is fine for the school day when the usage is monitored, but what about when they get home.  Many of the problems we see during our day stems from social media activity from the weekend/evening before.  For this reason, I am planning to work on setting something up with our teachers to present the Be Awesome Online presentation from Google.  The ideas are well organized and covers a great deal of the basics of online responsibility.  This is something that would preface sometime working with the UBC Digital Tattoo Project (Protect).  The videos detail the concerns that all people should have online.  It brings a real life exemplar that the kids may listen to more closely because there are known sources such as the FBI giving the info.