An Adventure into Privacy and Security for Teachers of Elementary School Students

This year you made a commitment to yourself to integrate technology more thoroughly into all aspects of your program, including the needs of your exceptional learners and ELLs. You want technology to be transformative rather than simply replacing pencil and paper, and in this way you have considered using Twine to introduce the concepts of hyperlinking, non-linear fiction and non-fiction stories with high reader agency. You also wanted to foster a critical awareness of media and the ways technology can be used to innovate student learning. As you consider your upcoming unit on privacy and security for your grade 4 class, do you think about... the [[importance->you are on the right track 1]] of student use of antivirus software at school and at home? students understanding and signing a [[digital code of conduct->you are on the right track 2]]? educating students about [[personal information safety and cyber securiy->you are on the right track 3]]? how you can [[shirk this entire unit->Angry Principal Appears]], and just spend more time on your favorite unit, social studies? (if: $knowledge is 3)[ [[Continue on to a great year of teaching!]] ]

An Angry Principal appears and demands to know why she smelled complacency coming from your office! She suggests you meet with her after school hours to discuss how you can best meet the needs of your students in line with the BC curriculum. You lose one knowledge point for focusing on your pet projects instead of considering the needs of the students. (set: $knowledge -= 1) Your total knowledge: (print: $knowledge) Your journey is just beginning. Mistakes are a part of the learning process. Return to [[The Beginning: what could go wrong?]]

You gain one knowledge point for focusing on best practice in line with the BC curriculum! You discover that Avast! has discounts for antivirus software for educational institutes. You tell your IT advisors, and they pat you on the back, and tell you condescendingly that the computers already have very powerful software. Oh well! Now you know. (set: $knowledge += 1) Your total knowledge: (print: $knowledge) Return to [[The Beginning: what could go wrong?]]

You gain one knowledge point for focusing on best practice in line with the BC curriculum! You make sure your students have read and understood the concepts and ideas on the VSB version of the digital code of conduct form. You have had to scaffold some of the ideas for both the parents and the students, but you feel confident that your school community understands many of the benefits and risks of being digital citizens. Your very happy with your students' maturity and sense of responsibility. (set: $knowledge += 1) Your total knowledge: (print: $knowledge) Return to [[The Beginning: what could go wrong?]]

You gain one knowledge point for focusing on best practice in line with the BC curriculum! You find many resources on the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada's (OPC) website. It includes higher grade level information about how to educate students about safely using digital tech. You are very excited to use the graphic novel, cyptography activies, and other activities with your students leading up to their inquiry project in the computer lab. Well done! (set: $knowledge += 1) Your total knowledge: (print: $knowledge) Return to [[The Beginning: what could go wrong?]]

Now, you return to the blog set up by the group presenting,remember the web address, and check it out later for some great ideas and resources!