1. The importance of supervision: I will definitely share and talk to parents and students about the importance of supervision at all times. I work with young students and at this age the children start exploring more on their own, but that doesn't mean you don't want — or need — to be close at hand. It's important to be with them — or at least nearby — when they're online. For this age group, consider keeping the computer in an area where the child has access to you or another adult. That way, they can be "independent," but not alone. I will guide them about the importance of supervising their children while navigating online and maybe help them to use a filter or a monitoring tool where only certain website are approved to be used.
2. Applying real-world judgment and sense: Among the difficulties that come with online socializing is the great importance to talk from the beginning with parents and students about how sharing too much information, or posting pictures, video, or words that can damage a reputation or hurt someone's feelings. Kids love to communicate at young age from any resource available. The online communication among students is becoming so popular and important for them that its important creating an understanding conscience on how to become good citizens. Teaching them what is appropriate and inappropriate to say is important. I have experienced already with a student sharing inappropriate information online with others students and the parents didn’t know anything about it. To avoid this kind of issue, schools need to address this important information from the beginning.
I attached a power point that talks about this and mentions the important points about digital citizenship that I will share with my colleagues and maybe use in one of our parent meetings and explain to them these important points.
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