I was just asked by the director of a parent council for the names of experts in her region who could present on the issue of Internet safety for their school's parents. I wanted to share with you what I wrote to her:
> This is going to sound a bit radical, but I will tell you that the experts > you need to present on these issues are already present in your school. The > savvy students, whose parents have raised them to make good choices, are > making good choices online. They understand the issues, they know how to keep > themselves safe, and they know what kinds of parenting approaches help and > don't. They are the ones who can do the best job presenting to parents on > these issues. Further, older students are the best ones to present to younger > students.
> So I would strongly encourage you to get a team of students together to plan > and present this seminar. Your school's librarian is likely the best person > to assist with this. If you want to give him or her my email address I would > be happy to provide guidance from a distance. The materials I have provided > online should help the students frame their presentation and give them some > ideas on what to address. I also have some more comprehensive materials for > parents under development I would be willing to share.
> If you trust me on this, you and the other parents will end up being blown > away by how well your young people actually understand these issues.
I do have some parenting materials under development. I was planning on some shorter narrated slides presentations for this. But I may reconsider even trying to do this. I think that what perhaps would be far better is to provide guidance for students at the high school and maybe middle school level - so they can be empowered to present on these issues to parents. Thoughts?
Nancy
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My thoughts are always the same, stop the presentations and start actually teaching on the subjects in question.
Enough of the lecture & video, one schoolroom approach to education, use a real pedagogical approach.
I'm constantly amazed that we continue to think this is an effective approach.
If we wouldn't teach science without the lab or literature without the novel, then why don't we actually use the internet to teach Internet Safety - safely online!
> I was just asked by the director of a parent council for the names of > experts in her region who could present on the issue of Internet safety > for their school's parents. I wanted to share with you what I wrote to > her:
>> This is going to sound a bit radical, but I will tell you that the >> experts you need to present on these issues are already present in >> your school. The savvy students, whose parents have raised them to >> make good choices, are making good choices online. They understand the
>> issues, they know how to keep themselves safe, and they know what >> kinds of parenting approaches help and don't. They are the ones who >> can do the best job presenting to parents on these issues. Further, >> older students are the best ones to present to younger students.
>> So I would strongly encourage you to get a team of students together >> to plan and present this seminar. Your school's librarian is likely >> the best person to assist with this. If you want to give him or her my
>> email address I would be happy to provide guidance from a distance. >> The materials I have provided online should help the students frame >> their presentation and give them some ideas on what to address. I also
>> have some more comprehensive materials for parents under development I > would be willing to share.
>> If you trust me on this, you and the other parents will end up being >> blown away by how well your young people actually understand these > issues. > I do have some parenting materials under development. I was planning on > some shorter narrated slides presentations for this. But I may > reconsider even trying to do this. I think that what perhaps would be > far better is to provide guidance for students at the high school and > maybe middle school level - so they can be empowered to present on these > issues to parents. Thoughts?
> Nancy
> Nancy Willard, M.S., J.D. > Center for Safe and Responsible Internet Use http://csriu.org > nwill...@csriu.org
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I think this is a great idea! It's something that I used to do. . . utilize high school students to present to middle school students. . . with a new twist. I think having the students do the presentation makes sense. Thanks for sharing this idea!
> I was just asked by the director of a parent council for the names of experts > in her region who could present on the issue of Internet safety for their > school's parents. I wanted to share with you what I wrote to her:
>> This is going to sound a bit radical, but I will tell you that the experts >> you need to present on these issues are already present in your school. The >> savvy students, whose parents have raised them to make good choices, are >> making good choices online. They understand the issues, they know how to >> keep >> themselves safe, and they know what kinds of parenting approaches help and >> don't. They are the ones who can do the best job presenting to parents on >> these issues. Further, older students are the best ones to present to >> younger >> students.
>> So I would strongly encourage you to get a team of students together to >> plan >> and present this seminar. Your school's librarian is likely the best person >> to assist with this. If you want to give him or her my email address I >> would >> be happy to provide guidance from a distance. The materials I have provided >> online should help the students frame their presentation and give them some >> ideas on what to address. I also have some more comprehensive materials for >> parents under development I would be willing to share.
>> If you trust me on this, you and the other parents will end up being blown >> away by how well your young people actually understand these issues. > I do have some parenting materials under development. I was planning on some > shorter narrated slides presentations for this. But I may reconsider even > trying to do this. I think that what perhaps would be far better is to > provide > guidance for students at the high school and maybe middle school level - so > they can be empowered to present on these issues to parents. Thoughts?
> Nancy
> Nancy Willard, M.S., J.D. > Center for Safe and Responsible Internet Use > http://csriu.org > nwill...@csriu.org
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I think I will add a new line to my signature - see below. Realize there is a new law requiring schools to teach about social networking safety.
Nancy -- Nancy Willard, M.S., J.D. Center for Safe and Responsible Internet Use http://csriu.org nwill...@csriu.org
Trying to teach students about social networking safety without Web 2.0 in schools ~ is like trying to teach a child how to swim without a swimming pool!
> From: Joe Frost <Joe.Fr...@phoenixchristian.org>
> My thoughts are always the same, stop the presentations and start > actually teaching on the subjects in question.
> Enough of the lecture & video, one schoolroom approach to education, use > a real pedagogical approach.
> I'm constantly amazed that we continue to think this is an effective > approach.
> If we wouldn't teach science without the lab or literature without the > novel, then why don't we actually use the internet to teach Internet > Safety - safely online!
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