Internet safety

Interet could be a great resource for all of us, no matter for learning, working or entertaining, as long as we use it appropriately. Here are some tips for keeping yourself safe when using it.

 

1. Privacy

- Use a complex password for login
- never share your password
- always check the web site status and privacy policy before offering your personal information

2. Safety

- never add a stranger to your Facebook or MSN, particularly those you don't have common friends
- never download an attachment with an email you don't know
- make sure to log out after using a public computer

3. For children

- ask for permission from your parents before using the internet
- tell your parents if there is anything make you feel uncomfortable online
- never meet people you get to know online without your parents

4. For parents

- keep the comupter in a open area
- monitor when your children are using the internet
- teach your children what they can do and cannot do online before they start to use the internet

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Meeting standards via blogging

Blog is a new way for people to share news, ideas, and anything they would like to communicate with others. In addition, blog is a much more effective way to exchange information rather than any other paper media.

The following are three standards for foriegn language learning.

1. Communication
     
      Standard 1.1: Students engage in conversations, provide and obtain information, express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions

Students use their target language to communicate via blogging,it makes it possible for them to exchange ideas, perspectives,and information. Many students who are learning foriegn languages are afraid to communicate with others by using their target languages. Sometimes, they are just shy and feel anxious to make mistakes during a face to face conversation. However, blog doesn't have these kind of problem, students could be engaged to any conversations without worrying to be laughed at since they can do rehearsal before posting. Also they could add new topics they like to share they own opinions at the same time and there is noe limit time and place for them to make it. Last but not least, blog offers an opportunity to train their ability of both input and output of the target language.

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2. Culures
 

     Standard 2.1: Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the practices and perspectives of the culture studied

Foriegn language learning could never be isolated from its culture background. Learners who learn a language must have the awareness to understand the relationship between the target language and culture.Therefore, blog is a great platform where students can find variety kinds of information about culture diversity.What's more, they could post their own perspective and than share their ideas with each other, also, they could find some demonstration like video, movie or news. Instructors would be able to make comments and see students' comments at the same time to make sure that they have a furture understanding about the language and culture.

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3. Communities 
    
     Standard 5.1: Students use the language both within and beyond the school setting

For cyber citizens to date, communicate is no longer limited within making a phone call, or sending a email, people want to make their life more interesting and more creative, and blog is one of the outcomes itself. Through blogging,students could post anything they think it may interest others, such as the information of a basketball game, a new movie, or a funny TV show in the target language, and teacher may give comment and recommend other students to see it as well. Nothing must be connected to school setting, and these kind of reaction make the language learning much vivid and attractive,on the other hand, it helps learners to  use the target language as often as possible but without feeling pressure.

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