Cyber Safety: Teacher Edition

By: Jena Snowden

What the Internet can do for teachers…

• Shared experiences (teacher blogs)

• Shared resources (file sharing and social bookmarking)

• Social Networking to enhance student learning

Educational Blog Awareness

If you are a subscriber to a blog…• know that what works for one student may

not work for another. • activities may not be researched based.

(Aftab, P. , 2004)

Educational Blog Awareness

If you have your own blog…• do not post pictures of students. • do not post student names. • do not give specifics about your location.

(Aftab, P. , 2004)

Shared Resources Awareness

Through File Sharing• May not be research

based assessments.• May not meet state

standards. • Possible typos and

misprints.

Through Social Bookmarking• Not all sites are safe for

students. • Sample sites before

allowing students to freely use them.

(Aftab, P. , 2004)

Using Social Networking in your Classroom

• Online Journals (student blogs) • Group Projects through Wikis• Homework Help from other

students through Twitter.

The Possibilities… to just name a few

(Downes, S., 2004)

Using Social Networking in your Classroom

• Teach students cyber etiquette. • Raise classroom awareness of Cyber Bullying.• Set and enforce strict guidelines for students

to follow.• Keep classroom accounts private. • Monitor student activities.

What you need to know…

(Responding to cyber bullying, 2011)

To Learn MoreIf you would like more information on any of the Web 2.0 tools that were discussed in this presentation, visit the following links. All videos were created and published by commoncraft.com.

Blogs in Plain EnglishSocial Bookmarking in Plain EnglishGoogle Docs in Plain EnglishWikis in Plain EnglishTwitter in Plain English

(Videos on technology in plain English, 2011)

ResourcesAftab, P. (2004). Internet safety: Information for educators. Retrieved from

http://www.wiredsafety.org/educators.html. Downes, S. (2004). Educational blogging. Educause Review. 39(5)

Retrieved from http://webcta.tamut.edu/webct/urw/lc2044122001.tp0/cobaltMainFrame.dowebct.

Responding to cyberbullying. (2011). Retrieved from http://www.adl.org/education/cyberbullying/.

Videos on technology in plain English. (2011). Retrieved from http://www.commoncraft.com/