Internet Safety
I had students who had finished a writing assignment and I let them have free choice in the computer lab. They had to ask permission before going to a site. My difficulty is one of my 5th graders wanted to share her webpage she created at home. I previewed it but she had an area for chatting, and music that I did not know. How do teachers of older students handle this issue?
I also have students who want to go to Club Penguin. It is clearly age appropriate, but it is a group site where their use is open to the public. I am continuously monitoring over their shoulder, but it concerns me. These sites are great, but I am opening myself to risk. How have others decided to manage this kind of situation?
I also have students who want to go to Club Penguin. It is clearly age appropriate, but it is a group site where their use is open to the public. I am continuously monitoring over their shoulder, but it concerns me. These sites are great, but I am opening myself to risk. How have others decided to manage this kind of situation?
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Permalink Reply by Ian Grove-Stephensen on -
> These sites are great, but I am opening myself to risk.
I understand where you are coming from. If one of your students is observed exercising his or her curiosity about how babies get made, you could lose your job. In your shoes, I would have the same fear. But, oh, it saddens me so much. It is a classic example of how schools have become the place we send our children to make sure they don't learn too much.
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Permalink Reply by Kathy Epps on -
Jeff Utecht from ISBangkok has an interesting post "Internet Safety - Debunking conventional wisdom" about this topic on his blog http://www.utechtips.com
He writes about a CBC program, Search Engine, and has prepared an audio clip from it about The State of Internet Safety. Read the whole post, and listen to the audio. (It doesn't talk specifically about Internet Safety in schools, but safety general.)
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