The presentation "Internet/Social Media Safety Education and Digital Citizenship," presented by Darren Laur touched upon several topics including internet, phone, and social media safety.
The presentation was interesting for two reasons. The first reason is Laur was energetic and passionate about what he was saying. The second reason is he presented new information about safety that many of the students didn't know about. As he promised, the presentation was different from the rest.
He said in particular that the first thing colleges and universities do when considering your application was look at your social media sites. That was interesting to me because I didn't think that that was such a large factor into their decision. Another thing that immediately captured my attention was the introduction wherein Laur stated that he was communicating for the past few weeks to one our the ACSS students under the identity of a teenage girl named Beth. This was intriguing because he didn't tell us what we already know, but instead showed us that in fact, online predators do exist and we can become targets. It was a nice awakening to really lock down my social media sites.
Laur also told us some ways to be safe online. Some of the ones I remember are to keep some tape over the cameras on our laptops because people can find ways to hack our cameras. Another was to un-click a button on our phones to prevent hackers from finding us through our photos that we post online that have been automatically tagged with our location. He also mentioned that we should always keep our social media sites on private.
Laur also talked about how we can help our peers and community. He specifically talked about sexting, suggesting one way to help others is to not share those photos and do other petty things like gossip. He also really talked about online bullying. He recalled having to tell parents that their child had committed suicide as a result. I think this really stuck into everyone's minds. He mentioned that it is okay to speak out and get help from someone whether it be a parent, teacher, counselor, the police, or Laur himself.
I think, in all, this presentation was interesting and fulfilling. New information was presented and we all became a little more concerned about our safety online.
Here is the official site for Personal Protection Systems Inc.
http://www.personalprotectionsystems.ca/
The presentation was interesting for two reasons. The first reason is Laur was energetic and passionate about what he was saying. The second reason is he presented new information about safety that many of the students didn't know about. As he promised, the presentation was different from the rest.
He said in particular that the first thing colleges and universities do when considering your application was look at your social media sites. That was interesting to me because I didn't think that that was such a large factor into their decision. Another thing that immediately captured my attention was the introduction wherein Laur stated that he was communicating for the past few weeks to one our the ACSS students under the identity of a teenage girl named Beth. This was intriguing because he didn't tell us what we already know, but instead showed us that in fact, online predators do exist and we can become targets. It was a nice awakening to really lock down my social media sites.
Laur also told us some ways to be safe online. Some of the ones I remember are to keep some tape over the cameras on our laptops because people can find ways to hack our cameras. Another was to un-click a button on our phones to prevent hackers from finding us through our photos that we post online that have been automatically tagged with our location. He also mentioned that we should always keep our social media sites on private.
Laur also talked about how we can help our peers and community. He specifically talked about sexting, suggesting one way to help others is to not share those photos and do other petty things like gossip. He also really talked about online bullying. He recalled having to tell parents that their child had committed suicide as a result. I think this really stuck into everyone's minds. He mentioned that it is okay to speak out and get help from someone whether it be a parent, teacher, counselor, the police, or Laur himself.
I think, in all, this presentation was interesting and fulfilling. New information was presented and we all became a little more concerned about our safety online.
Here is the official site for Personal Protection Systems Inc.
http://www.personalprotectionsystems.ca/
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