Internet+Safety

I thought I should start investigating ways that schools are currently teaching their classes about internet safety. With all the problems of cyber bullying and sexual predators it is difficult to comprehend how you as a teacher are going to be able to protect students whilst encouraging them to "display" themselves online. I plan to establish a list of techniques by the end of this course based on ideas from others. Please contribute if you have any thoughts.

This video is demonstrates how one school is educating their class about internet guidelines. media type="youtube" key="54lv68K6NZ8" height="315" width="420"

Ethical and Legal Guidelines based on the Smartcopying and Cybersmart websites.

- Attribution is a must for all work, images and videos sourced from another website - Teacher's cannot publish student work without parent permission - Positive online behaviour must be followed: students need to know about cyber bullying and the effects of engaging in this behaviour - Personal safety issues such as identity theft and sexual predators need to be addressed: do not give out personal information at any time - Computers need to have passwords and virus protection - Internet searches need to be monitored and access should be blocked to any content which is inappropriate or dangerous - Parents need to be informed of the dangers of using online tools: they need to take responsibility at home - School communities need to take a holistic approach to online safety and all staff and students need to be informed: watch out for each other

Please add any other ideas that you may have.