Chapter 7 Prompt: What are the challenges you faced with when integrating Web resources into classroom teaching and learning? Any resolution suggestions? Integrating Web resources into the classroom at times is easy, and other times it is challenging. There are 2 challenges that are particularly irritating to me. First, the big challenge that I encountered in the classroom was keeping students on-task. It seems that whenever I allow students to use the Chromebook in my classroom, they want to do check their grades on ActiveStudent or watch videos on YouTube. Thankfully, I have access to FamilyZone that allows me to ‘see’ what all the students are doing on while online and can block their access. However, students are smart and constantly try to get around my blocks. Students will get very upset when I completely block their internet access if they get repeatedly warned to do their assignments. I try to emphasize and teach them how to use both their time and resources wisely otherwise I cannot use the technology and all the benefits of technology in the classroom. One rule that I plan on trying out this fall is that students will have to appeal to get internet access reinstated if they fail to stay on task and lose my trust. The second challenge with teenagers is more general in teaching students to be responsible while using the internet, in particular social networking websites. I would have informal discussions occasionally when we used Chromebooks regarding the permanence of their content they share on the internet. For instance, I talked about how Facebook posts could influence future employers during the hiring process. I would give the example of a college professor I knew that was denied a position at another college because he had “I dig dead people” on his MySpace site. While it was an ironic statement because he was an osteologist/bioarcheologist who recovered and studied the skeletal remains of prehistoric and historic people, it was also of poor choice that could reflect negatively on his level of respect for the deceased, which could be reflected negatively on the college. I personally use Facebook to keep in touch with family and close friends and only post about 4 things: running/races, my artwork, my dog & cat, and my nephews. I also occasionally will do a google search with my name to see what pops up, and it really is limited to race results and academic endeavors I have participated in. Students do not think about such things, and it is our job as educators to introduce them to such in order to get them ready for the world outside of school.
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