Reading this book makes you think about your online image
and Ivester offers great tips on ways to check it and control it. One he offers is that we google
ourselves, such as how we did in one of our classes. Nothing came up when I searched myself or my husband but I
searched my sister and a couple of her facebook pictures came up in google
images. I told her about it and
she was surprised and kind of upset by it. I know I would be uncomfortable if one of my images came up
so I could understand her feelings.
The tips Ivester offered would be incredibly helpful for someone looking
for a job since he offers great ideas on how to create your own positive
identity online. In fact, it’s a
good idea for anyone since you never know who is looking at your information.
Lol…OMG (cont.) by Emily E.
Ivester also spent some time talking about cyber bullying,
which I did not think I needed to worry about with my students since I
currently teach grades 2-4.
However, I recently had a parent come to me with some concerns and in
our discussion I learned that her child had been cyber bullied online. Someone posted a negative comment about
someone else and she posted as well by sticking up for the person. In turn people then began to pick on
her and she became quite upset about it.
I went back into Ivester’s book and found some help. On page 107 he has a section called
“Advice for Victims” and this will be a part of what I teach when I am going
through the beginning stages of teaching students about appropriate use of
technology. One of his tips is
“Don’t Engage” and I think that’s what this student of mine should have
done. It was nice of her to want
to stick up for her friend but she needs to be careful because so many people
are on these sites that she doesn’t know who will read it and how it will
impact them and their actions.
It’s very frightening to me to think that kids this young need to worry
about this type of thing. The
world has changed. I don’t mean to
come across as negative about social media but it is very different than when I
was her age. I was able to go home
and leave the bullies at school, but now they are at home with you too.
When I’m teaching this I need to create some handouts for
the students to refer back to as well as their parents. I will be using online sources for
teaching the curriculum/standards and I want them to have resources to look
back at and discuss together. My
students wil be using internet sources as well in their learning so I need to
be careful about this. Actually,
does anyone know of any resources/ already made materials about this that I
might be able to use/modify? We
have things in our readings but why recreate the wheel when so many people are
sharing information these days?
Perfect example for me on how the internet is so useful to me, but it
has very real drawbacks that need to be known and taught.
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