Delicious Account

I tried saving it my my link list multiple time and it would not work. SO here is my link http://delicious.com/jcobb7. Hope that works better.

Week 14- Internet Safety Assignment

For this assignment I interviewed a girl that I know from back home. She is a freshman in college and would have been considered more on the popular side of her class. I thought it would be interesting to see if she knew anything about internet safety or problems that so many children are having. The first question I asked was if she knew what cyber-bullying was, she had never heard of it before. I was amazed by this and proceeded to explain to her what it was and why it is such a big problem. She was surprisingly uninformed about the different aspects of the internet and so I tried to talk her through some main safety procedures while being on the internet. It was interesting to have this interview and learn more about the slightly younger generation and see how informed (or uniformed) they are. I think this is valuable information because it seems like the majority of adults I know, are more aware of internet safety problems and thus they are more cautious. This is important because we as teachers and parents need to try and teach the younger generations more about this topic to avoid any heart breaking tragedies.

Week 13- Reading and Writing Business

1. What article did you choose to read for your fourth article?
I decided to read the article called "it's only violence" by Brad Bushman. While reading this article there were several things that I was already aware of, but there new bits of information. The article goes through how people today justify sex scenes in movies and notice these more frequently than the violence scenes.

2. What were the most important things you learned from the readings?
I think that the section that goes through different myths of media violence was very beneficial for parents and teachers. It talks about how the violence does increase aggressive behavior and this myth needs to be dispelled. Another thing that they talked about was how the media violence does not mirror the violence of the world. Several people believe that this is how violence in movies and on TV work, but this is incorrect.

3. How will what you have read influence your actions as a parent and/or teacher of children and youth?
I think that there are many things I will be doing in my future home for my children to help them be more protected from violence and other spiritual poison. Knowing that these thing are very available to all ages with access to the internet is scary. As A teacher I think that it would be best to make sure that all the computers have good internet blockers and make sure that there is a teacher present when students are working on the computers.

4. How can you use what you have learned from the reading to have a positive influence on family and friends?
I think that the best way to have a positive influence on family and friends is to provide them with the knowledge of internet safety and problems. Knowledge is power. I think that some people are not aware of the current state of the internet so therefore they are not able to protect themselves and their families.

PLE WEEK 14- Good Ideas

From listening to different presentations in class, there were many different ideas about how to integrate technology into the classroom. I noticed that even if the lesson does not require technology it almost always enhances the lesson. Even if it is not essential, it is something that will be more beneficial for the students. One idea that I got from this class was slightly more specific. One girl used a program called “i-clicker”. She was able to help the students study for their math test and it helped the teacher with assessing the students before their test. This is successful because each. Another idea that helped me learn more about integrating technology in the classroom was an activity that enhanced vocabulary. One girl used a Jeopardy game with different vocabulary and I thought it would be really fun to do something like that in the classroom. There were several other ideas that I learned more about during this class and will be better able to integrate technology in my future classroom.

New Information

After looking at the different slideshows I was able to learn more about how technology is beneficial into the classrooms. My group members had amazing power points and I really enjoyed looking at them. One thing that stuck out to me from Gen;s slideshow and then I noticed it form several other people's; but just the different ways that technology can benefit the children. I would have never thought about technology can help with physical well being and social/emotional development. These different aspects were amazing to learn more about and I feel like I gained a deep appreciation and desire to integrate technology into my future classroom.