On top of your head you might think of Eurovision Song Contest and a dark heard gay from Norway, singing and playing the violin like mad. But this fairytale is about a girl I know quite well.
Once upon a time, a girl started to work as a kindergarten teacher. About that time, she also created a profile on Facebook. That combo wouldn´t provide any trouble she thought.
Boy, was she up for a surprise!
The position in the kindergarten was demanding in several ways. A lot of new stuff to learn, there was many children with special needs and she had to create relations to many different parents. Still, the girls was happy, and did her very best. The Facebook profile got updated, pictures was added and tagged. The girl was careful about what pictures to publish. Or so she thought! Days and weeks went past. She spent the time changing diapers, playing outdoors, singing, discussing and doing project work. In the evening she spent some time socializing on Facebook.
The girl was rather inexperienced about Facebook so she hadn´t restricted the privilege of watching her pictures. Naive? Probably. But she didn´t think she had any enemies out there!
Boy, was she up for a surprise!
The girl didn´t have any thoughts, what so ever, that what she and her friends on their spare time put on Facebok would be relevant for her job as a kindergarten teacher.
Boy, was she up for a surprise!
The girl was playing with some kids in the sandbox, when her boss called for her. It sounded like there was something serious. The girl could not understand what her boss had in mind. She hurried in to the boss´ office, anxious to know what this was about.
Boy, was she up for a surprise!
“To day I´ve got a letter from the mayors’ office. The letter is about you!” the boss said. Enclosed in the letter was a picture of the girl, and a text asking “Do the employees of our municipality want to promote them selves like this?” The coward sender had of cource not signed the letter.
The girl got knocked out!
The picture, quite innocent, was taken at a girls trip some time back. A friend of her had added the picture to Facebook picturing the girl sitting on the toilet, singing, with her clothes on. It was printed from her Facebook profile. How could this picture upset someone? She felt bullied. She got paranoid. Someone wanted to hurt her. Perhaps some parents in the kindergarten, or even some of her colleagues, or even …
The girl needed long time to recover from the shock and the paranoia. The incident was an eye-opener. Netiquette and digital bullying (Norwegian) became a topic for discussion in the kindergarten.
”Think you a little about!”
So, why do I tell this story? I think it is important to be aware of what we put online. It can be held against you some day.
It can be hard to see if someone is being bullied or if it’s just fun for all parties. The philosophy should anyway be: What you cannot do to someone in real life, you shouldn’t do online either. Even if you are communicating through some screen, it still is real people you are in touch with.
No doubt, the computer will be part of our life in foreseeable future. The technology is providing a huge amount of opportunities. Unfortunately someone is abusing these tools.
This video show examples of digital byllying:
"Think before you do...."
Cyber bullying
Bullies using SMS, MMS, chatting, e-mails, blogs, Facebook, mobile phones etc is called cyber bullies. This kind of behavior is hard to see for outsiders, and it is difficult for the victims to defend themselves.
Because computing is a part of everyday life, netiquette and cyber bullying has to be placed on the agenda. Studies show that cyber bullying is a growing problem. Norway is for a fact worst in Europe when it comes to this.
How can we end this trend?
Should this “education” be provided by the schools or is this a parental responsibility?
By far, this is an after-school problem. Should then the school take a lead position fighting this?
Why can`t parents go online, to find resources and information about how to stop cyber bullying?
I think parents, pupils and the school should stay together to fight this problem! In school to day, the children are supposed to develop digital competence. Netiquette and source evaluation are important parts of this competence.
According to Kunnskapsløftet, usage of digital tools is a basic skill in all subjects. For each subject a description of how to use these tools is provided. Critical evaluation, sources, copyright or privacy is mention for each subject. In social science it is pointed out that digital skills includes to follow rules and norms for online communication.
Thus, the school can`t opt out this responsibility. We have to teach the children how to use the Internet safely and securely! And also to understand the consequences of their online activity!
It`s an imperative to include the children in developing rules for online behavior. This work has to start even in first grade.
Or what do YOU think??
lørdag 12. februar 2011
mandag 7. februar 2011
To use or not to use –that`s the question!
Does anybody know where the good old-fashioned overhead projector went? You know, the one where the teachers turned their transparent upside down, struggled to get in focus, so that all the pupils could see that nice handwriting up on the wall. That one. It´s really good the times changes and that the development is moving forward. Or does it, now?
Also blackboard and chalk is thrown out of school, instead comes the modern invention SMARTBOARD! We might well believe that all the teachers were happy, but no! At most of the schools I´ve been to, this board has created discontent and envy. Only teachers and pupils at the higher grades are blessed with such boards on their areas. Teacher at the lower grades will have to manage with out these white boards capable for almost everything, yet a while. They are extremely expensive, or at least so I´ve heard. Also the teachers at the lower graders is mostly women.… so it´s probably not that important? The ladies at school isn´t known for their technical skills, are they? Neither the men for that matter! I think everybody has seen a teacher struggling to get the VCR to work , - either the picture is gone or there is no sound.
But back to business… What´s the buzz about these boards?
Smartboards is an interactive, electronic whiteboard which can enhance instruction and learning. It can be used in the same way as an ordinary blackboard, you can write on it with pens and use an eraser. If you connect a computer to the smartboard a whole, new world will appear. Now the board can be used as a computer screen, and the classroom have access to all the software, including Internet browsers. The board becomes a pointing device, like a mouse. Such, you can control the computer and all its recourses directly from the smartboard.
