User rights

I believe privacy is the biggest issue we face in today's world.  We can access a vast amount of information with a simple passcode on our phone.  Everyone has a right to keep their information private but they also have the responsibility to ensure that they are successfully using technology in a way that keeps them safe.  As educators, we have the difficult job of teaching students how to accomplish this.

     I agree with Jenny that we as educators share a responsibility with students' parents to help them learn about being safe digitally.  That safety is a very broad umbrella--keeping financial information secure; a social media presence that doesn't jeopardize a scholarship possibility or a college admission or a job opportunity; not being taken advantage of by a sexual predator.

      Young people are being asked to navigate a world much more independently than they were in the past.  They can make decisions with their Smart Phones without guidance from their parents, much differently than a child would have thirty years ago when the only phone was a land-line in a public area of their house where a parent might have been hovering.

I agree with your comments regarding privacy, Jenny.  I also believe that privacy is invaded frequently without much thought, especially when someone is tagged in a message or post on social media.  Someone, who didn't ask to be involved in the discussion, may have information posted for others to see that they wish to keep private.  We need to teach children that privacy is sacred and that they do not have the right to strip it away without asking permission or giving it a second thought.