The practicum project ended up being kind of a fun assignment. I like that I was forced to use other websites that I had not used before because otherwise I probably never would have. I learned that people will join Facebook groups or follow people on Twitter even if they do not like the person. For instance, some people in Justin Bieber's Facebook group were NOT fans of his; they were the exact opposite. Although there are people who don't seem to fit in some of the groups, for the most part it seems that these groups provide a good meeting place for fans to get together to talk about their favorite celebrity like Justin Bieber for instance.
The part that I found most interesting in my practicum was what I learned about what tweens are allowed to do on the Internet. I am sure that when I was a tween I didn't like the restrictions that my parents set for Internet use, but as I did more research I found that it is definitely important for parents to play a role in a tweens computer and Internet use. Just because I think that parents should play an important role, doesn't mean that the tweens cannot do anything; there should just be some supervision. In fact, there are plenty of websites and games that are safe for kids and tweens if you take a little amount of time to look. I played plenty of games and visited sites that I feel would be safe for tweens with very little parent supervision. Although there are many fun, safe sites for tweens, there are still many sites that tweens should not participate in without supervision.
Overall, I thought this practicum was definitely one of the more exciting assignments I have had in a while. I learned a lot more than I thought I would and gained new experiences on sites I had never been on before. I now feel like I know my way around the Internet a little more and have more insight on what is safe for tweens on the Internet.
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