Internet Safety Tips for Students

Internet Safety Tips for Students:

1) Remind students never to publish their entire names - encourage them to use a Spanish name they choose in class.

2) Warn students about Internet predators.

3) Talk about avoiding inappropriate sites/posts, and how to respond if they encounter something inappropriate.

4) Make sure teachers get parental consent prior to starting or implementing any programs online. Send a letter home clearly explaining your plans and ask permission for students to participate.
Include:

• A description of the technology students will be using and how it will be used for instruction.
• Talk about security measures that the teacher will put in place to assure the safety of the students.
• Mention the curricular goals for implementing technology.

5) Make sure individual students have their own log ins without individual e-mail accounts.

6) Have individual student contributors to the blog without their own blog site.

7) All posts must be approved by the blog administrator before posting to the public.

8) Remind students to have respect for self and others online just like other social places.

9) Address cyber bulling in class and mention how to respond to it. Who they they contact in case they come across cyber bullies.

10) Make sure their passwords are protected and that they don't share them with any of their classmates. Talk about what would be a good or poor choice for a password.

Great sites to visit for ideas on Internet Safety:

Connect Safely Kids' Virtual World Safety Tips
http://www.connectsafely.org/safety-tips-and-advice.html

Tips on Blogging With Students: The EduBlogger
http://theedublogger.com/2008/02/13/tips-on-blogging-with-students/

Teaching Ideas Using Blogs

3 Ideas on how to incorporate Blogs in a Foreign Language Classroom:

1) Teachers can post a speaking scenario and students can have a conversation with a partner or with the instructor. This can help alleviate some of the stress that comes from speaking in front of their peers in a classroom.

N.Y. State Standards Met:

Standard 1: Communication-
Standard 1.1 Students engage in conversations, provide and obtain information, express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions.

2) Teachers can post a link to a cultural topic, picture, video, work of art, song/music, etc. and students can list their observations, interpretations, and opinions about the piece. Students must also try to make a connection or comparison between the cultural topic addressed and their own culture in the U.S. They can also comment about their classmate's reflections.

N.Y. State Standards Met:

Standard 1: Communication-
Standard 1.1 Students engage in conversations, provide and obtain information, express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions.
Standard 2: Culture –
Standard 2.1 Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the practices and perspectives of the culture studied.
Standard 2.2 Students demonstrate understanding of the relationship between the products and perspectives of the culture studied.

3) Teachers can post a copy of an article or a link to an article from or regarding a Spanish-Speaking country and students will have to read and interpret the article. They will have to comment about the piece and give their own opinions and reflections as well as post any vocabulary terms or grammar constructions that they had a hard time understanding.
To help stimulate reflective thoughts teachers can pose three questions or ideas for students to reflect on. Students can comment on their classmate's reflections.

N.Y. State Standards Met:

Standard 1: Communication-
Standard 1.1 Students engage in conversations, provide and obtain information, express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions.
Standard 2: Culture –
Standard 2.1 Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the practices and perspectives of the culture studied.