INTERNET SAFETY

From the readings and videos I watched, I learned two important things: the importance of staying safe on the internet and not giving out any personal information, and how crucial it is for us teachers to stay on top of technology so that we are aware and can use it to the benefit of our students.
Such a technological world can be harmful, however, if students aren't aware of Internet Safety and its importance. A lot of times we tend to think that bad things won't ever happen to us. We hear stories of other people's horrible experiences but shrug them off after an hour or two because we have better things to think about. Internet safety is not something we can shrug off. I don't know how predators, hackers, or phishers choose who they will target, but we need to be proactive in staying safe and helping others to stay safe as well.

all of the articles and videos I watched were linked on our Class Diigo Website

"WordPress as a Learning Management System – Move Over, Blackboard"

- "BuddyPress" interactive online community for class...teacher can't really monitor it

- good points about how important it is for us as teachers to teach our students how to be flexible and learn how to access and use all different platforms of technology

- I'm intimidated by the thought of such an entirely technological classroom...I guess I'm old school at heart 

"Provo man buys old cell phone, finds amazing list of numbers"

- Moral of the story: don't donate your phone to a thrift store? I guess the thing to learn from this is just how long personal information can stick around. What you think is private, may not be so private later...especially if you forget about it and someone else stumbles on it 10 years later.

"Building a Better Password"

- Scary! my password system is definitely a mess, I am motivated to fix it now...but it's so intimidating because it seems like hackers can get into pretty much anything these days

"Internet Safety: A Cautionary Tale"

- Again, this is a really intense, scary look at what could happen if you give out too much information. This is a little over the top but it reiterates to me how important it is to be overly cautious. As soon as I finished watching this I did a thorough google/facebook search of myself to see how much information people can see. I recommend this for everyone, also make sure and review your privacy settings on sites like facebook and myspace.

"Finding and Sharing the Gospel Online"

- A nice, uplifting way to finish off this assignment. The internet can be good and can be used as a missionary tool. We can be successful in online missionary endeavors as long as we are safe and smart about it.

 ---After learning about all of these internet safety warnings and suggestions I taught them to one of my roommates. We both got on our facebook accounts and edited our privacy settings to make sure that we weren't sharing too much information.