Leadership, new Tools, and Virginia’s Internet Safety
Administrators are having to make many new decisions and incresing the scope of older decisions. our readings looked at how the leadership of the school districts are examining their responsibilities including preparing the instruction to students in Virginia on internet safety as a mandated requirement of instruction.
In the Solomon book we examined how the new web 2.0 tools could be implemented for integration and of course how they would be paid for. A suggestion was made that the district adminstrators did not necessarily have to fully understand how to use these tools, only to understand their values and to formulate a plan on their usage. Solomon (2007)
It used the example of integrating blogs and wikis into the communication of all concerned with instructional technology. Teachers, administrators, and even community members can participate in using these tools to communicate and collaborate while establishing the needs of the students. Solomon (2007)
Financial barriers are often the major reason as to non usage and the expansion into professional development. It discussed the use of open sourcing , elaborating on the idea it was not always the least expensive way to go. It is a way that has to be examined closely. Solomon (2007)
We will continue to grow in meeting our leadership needs and as they do we will see more overall success. We will also see the ned for laws and regulations like the new Virginia law on teaching internet safety. We must continue safely guided information to thes thirsty students looking to increase their internet usage.
Solomon, G. ; Scrum, L. Web 2.0 new tools, new schools.(2007). International Society for Technology in Education. WashingtonDC.
Nw Va Law: Teach Web Safety retrieved July 5 2008. http://www.eschoolnews.org/news/showStoryts.cfm?ArticleID=6261
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August 17th, 2008 at 2:47 pm
For a fun way to teach internet and social networking safety, here’s a unit that includes an instructional video and a quiz. It’s aimed at middle school and up.
http://www.auntlee.com/safety/
The video is a selection of silly clips supposedly posted to the MySpace pages of the famous auntlee.com puppy and some of her friends. The clips demonstrate mistakes kids can make – the clips and the quiz serve as a jumpstart to further discussions.
Kids can take the interactive Flash version online, or you can download a .pdf document and print it as a handout. The 10 question quiz covers the topics of cyber-bullying, privacy, safety, dangers of spyware and malware, etc.
The quiz doesn’t really focus on stranger-danger type concerns but rather gently and humorously reminds the reader that it’s possible to hurt people’s feelings, to mislead people who don’t realize you’re joking, to remember that online postings can be seen by anybody and that postings are often impossible to remove once posted.