Mrs. Slaughter's Blog

  Teachers play an important role in modeling behaviors including social responsibility. This involves in-school and out-of-school environment activities and conversations. Over the past decade, social media and personal technology have grown and connected individuals. This is also true of technology that has been implemented and designed for classroom use. Social responsibility is an issue that many people say needs to have tighter restrictions and monitoring. Teachers are obligated that when feasible they should engage in conversations about moral and responsible interactions along with conflict resolution, social and emotional learning, and collaborative communication. Students need these skills to effectively communicate, and become successful citizens and moral characters of God. Allowing students to view situations and problems that create cohesion and acceptance in the world around them is a valuable lesson. Students should understand that even behind a screen, it is still...

Security for data will be just as important today as it was yesterday, and even more so in the future. Security of the data we use that is both personal and for education should be secure so that both teachers, parents, and students can focus on the task at hand and not worry about where the data will end up. Now days, there are so many test that are taken online for standardized testing, teacher proficiency testing, online learning, and even daily student projects that have personal information in them. This kind of data and information should be secure not just for personal reasons, but for plagiarism and other breach of confidentiality reasons as well. With technology being the way most people communicate and learn, any information should be secure at home as well as at school. Teachers must understand and teach students how to professionally and ethically attain information and keep it secure. Safety refers to teachers’ knowledge, abilities, and attitudes to design and develops lea...