Workshop for teachers.

Israel Defense

ForceIsrael Police

The Israeli Internet

AssociationMicrosoft

Association for fair

internet useStartupseeds Intel

The National Week of Safe internet useIn conjunction with the

Department of Education’s week against sexual violence 2009-2010

National week of safe internet browsing.Department of education: Educating against

sexual violence.2009-2010

The National week for safe browsing

תש"ע

Our lives are intertwined to such an extent with technology, that it is difficult to imagine how we

managed without it!

Wi-fi connections pop up everywhere, information is accessible, communication available and there are no end to possibilities on the internet.

The National day for safe internet browsing is intended to raise the awareness of students to behavior which is fitting in the digital environment, and to the wise use of the many advantages of the internet.

This workshop deals with shared exposure to and thinking through issues which arise in the digital space

Objectives of workshop :Becoming familiar with the internet culture of teens .

Youth in Digital Space

Guidelines for the instructorName of slide Life on the internet

Explanation Present the concept of “Life on the internet” and discuss .Discuss reservations and points of agreement with the concept.

Questions for Discussion

What does the concept bring to mind? Identification? Antagonism? Concern?What is its significance….? Is there life (activity) on the net? Of what kind?Maybe it is more correct to say –there is (also) life on the net.How much of my life is there? And how much of my student’s life?

Workshop activities

Break up into groups.Each group will present the concept graphically. (humorously, emotionally……)Materials required: writing utensils , large bristol boards (per number of groups)

""Life on the internet

What associations does the concept raise for us as teachers?

What feelings do we have when we hear the concept “ Life on the internet?

Guidelines for the instructor.Name of slide The benefits of the internet.

Explanation The benefits of the net include the numerous opportunities for learning and cooperation which can be found there, and the many knowledge communities with shared interests.

Questions for Discussion

To which communities do they belong?

Workshop activities

Enter the search words “How” or “Learn To " in the network of video strips: Youtube.Check which and how many new things are available to learn: to play a mouthorgan, to draw caricatures, as well as none educational things such as preparing a bomb.

Discuss good deed s and social activism to which you have been exposed on the net.

Think of and suggest school activities to strengthen the good things which the net enables.

Benefits of the internet

Sharing knowledge and learning new things, to play an instrument, to draw

How to Draw Cartoon Characters

Sharing experiences from trips, parties and events.Making connections at any geographical distance.Spreading personal information and making it

public.

Guidelines for instructorsName of slide So what do children actually do on the net?

Explanation The internet is a wonderful space which enables us to cross borders of time and place.The net is “ a country for all citizens. (A country which is not a nation)An open space which allows anonymity: without a face, voice or typical gestures.And this is where one must be aware of the dangers involved in a lack of identity within such an open space.Presentation of a variety of activities which children do on the net

Questions for Discussion

What is your experience of the virtual space?How do you see the way in which children experience it?What are the differences?

Workshop activities

Present the sentence : “ the internet is child's play”Brainstorm the sentence on a page/ or in a document.

Comments Attached are various examples, which can be presented, or one can search on the net for additional examples, at ones discretion.

So what do children actually do on the net?

ילדים מבלים זמן רב Children spend hours on the net, playing, watching films , chatting with friends on ICQ, messenger, and social networks . They write, create and upload it all to

the web ,

So what do children actually do on the net?

77% testify that they browse to sites with games.81% search for information on the net.68% use the net for learning purposes.63 % of them download music and films.66% of the students use the net as a means of communication66% use it for correspondence and talking with friends

From Ministry of Education survey. 2008(5th,8th and11th grades)

Guidelines for instructorsName of slide Social Networks

Explanation The following examples will present additional experiences of the participants .It is recommended to use these cases as the basis for discussion .

As part of their social culture, (and the social culture of our times), teenagers open groups, and upload films which reflect their social way of life. Some of the groups and the films are of a positive nature, but others contain content which is hurtful –whether with the intention of insulting, or because of a lack of sensitivity to the feelings it creates for the person in question.It is important to make this distinction in order to assist teachers in containing the flood of anger and insult which results from watching these films, and will help to more clearly define the variety of violent behavior on the net.

