Post #8

Chapter 8 discusses some of the many different computer viruses, and security issues that can affect your computer. It talks about how this can cause many issues in the classroom, especially with sites that may not be appropriate for children or websites that do not contain correct and up to date information. Sometimes these things can create problems that not only affect certain software but also the hardware in a computer as well.

Chapter 8 also discusses many ways for teachers to use technology in a way that would bypass most if not all of these problems. Creating this such as guidelines for students and setting up web page blockers, can decrease the risk of students accessing websites that aren't appropriate. There are also numerous amounts of new advanced softwares that you can use to help block against further infections of the computer.

This week I didn't really learn anything new, but I learned how to do certain things in a different way. We worked in PowerPoint, and although I did know how to do most of the tasks, I didn't know all of the different short cuts they had.