Useful websites for online safety

There are a lot of great websites about online safety for children, teenagers and parents. They are really helpful since there are a lot more issues are going on because of the Internet. Most of the teenagers like to text or chat on cell phones or Internet. Parents should be aware of it because as I talked about the privacy problem on my last post. Parents are definitely have responsibility to help their children to use the technology correctly. I was checking out a lot of different websites about online safety. One of them is very good for parents because it explains some technologies that teenagers are using the most now. Parents can get more ideas such as blogging, chat rooms, and cell-phone. Also, it talks about what "Cyber-bullying" is, and how to help children. The website is http://www.netsmartz.org/EmailChatAndIM. Parents can learn more about the Internet stuff. There is another website has some videos for teenagers, parents or teachers to watch about how we can protect ourselves while we are using the Internet. It talks about the website will never ask about their password or too personal information. We should all be aware of it, and be smart. The website is http://www.ikeepsafe.org/educators/more/google-digital-literacy-tour/. It will be awesome for teenagers and parents to watch.

Be aware of online safety guidelines

Nowadays, most children are growing in an "Internet world". Internet is a really good resource for kids to learn and find information to increase their knowledge. It is totally different from how I learned when I was little.Technology provides an easy and convenient way for children to learn. Also, people can make friends from the Internet. There are a lot of chatting websites or apps for people chat with their friends online. However, as an educator or a parent may be concerned about the safety of their children and also their private information may get stolen. Generally, most of the websites or apps need the user provide their personal information such as real name, e-mail, and phone number etc. Some of those information may be stolen by somebody because you never knew who has view your profile. Also, parents may not aware of who their kids is talking with. Online dating is pretty common now. A person chat with a stranger online for a while, and then they will hang out. If the parents are not aware of what is happening with their children, it may cause problems like the safety of their children. Therefore, parents have responsibility to know how their kids using the Internet especially the chatting websites or apps, and teach them to use the Internet properly.

Interesting ideas to teach

I am still learning how to use Pinterest and Diigo but I found a lot of interesting stuff about education, and teaching skills while I was checking out the websites. On my first post, I talked about I want to be more creative in order to be a better teacher. I found a lot of great ideas to teach, and possibly will make my class more fun and more effective to help my students to learn in the future. For example, I found one of the teacher's blog on Pinterest. She shares about "Reading is Thinking". Most of the people especially little children are not interested in reading. However, as a teacher, I can make them to think in order to read only. She made a poster to show all the different things going on inside the reader's head. In this way, it will make it visualized to the kids what is happening inside their brain while they are reading. The next time when they read, they will focus more on what they think not only read through the whole book. They can learn how to find their answers through reading and also it will increase their reading quality. I am excited to look up more teaching skills from other teachers.

Source: http://teachertrap.blogspot.com/

The most influential person in my learning journey

When I have a question about teaching, most of the time I will turn to my teacher and classmates. The teacher knows a lot about that specific subject or topic so he/she is a good way to turn to and ask him/her. However, it is hard to find the teacher when I am doing my assignment or studying sometimes, my next source is my classmates. I like study group. Studying together is a good way because a group of classmates gather together to share their views and opinions, it will make a difference. I can always learn from them. Sometimes, the answer may not correct but we can discuss together and ask the teacher during class. Another good way to find my answer is check out the information from the internet. The internet is a good source to learn. It may give me some thoughts about my question. The most influential person in my personal learning network is my mission president. I served in the New York Rochester Mission. One important thing I learned from him is his attitude and his passion in teaching. Also, if I want to be a powerful teacher, I have to increase my knowledge, and be educated so I can be a better teacher. He did not teach me anything about academic but he taught me about the attitude of teaching and teach with power. I can share to my future students that teaching can change people's life.I never wanted to be a teacher but he influenced me a lot during my mission. He is an excellent teacher I ever met. He has so much passion in teaching, and also he teaches with power every time. When he is speaking, everyone will turn to him and listen and ponder. I just want to be a teacher like him in the future. He is an example for me to learn.

To be an effective teacher

When I was growing up, I met a lot of different teachers, and they taught me different subjects. I did learn a lot from each of them. However, my most memorable learning experience from my teachers is those teaching through creative activities. It is always hard for the students to sit in the classroom all day long. Most of them are not paying attention. I think the most important thing I need to learn right now is learn to be more creative in order to be an effective teacher. I am not a very creative person. I think something I should pursue to learn is learning from other people like my teachers and classmates to improve my teaching skills. Being creative is one of the important teaching skills. Knowing the knowledge is important but teaching people the knowledge I have learned through different creative activities is more important. I want my future students to feel that they want to be in my class instead of  they have to be there.