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.
Logan, just because a student does not have access to educational technology does not mean he/she won't be cyber-bullied, it just means that they won't have access to the internet to SEE the cyber-bullying, however those that do have access will. It just shows us that technology is not inherently good, there are those who will exploit it to advance their own goals.
ReplyDeleteI also think that there needs to be more funding to educate teachers on technology use so that they are better able to teach their students.
I think Logan made some very interesting points about the dangers of cyber bullying. The idea of where providing more training for teachers in regards how to safely teach using the internet is a good idea that I feel should be explored by school districts. We both touched on the fact that if students don't have access to the internet there is less of chance that they will become a victim of cyber bullying, but you don't want your students to not have access to technology simply because there is the risk of cyber bullying.
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