[kuyajayParticipant]

According to Bectas which the speaker used as his reference, there are 3 C’s of risk on digital technology. The content which means the materials within that the children are able to access. The contact which refers to the people online whom the children can interact with, it might be interactions that lead to our children be abused or harmed. The other is Conduct which refers to the behavior of children in dealing with the content itself and the contact or the persons they are interacting with. In this phase, our children might fall into addiction to digital technology.

These are some of the risks and threats that our children are facing right now and it might happen if there is a lack of guidance on the use of digital technology. That’s the reason why children are very vulnerable in the risks and threats specifically in becoming an addict to digital technology nowadays.

The question is how can we help our children not to fall into those mentioned risks and threats? This is the very big challenge for us educators on how to address this certain situation. One thing that really struck my attention from the speaker’s point of view that I think it would be of great help is that we as teachers should have clear expectations from our learners. In other words we have to set standards specially in using digital technology as an avenue of our teaching-learning process.

• This reply was modified 3 years, 11 months ago by  kuyajay.

[kuyajayParticipant]

<p class=”MsoNoSpacing” style=”text-indent: .5in;”>As we can observe nowadays, many Filipino people are engaging into digital technology. In the discussion on the episode 1, the Digital Citizenship, it is of great help for us as ALS implementers / educators because we were being refreshed or maybe enlightened about the proper use of this digital technology.</p>
<p class=”MsoNoSpacing” style=”text-indent: .5in;”>I agree with the statement of the speaker that there are many opportunities online like education, commerce, or access with families and friends even you are at a distance. On the other hand, there are also risks especially if we are not aware of the proper etiquette in the online world and that sometimes we can hurt people in posting on the online platforms like Facebook. This is the reason why we as digital citizens should know how to behave in the online world. We have to consider always as digital citizens that everyone in the online world also deserves RESPECT. Whatever will be our digital footprints, it will always reflect our values, attitude and behavior.</p>

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