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St. Patricks Day Pranks

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Papa (2011), emphasized that “current classroom teachers are ‘digital immigrants’ preparing a generation of ‘digital natives’”(p.109). This concept that was alarmingly true last Thursday, when a small group of students employed the use of technology to pull a St. Patrick’s Day prank. The scheme was simple enough, the culprits downloaded an android app which would allow them to selectively turn on the classroom televisions to airplay youtube videos. Interestingly, they had preselected a goofy, yet tasteful video of a man playing the electric saxophone to play throughout the day. The video prompted a great deal of confusion for the teaching staff, with most reacting as if voodoo had taken over their t.v.s. Although this prank exemplifies a small disruption within a school day, I feel it speaks to one of the largest challenges in planning for technology: security. …show more content…

Unfortunately, our situation is not unique. Across the nation schools are routinely subjected to “outside hacking, in-house errors, and even technology gaps at companies they work with”, making many students and employees vulnerable to identity theft (Davis, 2015, p.1). Schools can also be held responsible for paying significant legal fees and damages if private student academic information is breached (Bathon, 2013, p.1). Papa (2011), indicated to combat these issues administrators must consider protective measures for both internet and technology use (p.198). Protocols for teaching students how to use the internet appropriately must be put in place (Papa, 2011, p. 198). Antivirus and protection software must also purchased to “prevent extensive damage to existing computer systems” (Papa, 2011, p.198). Regrettably, despite our best efforts to maintain network security we must still face the possibility of people or physical threats such as: Human

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