Look at this video to watch how you can use smartboard:
They are EASY to use!
The smartboard comes with a computer application called SMART Notebook. The application is made for teachers and provides exiting tools for preparation and presentation of educational material. You could use pictures, movies, backgrounds, maps and mathematic specific resources like rules, calculators and angle measurer. You also got interactive resources like quizzes where the pupils can answer multiple choice questions on the smartboard simply by pushing the one of the alternatives. Immediately the pupils get feedback on their answer.
There are more interactive resources, games and prepared educational kits on line. On youtube there is several smartbord tutorials. Recently an Internet portal (www.smartskole.no) is released where teachers can share educational material. Teachers can upload their own kits, and download others. The material is categorized in topics, grades or subjects. You also got a debate forum to discuss questions and share experiences. You even got a “tip of the week” archive.
Based on the above, I dare say that those students who do not have smartboards in their classroom miss much. And I also believe that to prepare and implement engaging lessons is much easier when the teacher can use computer and smartboard. Greater variation in the teaching, large educational outcomes and more engaged and active pupils, I think are some of the benefits we can get with the use of the smartboard.
So the answer is definitely: TO USE!
For further reading -check this link: smartboard
Also blackboard and chalk is thrown out of school, instead comes the modern invention SMARTBOARD! We might well believe that all the teachers were happy, but no! At most of the schools I´ve been to, this board has created discontent and envy. Only teachers and pupils at the higher grades are blessed with such boards on their areas. Teacher at the lower grades will have to manage with out these white boards capable for almost everything, yet a while. They are extremely expensive, or at least so I´ve heard. Also the teachers at the lower graders is mostly women.… so it´s probably not that important? The ladies at school isn´t known for their technical skills, are they? Neither the men for that matter! I think everybody has seen a teacher struggling to get the VCR to work , - either the picture is gone or there is no sound.
But back to business… What´s the buzz about these boards?
Smartboards is an interactive, electronic whiteboard which can enhance instruction and learning. It can be used in the same way as an ordinary blackboard, you can write on it with pens and use an eraser. If you connect a computer to the smartboard a whole, new world will appear. Now the board can be used as a computer screen, and the classroom have access to all the software, including Internet browsers. The board becomes a pointing device, like a mouse. Such, you can control the computer and all its recourses directly from the smartboard.
Look at this video to watch how you can use smartboard:
They are EASY to use!
The smartboard comes with a computer application called SMART Notebook. The application is made for teachers and provides exiting tools for preparation and presentation of educational material. You could use pictures, movies, backgrounds, maps and mathematic specific resources like rules, calculators and angle measurer. You also got interactive resources like quizzes where the pupils can answer multiple choice questions on the smartboard simply by pushing the one of the alternatives. Immediately the pupils get feedback on their answer.
There are more interactive resources, games and prepared educational kits on line. On youtube there is several smartbord tutorials. Recently an Internet portal (www.smartskole.no) is released where teachers can share educational material. Teachers can upload their own kits, and download others. The material is categorized in topics, grades or subjects. You also got a debate forum to discuss questions and share experiences. You even got a “tip of the week” archive.
Based on the above, I dare say that those students who do not have smartboards in their classroom miss much. And I also believe that to prepare and implement engaging lessons is much easier when the teacher can use computer and smartboard. Greater variation in the teaching, large educational outcomes and more engaged and active pupils, I think are some of the benefits we can get with the use of the smartboard.
So the answer is definitely: TO USE!
For further reading -check this link: smartboard
torsdag 3. februar 2011
Min første blogg
Da har jeg faktisk blitt blogger!
Hvem skulle tro det... Ikke jeg selv iallefall :)
Denne bloggen er i hovedsak opprettet fordi jeg må, men hvem vet -kanskje blir dette noe som fenger meg -og deg!
Bloggingen er en bit av IKT-studiet jeg tar ved høyskolen i Nesna. Jeg skal skrive to blogginnlegg på engelsk, der jeg skal velge tema som er relatert til sosiokulturelle aspekter og opplæringsaspekter ved bruk av IKT.
Jeg ser allerede nå at dette er noe som tar tid å sette seg inn i -men samtidig er det spennende å utforske nye ting!
Heldigvis har jeg en datakyndig mann som kan hjelpe meg når dataen butter i mot og ikke vil gjøre det jeg vil! (vi får håpe ekteskapet varer til denne bloggen er ferdig!!)
Hvem skulle tro det... Ikke jeg selv iallefall :)
Denne bloggen er i hovedsak opprettet fordi jeg må, men hvem vet -kanskje blir dette noe som fenger meg -og deg!
Bloggingen er en bit av IKT-studiet jeg tar ved høyskolen i Nesna. Jeg skal skrive to blogginnlegg på engelsk, der jeg skal velge tema som er relatert til sosiokulturelle aspekter og opplæringsaspekter ved bruk av IKT.
Jeg ser allerede nå at dette er noe som tar tid å sette seg inn i -men samtidig er det spennende å utforske nye ting!
Heldigvis har jeg en datakyndig mann som kan hjelpe meg når dataen butter i mot og ikke vil gjøre det jeg vil! (vi får håpe ekteskapet varer til denne bloggen er ferdig!!)
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