Internet Safety :Why We Should Use the Internet

Why we should or should not use the Internet in education
Why we should evaluate the sites we use
At least 3 ways you can keep your students safe while surfing

We should still use the Internet in education, we just have to be really careful and make sure we stress safety. We do a lot of things that are dangerous everyday but we are careful. The Internet is here to stay so we as educators need to embrace it and try to make students not only aware of the dangers that are out there but make them realize they are real for us. These things can and do happen to people we know or sadly to us.
We should evaluate sites because the world is filled with creeps and with a bunch of "garbage". Students may know more about using technology than us sometimes, or a lot, but they don't have the same thinking skills. That's what we need to teach them, how to look at things objectively. They need to know that just because it's on the Internet doesn't mean it's true. It's sad but not everyone is honest with good intentions when they post things. By teaching students to analize web content we not make them safer when surfing it teaches them a life skill about evaluating everything.

1. Direct them to safe searches like Pioneer Library for school projects. They can learn what a valid website looks and sounds like so they will be more aware when surfing.
2. Do exercises in class showing the subtle ways that some people manipulate with words.
3. Don't be preachy but really hammer in safety rules about personal information. Show them how people can get their information if they aren't careful.