Sustainability is very overreaching, it covers how
technology is recycled or thrown away, funding for technology, funding for
technology training in schools, reusing technology, and much more. With my
topic, cyber bullying, the students are affected by sustainability because they
are being harassed through the means of technology. For example if a student
has been bullied in school and now it has gone home through mean texts and
social media posts they need help from a teacher. If the teacher does not have
the training in technology and how to use it safely, the sustainability of the
technology is being lowered. The tech is not doing its job effectively, and the
funding is not working. Like we talked about in class, in a poll given to
teachers, most of those polled would like more training for the technology they
use in the classroom. Another example where sustainability has a larger effect
on cyber bullying would be funding to provide this technology. This goes hand
in hand with accessibility. The students may get less access due to poor
funding, and if they don’t have access they won’t be cyber bullied. I believe
that all our topics—e-sponsibility, accessibility, and sustainability—are
connected through our sub topics. I just hope we can get more funding for Internet
safety training that will help educators and the educated.
