The article in the New York Times is written about the use and development of this new feature called Common Sense Media. The article focuses on a teacher and his fourth grade. He is teaching his class how to use the internet and he creates this website so that his class can get on and post things they would like to share with their fellow classmates. The students are able to post their writings, art, surveys, and other things of that nature. A problem came about when the students started using the website to post mean things about their classmates. They would post things that could be looked at as bullying. The teacher wanted to bring in the Common Sense Media, to help his students. This Common Sense Media is aimed to teach the kids how to use the internet properly. It will teach them proper internet behavior, like the do’s and don’ts of internet use. Common Sense Media uses real life situations to get the children’s attention; they do not solely tell the kids what to do and what not to do. This whole idea of the Common Sense Media is said to be in the best interest of the kids so that in the future their employers and college recruiters will not see negative things about them on the internet.
The idea of this Common Sense Media is good for children of this age. Fourth graders are most likely at the age where they think they can do everything on their own. They think they know what they are doing, but in reality they do not. The Common Sense Media will be good for them because they will hopefully learn how to use the internet the right way, and the dangers of using the internet the wrong way. Using real life situations to teach the children is good because they won’t feel like they are getting lectured, but they will still learn.
The fact that the internet is becoming more and more a part of everyday life is push for this Common Sense Media. Another important fact is that children younger and younger are learning how to use the internet. They need to know that the internet is not a place where they can just post anything they feel like posting, especially if it is negative. What are your thoughts on the growing epidemic of internet in the lives of young kids? Is it good or bad? Why?
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Paige~
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I think this is a very interesting and controversial topic. I think that although internet is such an important and large aspect of our lives, it is necessary to know when it is appropriate to integrate it within the education system. Seeing as how these students were only in the fourth grade, and knowing that something like this would most likely happen, it seems inappropriate to have them use it at their young age, especially since they are probably already using it at home. Thank you for this story; it allows us to see how internet can be positive as well as negative. We simply need to know when to use it and how. And if we do, we need to make sure we use it appropriately and make sure those who are using it also know how to use it.
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