The internet has grown at an amazing rate and continues to grow. The socialisation, globalisation and mobile learning environment which has been created holds numerous and growing possibilities for educators and teachers. Providing a wealth of information at the fingertips of students and multiple possibilities for representing and presenting this information.
Yet while this globalisation has made the world a smaller place and enabled a whole new level of learning and collaboration, it's also opened up a whole new level of plagiarism and copyright issues. Which is discussed well and briefly here copyright and the internet. As well as this there is a whole issue of young people being venerable to deception and the darker side to the digital world, which is explored in greater, horrifying depth in places like Crime Library.
How do you balance this? How do you monitor this? And importantly how do you not stunt your students technological exploration and growth?
There are many different situations and questions which arise, as a result of such rapid changes and variations. Who can say where the future will lead us. It's important to take into consideration your students and what will work the best for them. After taking this into consideration there are many, many different platforms which you can use and take advantage of which can be made safer for students in the form of a closed community and strong privacy settings. Educating the youth about risks and how to be safe on the internet is a important issue in classrooms today.
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