Rock Hudson, Ben Thompson, Michelle Lawgun, Andrew Vicars and Rick Monge and I collaborated to produce the following AUP for Grades 3-5 students at Taipei American School. We started with the school’s old AUP. It was an 11 page long document consisting of 20 bullet points. It attempted to illustrate each bullet point through the…

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Hyperlinks are a quick and easy way for you to direct readers to another web page where they can learn more about the thing you are linking. For example, my own personal use of the internet is divided between work and home. At work i’m often using sites like reading a-z to print out benchmark…

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What is the key to stopping cyber bullying? Danah Boyd tells us that it’s empathy. Just as a marriage councilor’s most difficult task in reconciling differences is getting both parties to look at the situation from the other persons point of view. I agree that education in empathy is the key. I teach Kindergarten and…

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At our school elementary students are taught when taking something from the net, such as an image, video… they can only use it if it is labeled for reuse or the owner has given permission to use it. We teach our kids how to cite their sources and give credit to the owner of the…

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After reading the suggested articles about online privacy I realized that just about anything you do on the internet isn’t really private. Privacy Rights Clearinghouse provides a list of 6 different activities that can compromise your privacy. These activities include: signing up for internet services, email, browsing the internet, using social media, personal blogs, and…

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If you use the internet you’re leaving a digital footprint. The pictures you posted from your vacation, the emails you sent to friends, or the comments you made on someones Facebook profile. It’s all out there. For international educators your digital footprint can help you or hurt you when looking for a new job. If…

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