Chapter 11, Question 2:
Privacy is a controversial issue in the Digital Age. Schools have an obligation to ensure student safety, both physical and virtual. When using the Internet or the network, this requires keeping close tabs on student’ activity when they are using computers. Do you think this violates students’ privacy? Justify your opinion and consider both points of view. I personally do not think this violates the student’s privacy. Students do not pay for the computers or the internet they are using while at school. When a school provides computers and internet for the students to use that is a privilege granted to the students. If the school has policies in place that the state what websites are allowed for the students to go on, then the students need to abide by those rules in place. If a student violates these policies they may have to suffer consequences set by the school, which may be loss of computer privileges on campus. I do see how you can see it from the point of view that would violate a student’s first amendment rights. The first amendment states that the students have the rights to go and express their opinion. In regards to the internet this may be on a social media perhaps. However, I feel that if you're going to use property that does not belong to you, you must follow the owner’s rules. Students are very well aware of the policies in place, most teachers go over them with the students on the first day of school. Some teachers have the students sign an agreement that they will only use the computers for educational purposes. Chapter 12, Question 3: Of the emerging technology trends presented in the chapter or those you discovered through your research on the Web, which emerging technology or trend do you think will have the most significant impact on education? I think one trend that could become very popular in the very near future would be learner analytics. Rather in public or private schools’ learners’ analytics can provide a huge insight to the students in their classrooms. Learners analytics provide a lot of data for teachers on their students. With learner analytics teachers can gage how to best prepare their lessons plans by reading the data the students have provided. The data can include information on what learning styles do the students prefer. This is an important factor because not every student learns in the same way. Every student learning preference falls in 1 one or more of the following ways, visual, kinesthetic, or auditory. Once a teacher reviews the data he or she can plan their lessons and focus on what style of teaching would best fit the needs of the students. In my personal opinion I really do think analytics will catch on in education. Analytics are already used in sports, business, and the medical field amongst countless more. I believe that applying analytics to education will help provide a more structured and productive learning environment for the students in the classroom. At the end of the day we need to do whatever we can to help the students become more successful in the classroom. Kahoot vs Quizizz: Kahoot allows the students to compete against one another on a subject of your choosing. Each question the students are given a certain amount of time to answer the question. There are multiple choice questions that are presented. For however fast the student chooses the correct point they are awarded a score. If the student chooses the wrong answer the receive zero points. At the end of all the questions the student with the top 3 score are shown to all participants. With Quizizz students are allowed to move at their own pace answering as quickly as they can. With Quizizz's it shows the students individual questions they got right or wrong, and it collects the data to show the teacher. Quiz Link: https://join.quizizz.com Access Code: 090764 ThingLink and Scoopit Reflection: I think Scoopit can be a really cool class project. You can allow the students to research and find websites or "scoops" that relate to their topic. Granted to ensure the students don't just read the title of the scoop, I might have them write a brief summary about each. Thinglink would be a useful way to present information to your class in a different way besides lecture. It has the students really using technology to learn about a lesson. I teach at school that is really wanting teachers to integrate technology into the lessons, so this will be a useful website for me. Below you can find both my Scoopit and my Thinglink on my website. Materials page Resources page Rubistar: Rubistar is a very handy tool for teachers trying to create a rubric for a project. This website formats your rubric to make it very neat and organized. I would highly recommend this website for all teachers regardless of the subject. The website is very easy to navigate, it does not require you to make an account to use it either. Below you can find a rubric I created. The rubric take very little time to create.
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Brian Long
7/21/2019 12:58:50 pm
Gary, I think that you're totally right. The technology that students use is not their own; therefore, they need to abide by the rules of the people that own it. Students often see technology as a right instead of a privilege, so they use it with that in mind. This leads to them feeling a sense of ownership over what content will be displayed on the technology. When these students enter the workforce, some of them will have pieces of technology that are the company's property, and if they use that technology for their own personal use, they might get fired. Instilling a sense of humility in students towards others' property will help them in school and when they get out.
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Saiva Baker
7/21/2019 09:50:49 pm
I agree with you. If students are going to use school computers, then the school has the right to monitor their online activities. This teaches them to respect and be responsible of other peoples property. I think your right that as teachers on the first day of schoool, we should inform students of the schools policies regarding usage of the computer and internet. That way they have been informed and are aware of it.
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