Mr. Salgado

                                                    Source: KNILT We live in a world where we are bombarded with media messages from various sources including television shows, movies, advertisement in both print and digital form,  social media, and many more. Literacy is no longer limited to reading and writing. Members of today's society need to develop competencies that will allow them to access, analyze and reflect on the messages they are receiving. According to Rene Hobbs the  five competencies  are ACCESS, ANALYZE, CREATE, REFLECT, and ACT. Thus, educators must provide students with opportunities to practice and develop each and everyone of these competencies. Having competency in only a few of the five will put students at a disadvantage. For instance, being able to locate and identify relevant information is insufficient if they are unable to use critical thinking skills to analyze the message. Being able to decode messages is insufficient if they are unable to create thei

  Image Source: Independent School District                                                                                      Image Source: Termly The invention of the internet and development of social media led to the need for the government to create laws to protect children. Otherwise companies would be collecting student information and  selling that information without fear of a consequence. Children would also be in danger of exposure to inappropriate content or become the targets of predators. To combat these dangers the government created the CIPA/COPPA laws. CIPA protects students from online predation, inappropriate content, and child pornography.  CIPA  requires all school devices to have filters that will protect children from inappropriate content and monitor student online behavior.  COPPA  gives parents control over what information websites can collect form their kids.                                                  Image Source: SEO-Analyze These laws are helpfu

                                                               Image Source:  Ink Match   No, that is not my tattoo. I began this week by doing a research on myself and found a very limited digital presence. It is not surprising because as I went through high school and college, professors would always say, "your employer is not going hire you if you have visible tattoos" and "what you post online can come back and haunt you". All of this led to the believe that having a digital presence was bad. I would have benefited from a conversation revolving how to create a positive/professional online tattoo. Not until recently have I understood the benefits of having a digital tattoo.  This lack of digital presence led me to do an analysis of my digital tattoo created by the only social media platform I remain somewhat active in. Below is a table that displays the type and number of posts of my 25 most recent Facebook posts.  If you notice none of these posts involve pictur

Recently, my students worked on a performance task where they had to investigate the interest rates offered by different banks. During the activity some students began mentioning that the webpage was not loading. Walking around I also noticed that they accepted all cookies without hesitation. These curiosities led to a conversation on why certain websites were not loading and whether it was good to automatically accept all cookies. This led to a conversation on internet safety and made me realize that they have had very little training on measures they can take to protect their identity.                                                      Image  Source: Pivotal It Blog The question then becomes who is responsible to teach students online safety? At the beginning of the school year all students receive a student handbook that contains all the rules and policies students must abide. Within the handbook on page 65 students are provided an AUP that reads more like a list of what not to do