Frontline: Growing Up Online at Technology In Class

Frontline: Growing Up Online

October 28th, 2009 by tic@technologyinclass.com

Every teacher should watch this program on pbs. If you have access to Frontline: Growing Up Onlineat your local library get it; otherwise you can purchase it on amazon. It may be worth purchasing if you plan to show it in class.

As always, use discerment before showing this in class. Any mature high school class can watch it, or at least seniors can handle the content.

There are abundant resources on PBS’ website, including the entire video in bits (at least at time of writing).

If you don’t end up showing this video in class I urge you to watch it as a teacher striving to understand his or her students. I encourage you to watch it because:

1. Teachers must understand how to utilize the tools that students use on a daily basis as educational technology.

2. Teachers are obligated to report abuse; yet cyberbullying remains a mystery and is highly unregulated. Frontline: Growing Up Onlineprovides practical tips to keep students safe online.

3. It provides a balanced view. Some teachers love the technology and incorporate it into the classroom, whereas other teachers discuss some of the concerns they have with educational technology, i.e., students not reading enough books.

If you’ve seen Frontline: Growing Up Onlinewhy not pass along this post to someone who hasn’t seen it yet?