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What is the greatest fear for teachers and schools when they give students access to the Internet? Inevitably, almost everyone focuses on the online predator. Yes, students need to be aware of these potential dangers, but more importantly, students need to be aware of potential dangers through negative interactions with their peers and classmates. How does your school or district address this issue? Is this a school issue or a private issue? Let's take a closer look at the differences and similarities of cyberbullying and traditional bullying. Let's begin to address strategies for dealing with this exponentially growing problem. While there are many similarities with traditional bullying, the differences make cyberbullying exponentially more problematic and difficult for the long term. School districts and teachers need to have concrete strategies and a comprehensive plan. This presentation will make an argument that cyberbullying is a very serious issue that has to be addressed in school districts while also suggesting concrete strategies as your district looks at implementing a anti-cyberbullying plan.
Schools should focus on taking a proactive approach towards teaching "Internet Safety" so that we can change the focus away from "Stranger Danger" and "Online Predators" to the more common problems of what I describe as the student's "Permanent Record". We will discuss strategies and initiatives that will help a school district implement this positive change.
The potential for mobile learning devices such as Apple's iPhone and iTouch devices are very high. This presentation will take a closer look at the educational possibilities of these devices for students, teachers and administrators. We will focus on the work being done through the online community "I Educational Apps Review." This community is focused on helping school personnel to effectively and safely use these devices for their personal and educational productivity. Apple's "Application Store" has thousands of educational applications and yet, are they really educational? We will walk through some fantastic applications and their potential with schools. Additionally, we will discuss issues surounding these devices such as how to effectively implement these devices with students in classrooms to the highlighting of concrete lessons.
The web is continuing to evolve and change and I would like to help people understand what that means for the future of education. We will explore tagging, rss feeds and the semantic web in terms that all of us can understand. The web and technology are finally at a point to truly make a difference for all of us to become "life-long learners".
Let's take a close look at how you and or your school district can implement a classroom or district-wide implementation of Google Education Apps. We will walk through the amazing possibilities of moving online and into the cloud with Google while also identifying the difficulties you need to be prepared for.
