Internet Safety
During the first several months of school, all students from grades prekindergarten through 5th participated in discussions and completed activities on internet safety. The internet safety topics included Appropriate Behavior Online, Cyber-Bullying, and Social Networking. Technology is everywhere and a big part of a student’s education, so it is very important that these topics be discussed and practiced on a regular basis, not just at school but at home too. More and more learning tasks are being assigned which require students to log on to web sites in order to complete and use online communication with their teachers.
Here are a few sites we visted: Learning.com A web-based program purchased by HISD to teach technology state standards, Cyber Safety Glog, Brainpop: Online Safety; Brainpop; CyberBullying; Brainpop: Digital Etiquette; Brainpop Jr.: Internet Safety.
December 9th, 2010 at 7:26 pm
Thanks for visiting Learning.com. We’ve worked very hard to make our EasyTech Online Safety curriculum be based on building empathy, and not a fear-based curriculum for internet safety. There’s more great info by cyberbullying expert Patricia Agatston on what really puts kids at risk online:
http://www.learning.com/internetsafety/