What were the most important things you learned from the readings? I learned that I should not be afraid of letting my students use the internet. If I am well informed, and can inform my students about being safe, then they will be.
How will what you have read influence your actions as a parent and/or teacher of children and youth? I will use the suggestions given in the article to educate myself, and my students about being safe. There are a lot of really good suggestions for what to do when teaching children what to do about internet safety.
How can you use what you have learned from the reading to have a positive influence on family and friends? This article gave real life tips that can be used to help protect the family from the bad things that can be found on the internet. Although the article is mainly for parents, it can be applied to teachers as well. By having an open dialogue between parents/teachers and children/students about the safe things one can do while on the internet, a positive environment can be created.
Some of the tips from the article are:
Use an Internet filtering tool
Teach your children to use favorites or bookmarks.
Teach your children to use credible search engines.
Use a pop-up blocker on the Internet.
Teach your children to be cautious in downloading free software from the Internet
Teach your children not to use free peer-to-peer or chat-based programs to download material.
Teach your children not to open spam e-mail.
Discourage your children from visiting chat rooms.
There is even a glossary in the article with certain terms that a parent, or even some teachers might not know
Monitor what sites have been visited on your computer.
Use an Internet filtering tool
Teach your children to use favorites or bookmarks.
Teach your children to use credible search engines.
Use a pop-up blocker on the Internet.
Teach your children to be cautious in downloading free software from the Internet
Teach your children not to use free peer-to-peer or chat-based programs to download material.
Teach your children not to open spam e-mail.
Discourage your children from visiting chat rooms.
There is even a glossary in the article with certain terms that a parent, or even some teachers might not know
Glossary:
Browser: A program that allows users to navigate and view pages on the World Wide Web. Two common browsers are Explorer and Netscape, but there are many others.
Chat room: An online forum where users can communicate with each other in real time.
Instant messaging: Exchanging messages in real time between two or more computer users.
Internet service provider (ISP): The service you subscribe to for Internet access.
Search engine: An online service that enables you to find information in Web pages on the Internet by searching for specific words or phrases.
URL: Uniform resource locator, or the address of a Web page.
Virus: A program designed for malicious purposes to “infect” and disrupt the normal functioning of a computer.
I thought that this article was very informative and I feel a little bit more computer savvy after reading the article. I feel like I will be a more effective teacher, and parent.
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sounds like a good article . . . I didn't see a response to the reflection questions for this article??
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