Journal #8 Navigate the digital rapids Nets-5

Lindsay, J., & Davis, V. (2010). Navigate the digital rapds. International Society for Technology & Education, 37(6), Retrieved from http://www.iste.org/Content/NavigationMenu/Publications/LL/LLIssues/Volume3720092010/MarchAprilNo6/Navigate_the_Digital_Rapids.htmI

This article really stressed all the points about internet safety and whether or not that's even a possibility. I think kids need to be able to use the internet and in this article it talks about the scary parts of even going into the internet scene with the kids and yet you can't be afraid to really embark on that adventure with them. I think the rules and the knowing what to do when an incident arises is definitely one of the most important things they wrote about in the article because knowing what's going to take place is something goes wrong, make the teacher secure in knowing they have rules, and a plan. I think the kids also need to know that if they are inappropriate that action will be taken, so that they learn very quickly. I know teachers are looked at under a microscope these days and that we have to be extra careful but computers are here and they are the generation. These kids need to learn technology in order to be successful and without it they will for sure be at a disadvantage.

#1 Would you allow computers to be used in your class for assignments and learning purposes. Yes absolutely because I think that students can learn so much from the internet and just like the article says I know that internet safely kinda sounds like hunting safety in the way that it's almost ridiculous but we have to be able to take that chance and know that accidents and mishaps happen, but we can't fear that to the point that we don't use the technology around us.

#2 Would you allow the student to go back on the computer if they were caught being inappropriate or ban them from the school year? I think kids need to be able to learn rom their mistakes and so yes their would be a punishment that comes along with not following the rules of the computer but I would also take into consideration that the student will go back on the computer whether at home or somewhere else and they just need to learn what they did wrong and understand so that they can go back and start new, with the rules FRESH in their mind.