Introduction

My name is Amy Guignon and I am a Graduate Assistant at the University for Weight Lifting. I also help out at the Midwest American Autism Center in St. Louis, MO. I am hoping to become a Board Certified Behavior Analysis. I also work with children from ages 4-13 who fall somewhere on the Autism Spectrum. My favorite Educational Content Area is Physical Education, because it so easily adaptable and useful throughout life. I of course use the internet for the infamous "facebooking". I also enjoy checking out videos of ABA therapy taking place. I haven't published anything yet, but I do know how to work the gradebook for the undergrad class I am teaching. I want to learn how to skype, because all my friends talk about it, and I think the autism community could benefit from it. My undergrad was Physical Education and my interesting fact is that I was the only girl on my 8th grade tackle football team. I have a dog name Rufus who is a toy poodle. I love my family, and there are three different "Amy Guignon's" in my immediate family. Probably because it's a super cool name. I think Worle can be used as an abstract collage of student's ideas. It would also be neat to randomize different workouts and you could post them in your gym class.  It's also just aesthetically pleasing to use as a decoration too.

Surprises about privacy

I was really surprised about everything that shows up when you google your own name.  There are running races, facebook posts, and pleanty of other old dirt it discovered.  Once things are on the web they are there for good.  It's kind of scary that employers have so many ways to check up on your past.  I will definetly be aware of this more in the future.  It was also interesting to look up the value of the house I am living in.  The information is endless on the web!

Violated by technology

I recently found a way I have been violated on Facebook. Take note if you were a user before 2010! Your private inbox messages are now visible for all to see, from 2010 and earlier! This could get VERY awkward, very quickly...this is a new change from Facebook as of 4 days ago. This is not a hoax, don't believe me? Read your timeline from those years...yikes! They look like wall posts.....they are not! There's an easy fix--when you're in your own timeline, just click on the year on the right (2...007, 2008, 2009) and you'll see a box with a bunch of friends' messages and a header that says 89 people have written on so and so's timeline--hover over the right until you see the pencil, click and select hide from timeline. Do that for each year. BOTH parties have to delete or it will show.  This makes me more aware of how your security is in their hands at facebook.

Future

As far as the future goes, I can see professionals in Special Education using Web 2.0 to help broaden communication skills of students. Many students have splinter skills in technology that can help perpetuate their learning and social skills. Everyday, our society becomes more and mor reliant on technology as a form of communication. Furthermore, the more information that is spread about autism and early diagnosis, the more likely society can benefit from it. For a great example and explanantion visit: http://www.tech4autismnow.org/

Professional side

My name is Amy Guignon and I am a Graduate Assistant at the University for Weight Lifting. I also help out at the Midwest American Autism Center in St. Louis, MO. I am hoping to become a Board Certified Behavior Analysis. I also work with children from ages 4-13 who fall somewhere on the Autism Spectrum. My favorite Educational Content Area is Physical Education, because it so easily adaptable and useful throughout life. I of course use the internet for the infamous "facebooking". I also enjoy checking out videos of ABA therapy taking place. I haven't published anything yet, but I do know how to work the gradebook for the undergrad class I am teaching. I want to learn how to skype, because all my friends talk about it, and I think the autism community could benefit from it. My undergrad was Physical Education and my interesting fact is that I was the only girl on my 8th grade tackle football team. I have a dog name Rufus who is a toy poodle. I love my family, and there are three different "Amy Guignon's" in my immediate family. Probably because it's a super cool name. I think Worle can be used as an abstract collage of studnet's ideas. It would also be neat to randomize different workouts and you could post them in your gym class

Other Subjects

I learned numerous new things about the subjects the other groups researched. Popular names aren't necessarily the best way to go when purchasing products. History and user reviews are more reliable in many aspects. As far as the AUP website, I learned that many AUP's are different. Schools have different procedures. AUP's can provide protection from liability and behavior issues, while still maintaining quality of content and system integrity. Furthermore, it was surprising to see Norton 360 in the top 5 antivirus programs, because of it's nutoriously bad reputation in past years. Another hot topic was saftey and proper regulation with filters. Lastly, I enoyed the emphasis on programs to help teachers identify plagerism, because teachers need every tool avaliable when fighting plagerism.
References: Larkin, E. (2008). All-in-One Security Suites: Tried and Tested. PC World, 26(1), 58-60. Retrieved from EBSCOhost. https://sites.google.com/site/joeandtonise500/home/acceptable-use-policy-report http://student.cstl.semo.edu/2011fall/asautter/abfoster1s/

Filters

While I do understand the idea that schools use filters for many different reasons, I think there is a false sense of security. Throwing up a filter is much more convenient then actually monitoring students individually. In addition, I think it’s disturbing that government funding is based on the use of Internet filtering software. Corruption is hard to ignore in government, and who’s to say this procedure is free from that? The federal E-rate program was developed to make sure schools use filters to obtain federal funding. However, we are just babying the students and not preparing them for the real world. In the past, schools relied on close supervision of all online actions of students by teachers monitoring their activity. Now schools and teachers are relying on Internet filtering software. (Huske 97) Furthermore, relevant information can be blocked from the students. From a health teacher’s standpoint, I dislike the idea of various forms of birth control are blocked by these filters. Society complains about increases in teen pregnancy, but how can we expect students to discover relevant information if we just shut out that domain entirely. Numerous subject searches showed too much information was blocked, which restricted an appropriate research method. (Schneider 93)

Students would benefit greater through electronic monitoring. Although this procedure is much more time consuming, it is more effective. Plus it would be easier to “ween” the students off of the monitoring by gradually decreasing the amount of supervision. This would allow students to eventually be entirely independent in searching the internet, and isn’t this our goal in the long run?

Resources
Electronic Privacy Information Center. Faulty Filters: How content filters block access to kid friendly information on the web. December 1997. Available: http://www2.epic.org/reports/filter_report.html. Jul. 2003
From Now On. “A Dozen Reasons Schools Should Avoid Filtering.” The Educational Technology Journal 5.5 March/April 1996. Internet. Available: http://optin.iserver.net/fromnow/mar96/whynot.html. Jul. 2003
Grey, Duncan. The Internet in School. 2nd ed. London: Continum, 2001.
Heide, Anne, and Dale Henderson. Active Learning in the Digital Age Classroom. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 2001.
Huske, Lynne, Nancy Protheroe, and Elizabeth Shellard. The Internet Connection: Exploring the Power of the Web as a Teaching Tool. Arlington, VA: Educational Research Service. 2001