Chapter 11, Question 2
Privacy is a controversial issue in the Digital Age. Schools have an obligation to ensure student safety, both physical and virtual. When using the Internet or the network, this requires keeping close tabs on student’ activity when they are using computers. Do you think this violates students’ privacy? Justify your opinion and consider both points of view. I do not think that this obligation to keep a close eye on a student's activity when they are using computers. Students are not fully protected by the 4th amendment of the U.S. Constitution. My school district makes it clear that all teachers must keep a close eye on students whenever they are using laptops or are in the computer lab. The policy is not just to protect students. It also there to help prevent students of violating piracy laws which would not only put the school at risk, but the teacher and student as well. Chapter 12, Question 3 Of the emerging technology trends presented in the chapter or those you discovered through your research on the Web, which emerging technology or trend do you think will have the most significant impact on education? Of all of the emerging technology trends that were presented in this chapter, the Google Glass is one that I wish would take off. Sadly, if I remember correctly, Google has since cancelled or pulled back from the Google Glass. One of the technologies that I think will be the most important moving forward is cloud computing. By storing software on a cloud-based application, we no longer have to worry about running out of storage on our school computers. My school already utilizes a few of the cloud websites such as Dropbox. It makes life so much easier being able to open documents from any device. It also great to be able to collaborate with colleagues not only in the same school, but also with others across the country. Below are the links for this week's projects. Padlet Link https://padlet.com/wthompson20/u9yt6e1xbsb9 Quizziz Link https://quizizz.com/admin/quiz/5d34f22431972e001a7635ab Rubric File Thinglink File https://www.thinglink.com/card/1209668036819156999 Scoopit Link https://www.scoop.it/topic/u-s-government-by-w-thompson
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Margaret Patrick
7/22/2019 02:13:01 pm
Hi William. Thank you for your insights again this week. We are again on the same page with our thoughts to the chapter questions. I also do not believe it is an invasion of privacy to keep an eye on students using school technology (or their own tech when on school property). It is our job as teachers to ensure their safety. School hours are also not the time for students to pursue private endeavors online. School time and tech is to be utilized specifically for learning. It is important for teachers, schools, and districts to have policies in place so that this is understood by parents and students and the teacher, school, and district are protected when attempting to protect students.
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Jonathan Morris
7/27/2019 08:42:07 pm
The whole issue of privacy is very scary to me. That is one of the major draw backs to using technology in schools. I used to run a computer lab with 80 computers. It would be nerve wrecking to monitor all of the students to make sure that they were doing what they were supposed to do.
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