Search Engines and Web Navigation:
In order for my students to use the Internet for research, I have to be able to teach them. I think it is incredibly important for teachers to be proficient with search engines so they can teach their students how to find information on the Internet. Once you are familiar with search engines, you realize that this knowledge helps you do research quicker and find more reliable websites. For example, Subject Index searches are a good way to find many websites at once that pertain to one topic. "The search engine site provides a list of topics you can click on" (Roblyer 2016, p.183). I believe it is a smart way to begin research since you are presented with many different resources at once all related to your topic. Another example would be using advanced searches. "Keyword searches in search engines allow several kinds of "advanced search" options to narrow the search for you so you won't get so many irrelevant hits" (Roblyer 2016, p.183). You can use this option to filter your results making it easier to find the information you are searching for.
Website Evaluation Video:
I plan on showing this video before doing any extensive research for a project. I believe this video does a good job in explaining the different types of websites and how their information may be biased based on the domain type.
Favorite Websites:
- http://www.learner.org- Annenberg Learner
This website is beneficial because its “content is free from bias” (Roblyer 2016, p. 198). It has many helpful tools such as lesson plans that can help me as a new teacher.
- http://www.nea.org/- National Education Association
I think this website’s content is not only helpful but it is also extremely easy to navigate because “you can get to information within three clicks” (Roblyer 2016, p. 198).
Online Safety and Security:
Privacy issues are a huge concern to me as a future educator. I believe many privacy issues stem from teachers and administrators making careless mistakes and releasing personal information about their students. I think in our day in age, it is easy to accidently post personal information. One example could be posting a picture to snapchat showing all the papers you have graded but in doing so accidently posted a child’s full name and grade they received. The book points out that “teachers should be careful not to identify students with last names, addresses and other personal information” (Roblyer 2016, p.175). I think it is important to be aware of how easy it is to make these errors in hopes of avoiding them.
Great post Anna. Specifically in regards to privacy issues and careless mistakes that you might not even think about until its too late. With the extensive use of social media these days this has the potential to cause real world problems, especially by those who have a tendency to post aspects of their life constantly. Its a very good point you made about posting pictures of papers one has graded and a students name and grade ends up being visible. Not only is this a breach of privacy but even worse could open up a child to those of a predatory nature if any other personal information was visible and you'd never know. It pays to stay vigilant and aware of the things we post to social media and you've done a great job in making this clear. Keep up the good work.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed reading your post on Web tools and online security. I completely agree with what you had to say about privacy issues with students and how careful you have to be about the information you put on social media. Now that everything is internet based it is always up so if you accidentally post a snapchat without thinking about that a students name and grade on it that snap chat can then be screen shotted and its now out in the world. even if you try to delete it, we are help accountable for our social media actions like never before. Like the textbook says though social media is blocked of most school computers it does find a wy to be used positively and negatively in the classroom (Roblyer, 2016, p.174).
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