Task 3-1 Reflection

Hey y'all... Task 3 ALREADY!

1.    What roles did the members of your team have this week?

Well looking at our rough draft some of us were given the assignment of setting up the Google doc page, monitoring group participation, scenario idea, visuals, conclusion and editor in chief. 

2.    Given your role in the group this week, how did you contribute to group?

I was given the role of choosing the visuals we would use. When searching for what visuals to use I thought I wasn't choosing very good pictures but looking at the final set up I think those pictures turned out great :) 

3.    What worked well this week?

I think emailing each other, posting in our forums and having the google doc open for all of us to see was really helpful. 

4.    What will you do differently next time? 

I turned in my pictures late so I'll be sure to get it done earlier next time :) 

Week 10 Group 4 Current Event

Aloha fellow educators!

This week's current event topic was: As individuals share your opinion on your top 3 computer Internet skills children should develop so that they will be prepared for life in the information age? 

This week our group has decided that among many things internet safety, internet ethics and netiquette are the top 3 computer internet skills that children should develop. 

We believe that in this generation parents are allowing their children more and more time on the internet. With so many appealing social medias out there, children are constantly creating new profiles and giving away their information. We agreed that passwords should be strong and all internet devices should have reliable virus protection. We also agreed that children should be aware of internet ethics. We all have to learn to abide by cyber laws such as copyrights with information and images. And speaking of images we would also like to point out that children should be cautious of not just the information they give out but also the pictures they post. They should understand that anyone can not only see their pictures but also steal their pictures. Children should know not to degrade themselves by the pictures they post. Lastly, we believe that netiquette is an important skill to learn. We believe that netiquette is important not only because it teaches the children the proper way to communicate on the internet but also because it teaches children that whatever they post, it may be there forever. So children should know not slander themselves or anyone else while they communicate on the web. 

Overall, that was our suggestions on the top 3 computer internet skills we believe children should have. Here are a few links that we all thought were a good read: Enjoy :)

http://www.education.com/magazine/article/The_Top_10_Tech_Skills_Your_Teen/

http://www.technokids.com/blog/technology-skills/should-you-teach-internet-skills/

http://honustop3.blogspot.com/

http://www.ehow.com/how_6328584_teach-basic-computer-skills-kids.html

http://www.findingdulcine

Task 2: The Debrief

So Task 2 was pretty cool too. I have not used any educational website or tool before this class unless CourseCompass, TeenBiz and Laulima counts. Like I said in my introduction I really suck with technology so I haven't used nor have I had the interest to explore different web tools. But it's good to know that these type of things are available to me. For this task I chose LiveBinders because it wasn't too complicated to figure out. I'm pretty sure there are other web tools that do what LiveBinders does PLUS other cool stuff but LiveBinders was simple enough for me. I would probably use this tool in my classroom but by that time I think I would have found something more versatile . We'll see :) As for improving the web 2.0 tool selection process, I think the process was good. Having that table to chose from in our resources was helpful. The only reason I chose something other than the suggestions in our resources was because I didn't want to possibly have the same screenR video as someone else. 

Here's the link to my video: screenr.com/xOq7