Protection of students when working with the computer
For you as a teacher it is very important to be aware of the fact that the protection of your students when they are working with computers and using the internet is of great significance. New media and using the internet in the classroom is a good chance to improve your lessons and to introduce your students into it, but it involves also problems of data protection and the ignorance of students how easy it is for others to get information about them and how important it is not to publish personal information.
There are some rules which have to be told to the students before they are allowed to work on the computer on their own. First of all it is important that they know that they should stay anonymous, so it is necessary to use a nickname instead of a real name when they have to register at any place. Furthermore, it is important to tell your students not to download any data from an unknown website. When it is necessary to download something it is useful to read through the conditions of a download so that no unwanted costs or any viruses can appear. Moreover, big problems are social networks like Facebook or studivz. Most of the young people do not understand how dangerous these platforms are. If you introduce your students to the World Wide Web in school, you have to speak about data protection, because most of them are not aware of the fact that there are people who need their personal information for any crime. Most of the students do not know either that pictures of them can remain forever in the internet, even if they delete them. So it is important to tell your students, not to give too much information about them. That means not to publish the whole name, telephone number, address or what they are doing at the moment. For them it is normal to poste that they are two weeks on holiday for example, but they have to be aware of the fact that all other people can use this piece of information for a break-in. That is only one example of many things that could happen if a person is not careful enough with his or her own data. Furthermore, it is important to tell them not to publish any pictures of them and not to allow others to let them link persons on pictures. That is too personal for the internet and no one has to see pictures of others in every life situation.
When something strange happens to your students, when they are stalked by an unknown person or if someone wants too much information, it is necessary that the young people know that they have to either inform the teacher or their parents about this incident. Many students are not aware of the fact that it could be dangerous at some point.
It is not only important that you give all these hints to your students but that you also respect these rules as a teacher and protect yourself. I think especially in this occupation it is very important to keep privacy, because there are many students who want to find out information about their teacher on the web to use it against him or her. If you want to protect yourself, be aware of data protection and do not publish any information about yourself. It will make your school life easier. Furthermore, it is important not only to be careful with your personal data on the web, but also with all data on your pc, like grades of your students or information of them. Therefore it is necessary to save all files on your computer and protect it with a password. Then you are on the save side.
If you want to read more about data protection and how you can protect your students, click on
http://www.sussex.ac.uk/records/1-2-2.html
This is only one opportunity. There are lots of others on the web. Just read through it, I think it is very important to be familiar with all this.
When something strange happens to your students, when they are stalked by an unknown person or if someone wants too much information, it is necessary that the young people know that they have to either inform the teacher or their parents about this incident. Many students are not aware of the fact that it could be dangerous at some point.
It is not only important that you give all these hints to your students but that you also respect these rules as a teacher and protect yourself. I think especially in this occupation it is very important to keep privacy, because there are many students who want to find out information about their teacher on the web to use it against him or her. If you want to protect yourself, be aware of data protection and do not publish any information about yourself. It will make your school life easier. Furthermore, it is important not only to be careful with your personal data on the web, but also with all data on your pc, like grades of your students or information of them. Therefore it is necessary to save all files on your computer and protect it with a password. Then you are on the save side.
If you want to read more about data protection and how you can protect your students, click on
http://www.sussex.ac.uk/records/1-2-2.html
This is only one opportunity. There are lots of others on the web. Just read through it, I think it is very important to be familiar with all this.
