#2 Technology's past, present, and future..

   I have used MS word my entire, educational career. I used it to write papers as a student, and I'm pretty sure my teachers would use it to create worksheets and tests. MS word is my go to Microsoft program for all my school work. I feel like it is the easiest to use, but that there is also a lot more to it than I know. I learned a lot about it in my computer class in middle school, but I forget certain elements because it was so long ago.
 
   My teachers and I have never used someone else's work that I know of, but when it comes to my future students I will make sure they know the consequences of not using their own work. It's never worth it to use someone else's work, if you don't understand an assignment, you just need to ask the teacher for help. You could get in so much trouble for using copyrighted material as your own. I would encourage my students everyday, so that they didn't ever feel like they needed to cheat to succeed. When it comes to teachers using other materials, I feel like with the free use guidelines they should never run into any issues. They just need to be smart about how much of a textbook or magazine they are photocopying.

   In my classroom I would try and prevent cyberbullying, hacking, and privacy issues. These three issues were all brought up in Chapter 11, which made me see the importance of each issue. To prevent cyberbullying I will teach my students the consequences of posting inappropriate and rude comments. I feel like once students know how much people are affected by things said to them online, they will be safe and kind. When it comes to hacking, I will make sure my students have good protection software to keep viruses of their computers. Also, to make sure their privacy is maintain, I will help them figure out strong passwords to keep people out of their online accounts. These a the three basic issues with students going online, so to take care of these first seems like a good plan.