Final Survey

I completed the final survey and the course evaluation. Yea!

Asynchronous and Synchronous

Asynchronous and Synchronous

I prefer asynchronous communication because it is not always easy to find the right time with all the people you want to communicate with at the same time. It is easy to put videos on for others to view at their own convenience. I think that I could use video communication in the future to put posts on my website. Maybe of what students missed, events we will be doing in the future, or even video conferences with parents that cannot make it in person.

Internet Safety Assignment (Doing)

I chose to interview a girl that is 15 years old. I first talked with her to see what her views were on the Internet and how much she new about it. After being surprised at how little she really did know I showed her some of the videos that I had found on through the assignment and she was shocked. She saw herself in some of the people that she watched and I think I made an impact on her decision making on the Internet. She came back to me a couple days after I had talked to her and told me that she even showed it to a few of her other friends. I can see the great importance in teaching others the truth about technology, and also the proper resources to search things.

Internet Safety Assignment (Video)

The following videos were really powerful to me:
Internet Passwords
Online Friends
i-LEARN

Internet Safety Assignment

I read all the articles and I can see the great importance in Internet safety, a unit in my health class is about informing my students about the media. I look forward to showing them proper search engines and how to find correct information.
I thought the counsel from M. Russell Ballard was striking and important when he said that the media has the influence to tear families apart.
I really appreciated what Elder Bednar said about technology being a good thing, but it should also be controlled. The spirit can only stay with us when we are in tune of its actions, I liked the idea that Satan is more easily invited in when technology is so easily available.
The guidelines about pornography were things that I had never thought about before. Even though I do not have a family yet I know that I can follow those guidelines. They were good procedures that I can implement and also teach my future students.
I have become more aware of my communication style from the article that I read. I was surprised at the things i notice I say quite a lot and the wrong impact it may have on my students.
As a Young women's Leader I thought that it would be helpful to find an article that helped my students out. I found an article entitled "Hows your media diet-harmful or helpful?" It was very interesting, it had checklists and quotes from President Hinkley. I also liked the questions that it gave for people to ask themselves, I can even use them in my classroom for instance: Are you informed on what you are searching?
I know that I can influence my family and friends by being a example of the guidelines in all of the articles. By doing this it means I can share my knowledge with others of what I have learned.

Content Specific Technology

I made a safety brochure for my future class. I will give an assignment that they are directed to complete a safety procedure of the safety unit that we covered. This addresses the Utah Core Curriculum standard that says "Develop strategies for ensuring personal safety in a variety of situations." The students will be able to pick a template from Word and develop a safety brochure that we will use to educate others. The unit previous to this safety unit is about media and the influences that it has. After I teach them about where to find the right resources they will be able to go into the computer lab and look for their own information to use on their brochure. This project will help them learn to develop templates in word as well as search for topics on the previous unit of media.

Communication