Welcome to week 8!
In regards to Tuesday’s lecture on social media privacy, consent, and internet safety, I feel as though I have learned so much in just a short amount of time.
Jesse, our guest speaker, was super informative about what the online world looks like for those who are in primary all the way up to high school – and most importantly, how to properly handle situations in addition to teaching students about good online role modelling. After the Q&A portion of the class, I was impressed with my fellow peer’s comments and questions about social media from a teacher’s point of view. Our generation is highly consumed in technology, and teachers are not just role models in their own classrooms anymore, but to a bigger and more public platform such as Tik Tok (very popular). I constantly see videos of teachers posting content about their classroom, students, and their “teaching life” so to speak, and how internet safety plays a huge role in that. I really thought about the concept of forever when Jesse was mentioning that anything can be traceable once posted to the internet, and that got me to analyze how and what I want to post on my social media accounts going forward. For example, who I am following on these platforms, who follows me, what pictures I have posted, and there is too much personal information on these platforms – important to recognize when in about years time when I am applying for teaching jobs. Jesse was fantastic in answering all our questions, and i was personally fascinated to how much as a society, we are growing in technology.
In addition to the online browser of what I saw when I typed in my name into my computer. A bundle of what appeared to be the same blonde women with glasses. Though there were different last names, the name Paige I find not to be a super common one, it was interesting to see how common it was for blonde women. Atlas, I also expressed my gratitude that no pictures of myself came up just because I like to have my accounts private to the majority extent. However, still trying to find this magazine, which I was in during middle school for my dance company at the time, which I remembered to be a funny picture that I would like to find now that I am much older.
I really enjoyed this week’s lecture and listening to Jesse’s presentation, which I will definitely take into account during my time in the classroom.
