School Safety in

Technology
By: Karina Contreras

The World Wide Web can offer

learning opportunities for people of all
ages.
~Mike Sharples

Objectives
Cyberbullying
Internet Safety
Learning Disabilities

21st Century Skills

Critical thinking
Research skills and practices
Creativity
Self-direction
Public Speaking

Integration of Technology in
Classrooms

Identify learning objectives

Evaluate technology
Design follow-up activities
Develop course enrichment material
Locate additional sources
Design a dynamic classroom

Cyber Bullying
What is Cyberbullying?

What can we do to stop it?

Willful and repeated harm

Implement social networks

inflicted through devices:

that monitor students activity

Torment

Have a Cyberbully Awareness

Threats

Inform students of the

Harassment

Humiliation
Embarrassment

week

consequences for
cyberbullying

Digital Citizens
Inform your students
about being digital citizens.

Introduce a program to
your school that promotes
digital citizen awareness.

Make a difference in your

community and notify
them of being a digital
citizen.

Image Courtesy of: commonsensemedia.org

New Technology and Social Media

Blogs-online journal
Wikis-forum for student collaboration
Twitter-online social network that enables users to
send tweets of 140 characters

Facebook-social network that requires registration in

order to create a personal profile and connect with
other users

Internet Safety
Concerns:

Solutions:

Inappropriate websites
Cyberstalking
Online marketing
Lack of privacy

Private browsing
Advanced Search
Block
Parental restrictions

Learning Disabilities
Assistive Technology:

SMART Board
Computers with print-recognition
Speech recognition systems
Talking calculators
Software that predicts and edits words

Teachers Technology Favorites

Remind.com
Text messaging service for
teachers to commute with
students and parents.

Edmodo.com
Helps you create a social, digital

Image Courtesy of: remind.com

Image Courtesy of: remind.com

classroom.

Twiducate.com
Free social network platform for
school educators to create
private networks.

Image Courtesy of: twiducate.com

References
Glossary of Education Reform. 2014. http://edglossary.org/21st-century-skills/. 3
November 2014.
Koch, Janice. Teach. Belmont: Cengage Learning, 2014.
Okojie-Boulder, Tinukwa C., Mabel CPO Okojie and Anthony A.

Olinzock. The Journal of Technology Studies. 14 August 2014.

http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/JOTS/v32/v32n2/okojie.html.
Sharples, M., et al. "E-Safety and Web 2.0 for Children Aged 11-16." Journal of
Computer Assisted Learning 25.1 (2009): 70-84. ERIC. Web. 28 Oct. 2014.