http://langwitches.org/blog/2009/02/05/cyber-safety-smartz/ The Magic of Learning Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:20:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://langwitches.org/blog/2009/02/05/cyber-safety-smartz/comment-page-1/#comment-28467 Jeff Richardson Thu, 05 Feb 2009 19:37:21 +0000 http://langwitches.org/blog/?p=3341#comment-28467 I think what needs to happen most is to simply start the conversation about safety WITH THE KIDS...not AT THEM. I just talked about this with the faculty at my school and most teachers don't feel comfortable broaching the topic because many don't feel equipped to answer questions and recognize the kids know more than they do. I think if we just start the dialogue with our students, find out what they think is acceptable and talk about what they are currently doing without drumming up fear, that they will open up to this idea that the internet is place where they must use caution as they navigate and create. Students are so used to hearing about the "predators" and other unseen dangers harped on by adults that they have written that off as one more thing we are trying to use to scare them and keep them from exploring the internet's potential for their lives, both socially and academically. Make sense? There's a lot more to say but I am late for an internet predator scare seminar with our students! LOL...kidding! Thanks for the post and the thoughts. Jeff @jrichardson30 I think what needs to happen most is to simply start the conversation about safety WITH THE KIDS…not AT THEM. I just talked about this with the faculty at my school and most teachers don’t feel comfortable broaching the topic because many don’t feel equipped to answer questions and recognize the kids know more than they do. I think if we just start the dialogue with our students, find out what they think is acceptable and talk about what they are currently doing without drumming up fear, that they will open up to this idea that the internet is place where they must use caution as they navigate and create. Students are so used to hearing about the “predators” and other unseen dangers harped on by adults that they have written that off as one more thing we are trying to use to scare them and keep them from exploring the internet’s potential for their lives, both socially and academically. Make sense? There’s a lot more to say but I am late for an internet predator scare seminar with our students! LOL…kidding!
Thanks for the post and the thoughts.
Jeff
@jrichardson30

]]> http://langwitches.org/blog/2009/02/05/cyber-safety-smartz/comment-page-1/#comment-28466 KimT Thu, 05 Feb 2009 19:09:16 +0000 http://langwitches.org/blog/?p=3341#comment-28466 I couldn't agree with your impressions any more! Why use the old "stranger danger" routine with these kids. They know too much, they have been exposed too early in their lives to the technology. If we could only get to them sooner to teach them how to be "safe" by making sure they know how to correctly set their privacy settings on their social networking sites, or letting them know to choose a user name properly. Those are the lessons we need to be teaching. We need to let them know it is OK to go online, but need better real life skills. I couldn’t agree with your impressions any more! Why use the old “stranger danger” routine with these kids. They know too much, they have been exposed too early in their lives to the technology. If we could only get to them sooner to teach them how to be “safe” by making sure they know how to correctly set their privacy settings on their social networking sites, or letting them know to choose a user name properly. Those are the lessons we need to be teaching. We need to let them know it is OK to go online, but need better real life skills.

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