TARA L. PARRTECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION, K-12

PERKIOMEN VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT

ONLINE RESOURCESGetting Information off the Internet is like

taking a drink from a fire hydrant.-Mitchell Kapor

creator of Lotus 1-2-3

ONLINE RESOURCES Online resources have

opened limitless possibilities for interaction and communication

The Good outweighs the “questionable;”

the “Questionable” can be controlled with knowledge!

How Do We

Ensure The SAFETY of Our Kids??

EDUCATEBe in the KNOW…

EDUCATE…Parents

EDUCATE…School Staff

EDUCATE…Students

Instill a sense of caution, not

a sense of fear.

PHILOSOPHY…

FOUR MAIN THEMES

Safety & Security Online

Communication & Collaboration

Digital Citizenship

Technology Concepts

CURRICULUM- ELEMENTARY

CURRICULUM- SECONDARY

MAIN THEMES & TOPICS

Safety & Security Online• Password Security• District Policies• AUP• Responsible Use

Communication & Collaboration• Wiki, Blog, Discussion Boards

• Online Collaboration Sites• Social Network Sites

Digital Citizenship• “Good Decisions”• Digital Footprint• Copyright

Technology Concepts• Terms, themes, boundaries• Safe Searching

SCHOOL ROLE

PV’S AUP AUP- Acceptable Use Policy

Set of rules applied by owner/manager of a network,

website, or large computer system that restrict the ways in

which the network or system may be used.

PVSD’s AUP: see policy 815

Network/Internet

Recently revised in 2010

data trace or trail left by someone's activity in a digital environment

Nothing is ever REALLY gone…

DIGITAL FOOTPRINT

SCHOOL ROLE

PA SCHOOL CODE Signed in to law on 7.4.2008 by PA Governor

Rendell Schools are now empowered by the changes in

PA School Code to hold students accountable on-site for actions off-site…

Allows for action in cases of online attacks including those created out-of-school & off school property.

SCHOOL ROLE

PA SCHOOL CODE School officials have the authority to impose

discipline for harm caused by off-campus online speech when – and only when- that speech has, or a reasonable person would anticipate it will, do the following:

Cause an impact at the school Is substantial (not mere annoyance) Interferes with the rights of a student or students’ safety

and/or right to education Or is a “true threat”.

WHAT TO DO?

Know “the Communication Generation”

• Social Networking• Instant Message• Cell/Phones/Text Message• Blog• Podcast/ Vodcast• Wiki• Gaming Communities

GET INFORMED!

KNOWLEDGE IS POWER!!

CELL PHONESCell-phone texting has become the preferred channel of basic communication between teens and their friends

Teens send 50 or more text messages a day, or 1,500 texts a month, and one in three send more than 100 texts a day, or more than 3,000 texts a month

http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1572/teens-cell-phones-text-messages

NET LINGO

CLASSICS:

IDK: I Don’t Know

LOL: Laugh Out Loud

POS: Parents Over Shoulder

OTHERS:

A/S/L:

CD9:

GNOC:

LMRL:

S2R:

www.netlingo.com

Internet jargon, acronyms and text message shorthand

OTHERS:

A/S/L: Age/Sex/Location

CD9: Code 9

GNOC: Get Naked on Camera

LMRL: Let’s Meet in Real Life

S2R: Send to Receive (pictures)

‘LEET SPEAKan alternative alphabet

‘LEET SPEAK

i<3u:

Ih8u:

*$:

4COL:

2G2BT:

i<3u: I love you

Ih8u: I hate you

*$: Starbucks

4COL: For crying out loud

2G2BT: Too good to be true

Fear the

Skills

• Operation Safe Surf• NetSmartz

• iSafe• PBS Teachers

• Safe Kids

RESOURCES

http://www.attorneygeneral.gov/kidsparents.aspx?id=1559

RESOURCES