This Friday we had guest speaker Jessie Miller to talk about issues surrounding the internet and high school. We discussed strategies for handling phones in the classroom in a way that both respects student autonomy and property, while also limiting their ability to distract. We also discussed the importance of your online persona as a teacher, and being cognizant that students and teachers will be looking you up online. Finally, we talked about how to teach students about online safety. Stepping back from the previous method of scaring them that if they post anything that they would’t want their grandmother to see they wouldn’t get a job. That being said it’s also important that they understand how internet companies use their data and the laws around their privacy and content.