Best Practices for Twitter

I think that it is very important to keep the students safe if I allow them to use Twitter in the classroom. I am sure I would have plenty of rules and regulations if I allowed them to Tweet about their experiences in the classroom, or field trips.

Three regulations I would use to keep my classroom safe are never share personal information, review applications that use the students’ twitter account, and have them regularly change their passwords. I think that these rules would be good to use to help the students make good decisions, and to stay safe. If I decided to use Twitter for education I would want to use these regulations because I do not want to have my students put any information on their accounts that allows anyone to know where they are from, or where they could possibly find them. I think that it is very important to have an adult or teacher check up on the children’s account to see what kind of people are able to see their tweets. Changing their passwords regularly will take down the chance of their accounts being hacked into. I am sure I would have many other best practices for my students if I actually allow them to use Twitter, but these were my three favorites!

My Sources:
https://twitter.com/twitter101/best_practices

www.makeuseof.com/tag/10-twitter-safety-tips-to-protect-your-account-identity/

First Grade Lesson

Jessica's wedding


Colton and I the night before he left for school in Colorado.

Best Practices for Blogs

I found many great rules and guidelines for safe blogging practices. I think it is very important for everyone, especially children to have rules about what they say or what they put on their blogs. There are a lot of creeps out there and everyone needs to make sure that they are being smart about what they write. I found three different rules and guidelines that  I really liked and plan to follow myself. The guidelines are: Never offer any personal information, keep blogs positive, and assume what you publish is permanent. I felt like these were important rules because I do not want everyone knowing my information, and I want to be safe about things. I also think it is important to be positive. By being positive I mean to not say rude things about people, and be respectful towards them. I think that even if a blogger is mad they shouldn't post anything that they will regret. In the heat of the moment a lot of people will write or say things that they don't mean, or say things that they don't want other people to see. That's why I want to have the mindset that everything I write is permanent. I found out a lot of information from different websites, and I found two sites that I thought would be great for parents, teachers, and just anyone who blogs.

http://mathmusings.blogspot.com//2006/01safe-blogging.html

http://www.safeteens.com/2006/02/15/teen-guide-to-safe-blogging/

References:

http://www.microsoft.com/protect/parents/socail/blogging.aspx

The Pedagogy of Blogs

I have found that there are many different blogs that can hlep all teachers with issues they are dealing with, or can help them with making their lessons better. Looking at all of the different blogs made me learn a few new things, and I feel good knowing I have a ton of advice right there if I ever need any. I found three different blogs that I really enjoyed. the first blog had tips and information for teachers. This blog will really come in handy especially when I first start teaching. The second blog I really enjoyed had many ways to turn curriculum and lesson plans into fun experiences for students. The very last blog that I really liked had information on teaching Language Arts. I was excited to find this blog because I would like to teach this subject once I get my Language Arts endorsement. Finding all this information was fun and exciting for me. I can't wait until I can use it!

References:

http://www.needleworkspictures.com/ocr/blog/

http://forcuriousteachers.blogspot.com/

http://www.thereadingworkshop.com/