Parent Interview of Internet Safety
2 years ago
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Monday, April 20, 2009
2 Best Ideas about my Peers' presentations
1. I really loved Laura Wilde's jeopardy idea. It looked like so much fun and although it seemed really technologically intense and intimidating, it wasn't so bad after she explained how it worked. I think kids would be so excited about it and it's a great way to check for understanding.
2. I loved the power point lesson about the 4 different types of clouds (this lesson was for a first grade class). The presenter had made a power point presentation showing different real life images of the clouds so students could see them for themselves without having to wait for the weather outside to change. At the end, she had a slideshow of pictures of different clouds and she had the students say what type of cloud it was. Again, an excellent way to check for understanding!
2. I loved the power point lesson about the 4 different types of clouds (this lesson was for a first grade class). The presenter had made a power point presentation showing different real life images of the clouds so students could see them for themselves without having to wait for the weather outside to change. At the end, she had a slideshow of pictures of different clouds and she had the students say what type of cloud it was. Again, an excellent way to check for understanding!
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Internet Safety: From the Mouth of a Youth
I called up my 14 year old little brother and talked to him about internet safety.
1. What he already knew about internet safety: open chat rooms are not good places to be (even when playing video games, etc). When surfing the web and dirty advertisements pop up, don't click on them! close out of them and if they keep bringing them up, hit the power button. The internet may seem safe, but it's easy to abuse.
2. What I shared with him about internet safety: The internet is an easy breezy way for us to get lured into traps by Satan, and unfortunately he's good at it. Satan's already succeeded many many times. When we find ourselves ensnared in one of these traps, we need to bail out fast! We need to first and foremost: pray, then study the scriptures and the words of our prophets, and we need to confess to our bishop. Confession is an important part of the repentance process. Only then can the spirit that we drove out return and help guide us and comfort us. We will be much happier this way.
My talk with my little brother was a bit relaxed at first, but he could tell that this meant a lot to me and he settled down, he's really such a sweet kid. The talk was a lot easier than I thought it would be, I'm glad it happened.
1. What he already knew about internet safety: open chat rooms are not good places to be (even when playing video games, etc). When surfing the web and dirty advertisements pop up, don't click on them! close out of them and if they keep bringing them up, hit the power button. The internet may seem safe, but it's easy to abuse.
2. What I shared with him about internet safety: The internet is an easy breezy way for us to get lured into traps by Satan, and unfortunately he's good at it. Satan's already succeeded many many times. When we find ourselves ensnared in one of these traps, we need to bail out fast! We need to first and foremost: pray, then study the scriptures and the words of our prophets, and we need to confess to our bishop. Confession is an important part of the repentance process. Only then can the spirit that we drove out return and help guide us and comfort us. We will be much happier this way.
My talk with my little brother was a bit relaxed at first, but he could tell that this meant a lot to me and he settled down, he's really such a sweet kid. The talk was a lot easier than I thought it would be, I'm glad it happened.
Internet Safety
For the fourth article, I chose to read an article published in the January 1995 New Era by Elder H. Burke Peterson titled Leave It Alone.
The most important thing I learned from reading this article are listed as followed:
Stay away from any movie, video, publication, or music, -regardless of its rating--where illicit behavior and expressions are part of the action.
Watching/listening/exposing one's self to stained media "is only relieving them of their spirituality".
We are counseled to lay hod upon every good gift, and "touch not the evil gift, nor the unclean thing".
And the sentence that had the most impact on me: "No person can look at, read about, or listen to such explicit vulgarity, even in its mildest form, without bringing sorrow to a loving God and injury to one's own spirit."
I'm hoping that what I read will influence my actions as a future parent and teacher of children and youth to really not bring in stained media into the home or classroom. To do that, I need to start filtering the media I expose myself to now, the process will not happen over night.
I want to use what I read and learned to be a positive influence on my friends and family by leading by example and choosing not to expose myself to media like that.
The most important thing I learned from reading this article are listed as followed:
Stay away from any movie, video, publication, or music, -regardless of its rating--where illicit behavior and expressions are part of the action.
Watching/listening/exposing one's self to stained media "is only relieving them of their spirituality".
We are counseled to lay hod upon every good gift, and "touch not the evil gift, nor the unclean thing".
And the sentence that had the most impact on me: "No person can look at, read about, or listen to such explicit vulgarity, even in its mildest form, without bringing sorrow to a loving God and injury to one's own spirit."
I'm hoping that what I read will influence my actions as a future parent and teacher of children and youth to really not bring in stained media into the home or classroom. To do that, I need to start filtering the media I expose myself to now, the process will not happen over night.
I want to use what I read and learned to be a positive influence on my friends and family by leading by example and choosing not to expose myself to media like that.
Monday, March 23, 2009
I-Spy
My third grade class is learning about homophones right now (words that sound the same but are spelled differently and have different meanings, ie: witch, which). To help make learning about homophones fun and to help them think of many different examples of homophones, they are making powerpoint presentations on homophones. Each slide has a sentence that includes two homophones (for example: The witch did not know which broom was hers). Below this sentence, they include a clipart or graphic showing the homophones. They use animation effects to make their graphics fly/zoom/dance in and also on every slide, they include audio clips (like the cackle of a witch). I've found that my students really love working in the computer labs on their homophone presentations and they get really excited about all the special effects. All of them try to out-do themselves and make their presentation the best. =)
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Classroom Technology Idea
My students LOVE I Spy books, and so they're going to create their own I Spy Books. Instead of having them draw the pictures for their books, I'd like the kids to bring several small objects that can be arranged on a desk. Then, using a digital camera, take pictures of the desk. These pictures will become the I Spy picture and then students can write their own text to the pictures.
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