Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Re: ISED/Internet Safety Speaker

The presentation I asked about was for parents only.=20
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From: "Lucy Gray" <elemenous@gmail.com>=20
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Subject: Re: ISED/Internet Safety Speaker=20

I agree with a great deal of what you all are offering, and particularly=20
Joe's comments... Internet safety is definitely not a one shot deal. I thin=
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schools need to look closely at the digital literacies/ values they want to=
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develop in their school communities and map out when and where these=20
literacies should be addressed in terms of time commitments and=20
developmental appropriateness. Let's look at this stuff from a long range=
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perspective and plan for it; let's also teach things in context. This is wh=
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I'm such a fan of the School at Columbia's social networking initiatives.=
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They are digging in with the kids and teaching them how to use digital tool=
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appropriately within an academic context.=20

On a related note, last summer I started working on a project with a few=20
others to encourage educators to think about student personal learning=20
networks. We strongly felt that there were certain elements that should be=
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introduced to students at various points in their academic careers. We=20
haven't done much since with this space, but you may find some material in=
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here that's helpful: http://studentpln.ning.com/. Hopefully, we'll grow it=
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when we find more time.=20

Also, this is a book that I used when I was in the classroom. I thought it=
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was very useful, =C2=A0but I think it's a bit out of date. It might make a =
good=20
resource is anyone is thinking about how to incorporate internet safety int=
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their school's curricula:=20
http://www.amazon.com/Internet-Computer-Ethics-Kids-Teachers/dp/0962870056/=
ref=3Dsr_1_6?ie=3DUTF8&s=3Dbooks&qid=3D1260978372&sr=3D8-6=20


Lucy Gray=20


On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 9:30 AM, Joe Frost=20
<Joe.Frost@phoenixchristian.org>wrote:=20

> Okay, so you've done the presentation and everyone has heard the=20
> Internet Safety pitch.=20
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> What then?=20
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> I'm always amazed that when it comes to Internet Safety many simply want=
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> to Lecture on the topic and think the issue is addressed.=20
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> Please, if we wouldn't teach science without the lab, or literature=20
> without the novel, why are we attempting to "teach" Internet Safety=20
> without the Internet?=20
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> If we really want to address the issue, I am an award winning teacher=20
> and fortune 500 tech and can show you a resource I built that you can=20
> use not only to teach Internet Safety, but do it using 21st Century=20
> Skills so it impacts educational technology across the curriculum,=20
> across the grade levels.=20
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> We need to teach K-8 Students Internet Safety in a safe & private=20
> environment, so in High School we can provide more, age appropriate,=20
> public resources.=20
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> Regards,=20
> *******=20
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> Joe Frost=20
> Director of Technology=20
> Department Chair Technology=20
> Phoenix Christian Unified Schools=20
> 1751 =C2=A0W. Indian School Road=20
> 602-265-4707 ext. 273=20
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