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What?
The big idea of our lecture on September 18th was surrounded around the importance of data privacy and professional practice. As technology becomes more popular within classrooms we all need to be extra cautious around how we use technology as well as student and teacher data privacy. As future teachers, we need to be cautious about how we use technology and social media within and outside of school. We also need to make sure that we are educating our students in technology safety and how we can use technology to benefit us rather than risking our safety.
So What?
Educating students on digital privacy and safety is key. However, it is also important for teachers to be aware of our privacy and safety online. As a future teacher, I want to make sure that I am allowing my students to be educated on the information to keep them safe. This website that was attached in the presentation, K-5 Family Tips: Privacy and Security, is something that I will be sharing with my future students and their families. I will share the Freedom of Information and Protection Privacy Act guidelines as well with my students and prepare an activity to go along with the lesson. I will also make sure that I am covering these ideas within the classroom as well. Many students enjoy playing online games were you are able to message or talk with people online. I believe that we need to make sure that students are being safe on platforms like this. I believe that it is super important to share internet safety tips with the students and their families to ensure that they are staying safe on platforms that us as adults may not be able to control.
Now What?
After the class on online privacy and safety and the Freedom of Information and Protection Privacy Act (FIPPA), I will make sure that I am allowing my students time and space to learn internet safety. I will also make sure that as the teacher myself I will make sure that I am careful of what I post myself online and how my name is represented. I will make sure that my personal social media is private and not allow access for my students or their families to see my personal life. I will do this because I believe that it is very important for teachers to have a personal life and a work life. Something like this is also important for a teachers health and safety. Teachers should be able to have their own lives outside of school and work, it is the only way teachers will be able to succeed. Being safe online is something that we all lack education about making it something that I make sure I educate my students in my future classroom