Using the Web Cam to Skype

Throughout this week, Carrie and I had sent each other e-mails about linking up on Saturday to Skype. I let Carrie pick the time on Saturday to link up because I knew that she had a three year old and finding the quite time to Skype would need the help from others in her family. We did our Skype on the web cam and we talked about references and resources for our final unit plan. We both were not sure if we were having a final exam in this class. We talked about how Skype would be a great tool for teacher conferences with parents who may not be able to come to the school. I really liked doing Skype this week. I plan to get my military friends who live far away to download Skype.

My First Skype

This week we had to download Skype and link up with a classmate to discuss our final project or something about technology, we then had to blog about our experience. I thought Skype was easy to download. On Friday, Butch had posted that he would be on that night along with his Skype contact name so that others could link up with him. I added Butch to my contacts and let him know that I would link up, Peaches also linked up with us. We talked about what technology we liked this semester and we talked about our final project; I was not sure want more we had to do on it. I liked that with Skype you can talk to multiple people and in different ways, e.g. through typing, talking, video. I really enjoyed getting to know some of my other classmates; I just wish we had learned about Skype more towards the beginning of the semester.

Cyber Bullying

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www.hazelden.org/web/public/rmmay10_bullying.page

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Bullying today is not the same as it was when most of us were growing up. Today bullying is a very serious and sometimes a deadly thing. With technology at children’s fingers, they have become bold and more hurtful with their words and actions. Sadly, at times parents have lowered themselves to a child’s level of bullying with the help of technology. Cyber bullying is bullying through email, instant messaging, chat room exchanges, or digital messages/images sent by a cellular phone or personal digital assistant. Cyber bullying, is similar to the traditional bullying that most parents have seen growing up in that it involves an imbalance of power, aggression, and a negative action that at times repeated. Research has shown that most children will not tell an adult if cyber bullying is happening to them. Therefore, it is up to parents, teachers, and caregivers to look for any warning signs of cyber bullying in their child or student. Some signs to look for are nervous when an e-mail or text message appears, decrease in academic performance, trouble sleeping, loss of appetite, spend long hours on-line, or withdrawn from friends. Most schools have established procedures for responding to cyber bullying. Parents can take measures such as putting a block on the computer; limit your child’s access to the Internet, and knowing your child’s friends and what sites they visit to help reduce their chance of being a victim of cyber bullying. If your child is, cyber-bullying parents should explain how their actions affect others, and in severe cases seek professional help for their child.