PLN

When looking through twitter there was many conversations and links going around. One resource that really stood out to me was interactive lesson plans from Discovery Education http://www.fit4theclassroom.com/. I found this to be a great resource for teachers who want to wake their students up during the long winter months. When looking through the website it provides four sections for the teacher to pick which then breaks down to different activities that also have another learning aspect tied in as well, for example a math lesson.

My Opinion
To begin I have a personal twitter but I barely ever use it. I felt that trying to keep up with the twitter that I created for class would be the exact same thing. One thing that I really did like about having the chance to create a new twitter was the ability to focus on one topic which would help when I needed to participate in an edchat or ntchat. The chats seemed to be slow but like to have the chance to put in my own opinion without there being an extreme amount of comments like on Facebook. I also like having the chance to apply my own opinion without being judged because I don't know the people who host the chat. This is also a great way to learn from others. By this I mean they can post lesson plans but share what went right or wrong and how it could be changed. The link to my personal twitter is https://twitter.com/kintnerm73

#Edchat Personal Twitter Feed https://twitter.com/kintnerm73

Stranger Mine

Sadly I missed the research lesson in class about seeing what information is on the web about myself. But on my own time I googled myself along with a couple people I know to see what type of information is out there. When I searched myself it actually took me awhile to find my information because there is another Megan Kintner who lives in Arizona. With the information that is provided to the public is very scary.

INFORMATION FOUND
With searching myself I found my Twitter, Facebook, and MySpace. I was surprised when I saw the MySpace because I thought I deleted that account but to see that it was still activated concerned me. When on Google I clicked the images tab to see what pictures are floating around of mine. I was surprised to see how many there were too. I was concerned with seeing the pictures of my daughter and I noticed that those pictures generated from MySpace. With knowing that I went to the website and finally deleted my account.

When searching some family and friends I found the same information that I had for myself especially with them having Facebook accounts. Even looking through the pictures there was only one or two of them with, what seemed, to be a million other people with the same name.

Surprised?
Was I surprised with the amount of information I could find on a stranger? NO!! The one thing I seemed to have ran into many times was having to pay for the information after you answered all the questions or continued to agree to the websites information. That didn't bother me so much for the fact that the information needed to be purchased but what did concern me was that anyone could do it for a low price of $10 a month.

Students
I think not only teachers but parents as well should talk with children about the information that is available on the Internet. There are so many crazy people out in the world that could hurt or kidnap children and they should become aware or more aware that they are leaving digital footprints when adding information to the Internet. Plus children under the age of 13 should have an adult present when on the web so they are not entering onto unsafe web pages.

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