The use of
technology in schools has been a part of every student’s day inside of the
classroom. In the last class that we had we discussed and watched a clip on cyber
bullying. After watching the clip it made me want to learn and read more about
safety when it comes to technology in the classroom. Teachers need to know how
to prevent this from happening so they can have a classroom that is free from
bullying through technology, that everyone is being safe, and every student is
having fun learning new things.
I read the article, National
Cyberethics, Cybersafety, and Cybersecurity Baseline Study. The Education
Digest talks about Cyberethics, Cybersafety, Cybersecurity’s awareness
policies, initiatives, curriculum, and practices currently taking place in the
U.S. educational settings. The learning outcome with this article is course
objective #5 Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of safe, ethical, legal
and moral practices related to digital information and technology.
With having technology in the
classroom it has been proved that there are lots of positive outcomes, but it
has also been proved that there are also some challenges with it. It is
important that we as teachers make sure our students have knowledge about
internet safety. A survey was conducted to see how cyberethics, cybersafety,
and cybersecurity practices are taking place in public and private schools. What
the survey found is the content is limited, and teachers do not feel
comfortable with the topics.
Students are receiving no training
from their teachers. Yes, the information regarding ethical issues (copyright,
downloading, and plagiarism is in the student handbook, but the teachers are
having the student read the handbook on their own. The teachers should be going
over it as a whole class because what happens if the student never reads it or
some students may not understand what is being said in the handbook. Professional
educators need more training about technology safety so they can teach their
students how to be safe when using any type of technology. We all need as much
training so we can continue teaching our students through technology and have a
fun time with it.
Statistics:
·
75%-95%
of college students have admitted to academic dishonesty
·
75%
of high school students admit to academic dishonesty
·
43%
of teens have been victims of cyberbullying in the last year
·
64%
of teens stated that they do things online that they wouldn’t want their
parents to know about
·
79%
of students stated that they aren’t careful enough when giving out information
about themselves online
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