ONLINE SAFETY

 Online safety is a very important role when we are talking about introducing technology to younger students. The internet is a very useful tool to have in the classroom but can get very ugly fast. Technology can get the students very sidetracked, too 
texting, to looking up irrelevant things, and to playing video games. However, we can use that aspect of the internet to our advantage. I would make a deal with my students that if they completed their work they will have time to do what they want that is appropriate and that I have to approve on. Going back to the safety part of it, technology has ways to block or restrict apps, websites and many different things when they are handed a school iPad or computer so that aspect of technology has been saved for the time being. Students are learning  quicker and have found ways to get around these restrictions. So it is very important to have the parents and teachers to monitor what our students are researching to make sure that we keep our students out of inappropriate things.