Internet+safety+education



Internet safety should be taught by school districts. My opinion is if we are teaching kids how to use the internet as a resource and a way to communicate and collaborate with others, then we should teach students how to use it responsibly.

I fully agree with this as well. Students have basically an open source for any type of information possible. With the way that the internet is evolving and constantly changing there needs to be something in place so that students at least have the option to know whats right from wrong. Firewalls, and internet security software is great for protecting students at school, but what happens when they get home and dont have that security. It is way to easy for internet preditors to access anyones information. As adults we see this, so we must take advantage and teach this to students as well. Internet safety should be part of the technology curriculum that schools already have. I believe it should be taught by a specialist (someone who is trained in that area, not just a warm body). In my experiences, I am pretty confident that adequate training would not be provided to train teachers as often as would be needed. Also, I wouldn't feel comfortable teaching internet safety. I do think it is important that technology is incorporated into the regular classroom and other areas. I also feel strongly that the teachers should work together..

I agree with this also. Internet safety is a huge issue that is only going to become larger in the future. It should be one of the main parts of the technology curriculum, and should be taught by a specialist. I feel the same as Staci in saying that the possibility of having training on this would probably be few and far between, which would lead to more demand on us as teachers. As a music teacher, there is not a lot of time where I could address this in the entire class. I use technology things everyday throughout all of my class, but not enough to create an adequate lesson for internet security

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