Journal #4- Resources Abound for Setting Up Internet Safety Programs

Hansen, Jennifer. (September/October 2009)."Resources Abound for Setting Up Internet Safety Programs", volume 37 (2009-2010) (No. 2). Retrieved from http://http://http://www.iste.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=September_October_No_2_3&Template=/MembersOnly.cfm&NavMenuID=4381&ContentID=24184&DirectListComboInd=D

As we know these days there is a lot more out there on the internet then ever before. Especially when we start to work with younger students, we as teachers need to make sure that our students are safe on-line. This article is great because it gives you a few different ways that you can keep your students safe on the internet. Talking to parents was a key point on here. If we get our parents involved we will be able to get them to talk to our children more about the dangers of the internet. Another was getting local enforcers to come in and talk about what they have seen happen out there. The younger our children are learning about the safety of the internet the more likely they will be safe. When we start to get into the middle school age we see that students are using the computers more. This is why it is important to have safety blocks at the schools. Now with Facebook and all those other types of sites there are boundaries schools and parents need to limit their young children to.

Why do some schools not monitor the internet?
I think some schools don’t realize how important it is to monitor the internet. There are a lot of dangerous sites that children can connect to that students as young as even middle school should not be exposed to.

Do you think there should be more parents talking to their children about the hazards of the internet?
Yes. I think a lot of parents think it is the teachers job to teach their children everything and it is not. Hopefully the teachers are giving them an idea of what not to expose themselves to, but it is really the parents job to do this.