PLN week1-2

I recently read an article called "Online Safety-Videos that get em" by Jeff Utecht, it was an article about Internet safety, how every teacher should at one point discuss with their students and how video clips are a great resource for learning. I can totally agree with with Jeff that every teacher should teach their students about how to use the Internet safely, because in this generation it is one of our main sources of communication, research, information, etc... I think that videos are a cool and great thing to use in the classroom, because it is true that

There is something about a video that really gets this generation

Me personally would like to know what to put out there and what I can put out there, so that other people wouldn't take advantage of the information put out there about me. Also, how to search and find out information more efficiently and I am sure that every student would too. I have had times where I could not find the right information about a topic that I was researching. When I went to my teacher she found what I was looking for, but even better in half the time it took me to find what I had found. Which was information that was very vague compared to what my teacher had found. Every student probably knows what I am talking about, so I think we would all appreciate it if teachers would discuss how to use the Internet properly.



In our English class I think this would be a great topic to discuss because everything that we do is on our laptops and on the Internet. Even though our teachers are there to supervise us and tell us what not and what to put on the Internet then and there, but what about when we get home? We all sometimes don't have a lot of common sense of what to put out there and what not to put out there. Just because we were told once doesn't always mean that we will remember, I think actually sitting down and having a discussion with students will remind and inform them of how to properly use the Internet without them forgetting.



The world could also learn a thing or two about how to properly use the Internet. Almost everyday there is someones identity being stolen, or people being stalked and put in to dangerous situations. Having the knowledge of the Internet will prevent these kinds of awkward and stressful situations.



Videos are a great source for teachers to use for learning. It is very true that are generation are visual learners and understand things more if they visually saw it. I think that any kind of prop, personal involvement in the classroom definitely help student learn and understand what is being taught to them. Me I understand things more when I actually saw what was going on. For example if we didn't have projectors in out classrooms, I think it would be pretty hard for our teachers to explain where to go if they had an assignment on the computer that needed to be completed. It also saves the students from all the note taking of where to go. Any kind of technology that helps us learn better and faster is also another great thing to have for our understanding.