Journal #3

 Morehouse, J. M. (2011). Students dig up dirt to learn about internet safety. Retrieved from http://www.iste.org/Libraries/Leading_and_Learning_Docs/september-2011-learning-connections.sflb.ashx


In the article “Students Dig up Dirt to Learn About Internet Safety” by Jesse Morehouse I found it very interesting. I was shocked to find out that 87% of Americans can be positively identified from their ZIP codes, dates of birth and genders. I think it’s great that this teacher is making her students aware of what is out the there in the cyber world and anything they post or share is for the universe to see. Many teenagers think they are invincible so they cannot truly comprehend the impact of an inappropriate entry on a personal blog, social network, or Twitter account. The teacher does a great job of having her students do the project of researching people, and finding out how much information is out there on someone. If someone posts something inappropriate online it way affect them later on in life for example trying to get a job. People may judge if they see something inappropriate on ones blog page or twitter page. I know being in the teaching program this situation has been brought up in the fact of making sure we have appropriate pictures on our facebook page because we are hold to a standard. Everyone needs to be aware that your online “image” will reflect positively on you. Always remember that nothing is private and be aware that whatever you share make sure you don’t mind everyone else seeing it.

What are some ways you can protect yourself from having your information out there? You can make sure you have all of your social media accounts set to private. Make sure you are aware of what information you are putting on you facebook cite, blog page, or Twitter account.

How do you make sure your students are being safe in the Media world? As a future teacher I think it is important to make sure that all of the students are aware of how to protect themselves and make them aware of what to do and what not to do.