Internet security
In our last session we talked about Internet security in schools and thought of rules that might be important for pupils using the Internet at school and at home. We splitted up our class in three groups and discussed the following topics
1) Protection of Minors
2) Copyright
3) Data Protection
using collaborative writing pads (for further information see the Tools section). If you are interested you can find the results of the groups here:
As you can see, most of the rules are only basic suggestions to raise the pupils' awareness of certain topics. Moreover there are rules that have to be changed or at least thought over again because it does not make sense to have rules that you would not follow yourself like "Do not download data from a website you don't know!". Many points or rules have to be discussed with your students to make clear their meaning or to explain certain terminology for example "9) Cookies should ..." or "6) Don't share personal beliefs, political opinions, the state of your health, your political opinion, sexuality, etc. if unnecessary".
The Bildungsserver Hessen is also a good source to provide you with additional information and also gives teaching ideas about cyber bullying, data security, mobile phones and violence as well as plagiarism (see http://lernarchiv.bildung.hessen.de/medien/recht/index.html). In an article, "Daten außer Kontrolle?" by Ulrike Trötscher, they supply teachers with general information about data security and two additional worksheets for a 9th or 10th grade of politics/ economy and law. In my opinion, it is far too late to talk about that issues in the 9th or 10th grade and must be done earlier because, according to the JIM-Studie 2010, over 50% of the 12-13 year old pupils already use social networks and the older the students become the higher the results are. Therefore it should be discussed as soon as possible since data security is very important because every 4th manager checks out the internet for personal backgrounds of job-interviewer according to Ulrike Trötscher.
These are only a few examples and I believe that there are many more points that are important for the topics discussed within the pads i linked above but the rules can be used as a basis to get started with those topics. As a future teacher, it is important that you are aware of the necessity to inform your students about the risks working with the Internet and to prevent them from dangerous software or revealing personal information. Often parents do not talk about Internet security with their children and therefore it is important to do so as a teacher.
1) Protection of Minors
2) Copyright
3) Data Protection
using collaborative writing pads (for further information see the Tools section). If you are interested you can find the results of the groups here:
As you can see, most of the rules are only basic suggestions to raise the pupils' awareness of certain topics. Moreover there are rules that have to be changed or at least thought over again because it does not make sense to have rules that you would not follow yourself like "Do not download data from a website you don't know!". Many points or rules have to be discussed with your students to make clear their meaning or to explain certain terminology for example "9) Cookies should ..." or "6) Don't share personal beliefs, political opinions, the state of your health, your political opinion, sexuality, etc. if unnecessary".
The Bildungsserver Hessen is also a good source to provide you with additional information and also gives teaching ideas about cyber bullying, data security, mobile phones and violence as well as plagiarism (see http://lernarchiv.bildung.hessen.de/medien/recht/index.html). In an article, "Daten außer Kontrolle?" by Ulrike Trötscher, they supply teachers with general information about data security and two additional worksheets for a 9th or 10th grade of politics/ economy and law. In my opinion, it is far too late to talk about that issues in the 9th or 10th grade and must be done earlier because, according to the JIM-Studie 2010, over 50% of the 12-13 year old pupils already use social networks and the older the students become the higher the results are. Therefore it should be discussed as soon as possible since data security is very important because every 4th manager checks out the internet for personal backgrounds of job-interviewer according to Ulrike Trötscher.
These are only a few examples and I believe that there are many more points that are important for the topics discussed within the pads i linked above but the rules can be used as a basis to get started with those topics. As a future teacher, it is important that you are aware of the necessity to inform your students about the risks working with the Internet and to prevent them from dangerous software or revealing personal information. Often parents do not talk about Internet security with their children and therefore it is important to do so as a teacher.