Questions for Discussion

What feelings surface in the light of the information to which you have been exposed?

Workshop activities

Write the words “school” or “teachers” on the social network search, and discover the wide range of groups and activities which exist there on the subject.

Comments

Social networks–are you acquainted?

Social networks

Beyond the wonderful things to be found on the internet: communications , interest groups and social activism

We are also witness to

students who open groups whose main interest is not educational..…

A few examples!

Teacher’s photos

Funny, stupid or boring photos

The group of all children who hate their teachers

I also hate school!!!

“Hey teacher, why are you a ”******

I am fed up with all the nonsense of the teachers

Why must we attend school on vacation because of bad teachers!!!

During the school day one of the students requested to switch

off the air conditioner as she

was cold.

The teacher turned to her and said: “In

London it must be much colder than

here

The student was very offended

?WHYPictures of her family trip to London were posted on the social network.

The teacher’s comment was taken from the private world of the student, which but for the social network would never have been known.

...

Michael and Omer were suspended from school for one school day, because ..”they had “come to blows”

In a discussion with the grade coordinator it became clear that Omer had been filmed “being beaten up” at the same event, by a student in his grade and the video strip was posted on the net.

Don’t humiliate your friends in public

It is important to note that: different sorts of events of “ kids beating up others” appear on youtube.

Do not (tell) film secrets in company

Two students in 12th grade who were in a romantic relationship, were photographed by a friend of the boy, while they were making love.The friend filmed them with his cell phone, hurried to upload it on Youtube and spread the news to the whole grade level.

The 12th grade student counsel representative, collected pictures of all the teachers for the class yearbook.

One day he took the picture of the grade coordinator and to her face added a nude body.

He added written descriptions to this picture and sent it by instant messenger program to the teacher’s daughter who was his good friend.

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the wonders

of ... graphics

Guidelines for the instructorName of slide What is our place as teachers on the social networks of

our students?

Explanation Read aloud the words of M. a girl student in 6th grade.

Questions for Discussion

Discuss how M . sees her place in life on the social network, and what place and function her teachers have there .

Who of you are on a social network? What do you do on the network? Who are your “friends” on the network? Do you also have students as your friends on the network?Should this be a part of school policy?

Workshop activities

Discuss the terms: social and educational activism as a value.What is the significance of knowledge communities?

Comments Raise dilemmas the teachers have with respect to their privacy in relation to the students.Allow for a diversity of opinions.

What is our place as teachers on the social networks of our students?

Would you like the teachers to be your friends on the social network?“my friend” on the network: “No I wouldn’t want any teacher of mine on the network..I wouldn’t want them to know more about my life than they already know…or in general about my daily social life”

And what, in your opinion would this lead to?“It could be that I would be more “polite”…and not from the point of writing things that aren't nice, which anyway we shouldn’t do, but to know that my teacher knows about all my friends, and I am sure she would try to keep updated on all the children, and that is really stressing and even harassing.

I think that on the social network the involvement with teachers should be minimal unless in is connected with a site for learningl…. But certainly not on a site like a social network.

)M. –(6th grade student.

Do we want our students participate in our social network?

What can we gain from that?

What are its advantages and disadvantages?

What added educational value can be encouraged by means of the social network?

Guidelines for the instructorName of slide From authority to responsibility

Explanation Read the section which appears in the communiqué of the director: Routines in educational institutions, September 2009.This section specifies the responsibility of the school for events which do not happen within the school grounds.

Questions for Discussion

What is the authority of the school?What is the responsibility of the school?Give examples of each?

Workshop activities

Suggest ideas for activities which can be done at school in for prevention, supervision and punishment where necessary.

Comments

Teacher leadership and authority:

“An increase in the significant presence of adults in the life of

students, as a basic condition for passing on an unequivocal message

against violence. Also, an emphasis will be place on the

development of tools to deal with violence and to prevent its escalation”

 

…“will encourage support of the parents and the administration, and create teacher solidarity in coping with violent events, while creating a mechanism for cooperation which does not leave the teacher to cope on "his own.

From the director’s communiqué

Thank you… and safe browsing