Author: laurelc (Page 3 of 3)

At the beginning of the month we were asked to review BC FIPPA Guidelines and reflect on what we learned. While reading the document I had various questions arise that  I wanted to share.

The first question is around how to best teach students about asking for consent from their peers before posting content with their peers in it. Even if the students obtain consent from their peers, if they are posting the content while at school, does that fall under the responsibility of the teacher and school?

Another question that arose for me, if a school uses codenames in their email, does that protect the privacy of the individual? Will the content being stored still connect it to the name of that individual if the full name has been used elsewhere?

These are questions that probably have simple and obvious answers, but the unfamiliar language has my head spinning.

How do we best set up students to be successful at jobs that don’t yet exist? This is a question that stemmed from watching the movie Most Likely to Succeed in our EDCI 336 class. While we all know that jobs are not the priority when thinking about our students, it was still a question that caused me to stop and wonder. During the film an interviewee mentioned that the most important things we can teach kids now are “soft skills”; things like communication, problem solving, interpersonal skills, and creativity. If you are able to model and encourage these skills with your students, does that mean they will have the greatest chance at adapting to future jobs and envrionments that we have yet to create? 

These questions are ones that I am hoping to explore further as I begin my education to become a teacher. I know that there are no concrete answers as society is evolving further and further towards a technology centred one. One thing I do know is that the importance of human connection remains, a central aspect of teaching that I can focus on while exploring all that this career has to offer.