Internet Safety

The Internet Safety videos was first of all unnerving to learn of predators who could spend so much time trying and violating someone's privacy. Greg Solomon, Zen Archer, and the Child Computer & Internet Safety videos enlightened us to the dangers computers pose for young adults and children. These videos should be viewed by all parents to heighten their awareness of these possible outcomes.
The videos were informative to reinforce the steps to protecting one's self as follows: block the name, remove the name, report the name, ignore the communications, be cautious with someone directing foul or obscene comments toward you, and if you are in primary or secondary school report it to the school counselor.
I have heard via the news and with the contents of these safety videos to be protective in monitoring the time spent on computers and it was stressed that less time socializing would be better. Also mentioned, parents can use a webcam and key logger.

NJCCCS

The NJCCCS article stated many scenarios I am familiar with. But, I did learn:
1) for societal advancement we need to learn and be knowledgeable about maintaining and troubleshooting equipment
2)SCANS in 1992
3)information literacy proficiencies
The article articulated for me or reinforced my own personal belief that if you have NO formal technological experiences you possess a negative attitude about learning something new as computer technology, because at first it seems so daunting and complex. I have LEARNED to develop the attitude JUST DO IT!
and after several attempts-you simply get "the hang of it."
I thought if your computer ceases to function you ask someone more computer savvy to fix the computer problem, but now I am aware of due to this article to learn to pursue troubleshooting your own equipment.
I just learned when SCANS was introduced and my 4 children from this younger generation have so BENEFITTED from the inception of this K-12 computer curriculum, obviously they are very computer savvy.
I thought it was one thing to learn how to operate your PC, but now I more understand this new vocabulary for me--information literacy proficiencies--which defines gathering research info via the internet. I am grateful for this article.

Welcome back to blogging

Dear Professor Luongo,
I am looking forward to this course, I so enjoyed the Foundations of the Reading Curriculum course in May/June. After this semester, I will be student teaching-in Janaury -Hooray!