Online Teaching Experiences

Web Wise Kids is a resource that I'd like to use with my course's online learning. Children need to be mindful and aware of what they share, navigate, and participate with online. The purpose of Web Wise Kids is to "empower students to safely enjoy all the benefits of technology, recognize and avoid dangerous or unethical online activities, and confidently manage issues like piracy, fraud, online romances, cyber stalking, sexting and other detriments." 

• What content could this help you teach?
Online Safety and Ethics
• What type of pedagogical strategies might you use with your students? Some appropriate pedagogical strategies to teach these concepts are: role playing, think-pair-share, journals, compare & contrast and debates.
• What technologies do you think would be harder to use with your students? Why?  Web Wise Kids offers a technology that "features stories, video clips and fun activities to teach and reinforce online safety concepts. Most importantly, it introduces real issues to you in a practical and convenient way and offers proven solutions." They also provide other resources for parents, educators, and students. This technology does present a barrier, there is a suggest donation of $7.99 in order to play the game, and even suggests users pay $19.99 for the newest version. My concern is that Internet Safety games and interfaces aren't the most enticing topic for our youth to play-- it is unlikely that a child (or even parents) will pay the suggested fee to play.