Hello! We've made it! We've come to the final class for the year. I hope you've enjoyed it as much as I have ;)
As a final wrap-up - I would like you to log on to this blog and comment on the following questions...this is a reflection on what you've done this year. Copy and paste the text questions into your answer..
1. Are you happy with your final Bronze / Silver / Gold result for your ICT status? Why? Why not? 2. What could you have done more effectively this year? 3. What is your best skill when it comes to I.C.T? 4. What is the thing in I.C.T that you most need to work on? 5. Why was the digital citizenship topic so important? In terms of learning about cyber bullying, online predators, and digital identity theft etc.. 6. How will you treat I.C.T differently...now that you have been made away of / researched these digital citizenship topics? 7. Any other comments you would like to add? (on topic!)
Cheers, lovely working with you and have a great summer holiday.
Check out the Digital Literacy Outline on Knowledge
Net for a reminder
of the curriculum link. It says;investigate one element /
issue and create a simple multi-media presentation that educates others about
this element / issue.
This presentation will count towards your digital
drivers licence.
Decide
on a topic from ONE of the following list of issues:
You should have finished your text and picture task now for "How to be a good digital Citizen"...so now it is time to get your work ticked off.
This week - bring your document up to show me so it can be ticked off on our GoogleDoc. If you have finished this...click on the link below to take the CyberSmart Quiz.
Charlotte Dawson speaking to Australia's 60 Minutes
By 3 News online staff
TV host Charlotte Dawson has spoken out about the cyber bullying which led to her hospitalisation last week.
In an interview with Australia’s 60 Minutes, the Sydney-based celebrity said she feared for her own safety.
“I’ve
never had death threats to this ferocity; I’ve never had a campaign to
this ferocity. My tweets are usually about how old I am, how ugly I am
or how I failed at my marriage, or how I can’t have children or how I’m a
spinster, or how I’m plastic. It’s usually appearance stuff,” she said.
“I
was very drunk. I was extremely distraught, it just triggered that
feeling of helplessness, it got to me, that got the better of me and
they won,” she said.
“You do have to have a
thick skin, and you do understand that no matter what you do, even if
you are Mother Theresa, people are still going to hate you because they
think you’re ugly or don’t like the sound of your voice. Sometimes,
especially if people are wanting you to kill yourself, when you have
previously tried to end your life, it’s very easy to feel like that’s
exactly what you want to do.”
Melbourne's Monash
University has suspended a staff member who joined the online vitriol,
after they tweeted Ms Dawson saying "on behalf of NZ we would like you
to please go hang yourself".
Dawson says these sorts of behaviours need to change.
“People need to be extremely responsible, if they can be when they are online,” she said.
“I
think people diminish what bullying is. Bullying is extremely
threatening behaviour that is constant and makes people feel threatened
and terrified. I can’t think of anyone I have done that to.”
She says the words of her online bullies may come back to haunt them.
“People
can be traced. I have contacted the police and had lengthy discussions
with them today. They are using devices, mobile devices, iPads,
computers in order to vilify and intimidate so there are consequences.”
