The Kist
book brought up some points that I found valuable. I found this
chapter to be particularly challenging however because so many people keep telling me to get rid of my Facebook and such because when I am a teacher it will only bring harm to myself. Students are very intelligent in the computer world today and can hack things very easily. I like social media but students will not use this correctly at all times, we will always have a group of students who are simply negative influences and will create problems and ruin this for the class. Liz, thought this would be a good way for students to speak to each other and do homework outside of school. However, this is not a good idea students do not want to do work in school let alone outside and they may not have the sources to use technology at home. This as far as I am concerned is not the best way to teach students all the time. I know using things like Facebook for students would get them interested but it may not be the way that they can learn or have the ability to do outside the class. I still have my Facebook account but accounts are created easily and I know the dangers of people changing the information and even speaking to my future students through that would not be me but would make me look bad. Technology is very valuable and is created to advance us, however many times such as a young classroom may only bring negatively. I feel that we should incorporate some technology of course because students do not want to get to college and be so far behind other students, yet, in our class we are responsible for our students and need to keep a close observation of what they do, say, and create under our time.
True, Jennifer. We don't want to deprive them of opportunities with technology...but we don't want to interact with them on our own social networks. My advice is that when you begin in the schools...change your facebook to your first name and your middle name.
ReplyDeleteThere are also options out there for safer ways to social network with students, like facebook or moodle. There are also more sites that are created for use that are much safer. I think Kist mentions them in Chapter 2 if you want to check that out again.
But I agree...we don't want them to fall behind, but we don't want them to use it inappropriately. Consider having them sign contracts in the classroom?