Going Global, Going Public

Dean Shareski

FETC 2009

Orlando, FL

01.23.09

Internet safety, privacy, cyberbullying and content filtering are all huge issues for teachers and students exploring and participating in online activities. Rightly so. Too often, schools choose the most restrictive options out of fear and uncertainty. Just like any activity that involves risk, the decision has to be made to determine if the rewards out weigh the risks.

Often overlooked in the desire to keep our students safe is the lost opportunity for students to understand and control their online identities. This session will explore the rewards, consider the risks and provide a perspective you may not have considered when thinking about the ever exploding digital world.

Understanding Identity

Dispelling Myths

Managing your Identity

Leveraging the Network

Have you considered.......

Your Digital Identity

-everyone has one whether you like it or not.

They may not have to unlearn but they still don’t fully understand what that might mean

Are you okay with Google Managing your Identity?

As wonderful as you might think Google is, they are the default managers of your your identity.

OR WORSEIs someone else managing your identity?

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The moment you go online, you’re building your identity.

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The moment you go online, you’re building your identity.

Image:Phebe op de laptophttp://www.flickr.com/photos/marcel030nl/2454009573/

The moment you go online, you’re building your identity.

Image:Phebe op de laptophttp://www.flickr.com/photos/marcel030nl/2454009573/

The moment you go online, you’re building your identity.

Image:Phebe op de laptophttp://www.flickr.com/photos/marcel030nl/2454009573/

The moment you go online, you’re building your identity.

Dispelling the Myths

Myth #1

Filters are important tools that protect our children

Tom Wood

15 year old cracked an 84 million dollar filtering system set up by the Australian govt in 20 minutes.

Filters protect schools and adults

not students

This is my bias but also something I believe to be true

Teachers are the best filters

Myth # 2Internet Predators pose a huge danger to students

Shows like NBC’s to Catch a Predator aren’t doing us any favours.

It’s like a plane crash. They rarely happen but when it does, it floods the media.It still deters very few from flying. Safer than your car.

Of the 5% of perpetrators that were unknown to the victims, the amount related to connections via the internet is so small, that it’s statistically insignificant. This is not to say it’s not important to teach but no different that we would teach for the real world.

Myth #3Current

strategies on Internet Safety

and Cyberbullying

are effective

In the same way our best P.E. teachers are fit, active and believe what they do is important, the same with internet safety. Teachers who don’t have profiles or participate in any online activities would be hard pressed to understand the issues. It can be done, but it’s tough. I also question whether this is being taught at all in some cases. I don’t blame teachers since it’s simply added into to their already overcrowded curriculums.

Myth #4 Kids are internet savvy

Is this real?

Would you know how to tell if it’s true?

Is this real?

Would you know how to tell if it’s true?

Who owns this site?

Do you know how to determine who owns a site? If not, you might be web illiterate.

A Whole New World

Managing Your Identity

Have you ever done this?You should.You should have your students do this.Iowa High School story

What happens when you google yourself?

Have you ever done this?You should.You should have your students do this.Iowa High School story

All these results are things I created and want displayed.

All these results are things I created and want displayed.

When we talk about preparing out kids for the future, how can it not include this?

Is your Identity worth $10?

Is your Identity worth $10?

Become clickable

I had a teacher tell me she loves being able to say to her parents, “just google me”.

Build a Brand

This concept can be seen a few different ways.Marketing for $$ is NOT the way I choose to view it.Thinking in terms of moving your local reputation, work to a the global stage

Proactive rather than reactive. Understanding how the Google works and making it work for you. This kid controls and manages his identity

Proactive rather than reactive. Understanding how the Google works and making it work for you. This kid controls and manages his identity

Laura Stockman

What are schools doing to help students understand this?

In many cases we block Facebook and other sites where students are working on their digital identities whether they know it or not. Resume and portfolio building is happening as early as first grade.

What are others saying about you?

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Google alertsTechnorati

Google Alerts

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I S a w Tw i l i g h t

If you generally think of the Internet as a place to “look up stuff” you’re missing the best part

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Leverage Your Network

Your Research Team

Personal tour of Shanghai

What does a dead shark smell like?

Thin Walls Classroom

Van Nuys, CA Snow Lake, MB

....What’s exciting is that all this learning is available online for the world to watch. Some find that unsettling but I think it’s exciting.

Athletic Stages

Artistic Stages

Academic stages?

Digital breaks the time barrier. Digital breaks the space barrier. Digital breaks the participation barrier.

Explain this?

Explain this?

Explain this?

Are we willing to allow our students the opportunity to do amazing and important things?

Lesson #1 SHARE

Here Comes Everybody

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