Street Smart

Cities have wonderful resources

  • Universities and Museums
  • Tourist areas and shops
  • Theaters
  • Adult Places

No one has yet abandoned cities

Global Publishing

  • Johannes Gutenberg’s Printing Press
  • Television and Video
  • Internet

Benefits of Using the Internet in the

Classroom

  • Projects
  • Research
  • Communications
  • Publishing

Potential Dangers

  • Exposure to pornographic materials
  • Potential exposure to pedophiles and sociopaths
  • Harassment

Pornographic

  •  Largely Web-based with a very strong usage in mispelled urls. 
  • E-mail Span
  • Online-porn businesses average huge amounts of $$ in annual revenue
  • Be cautious of text and video in addition to photographic images

Pedophiles

  •    Do not allow Chat except for private dialogues with SME's
  •   Teach students the Internet danger of chat rooms, IMs, social networking sites
  •   Use only chat software that allows you to control who participates

Sociopaths

  •    Possible exposure to criminal ideas, persons, information, and cultures
  •    Nazism, KKK, Drug culture
  •    Bomb-making techniques
  •    Terrorist groups
  •    Militia recruitment
  •    Cults
  •    Software Piracy

Harassment

  •   Can occur through chat, social networking & e-mail postings
  •    E-mail accounts, especially among students

Primary Solutions

  •    Adult Supervision
  •    Technological controls
  •    Self-restraint
  •   Adult Supervision
  •    Nothing is more effective than an observant teacher/parent
  •    Use classroom helpers
  •    Place computers properly

             

   Content Management

  •         AUP enforcement
  •         Monitoring and Reporting
  •         Content-sensitive filtering


Self Restraint

 Acceptable Use Policy -- A legal
ocument with an instructional opportunity

designed to clarify user expectations,

reduce inappropriate uses, and limit

provider liability


Tips for Creating and Enforcing AUPs

  •    Have teachers, students and parents in on the process from the start
  •    All involved should sign the document
  •    Keep parents informed
  •    Guidelines need to be very clear - as do penalties for violation
  • The person responsible for enforcing the policies should be designated and empowered
  • Use English, not legalese
  • Don't reinvent the wheel. Be aware of the AUPs that are available and working in other districts
  • Make sure the AUP is flexible
  • Post the AUP in a variety of places and be sure everyone is aware of it
  • Consider putting the information in the student handbook
  • The enforcement should be implemented consistently
  • Having students do a lot of their Internet work in groups sometimes helps

Online Rules for Kids

  • Do not give out personal information
  • Tell the teacher at once if you encounter materials that makes you uncomfortable
  • Never send anyone your picture online without parental permission
  • Do not respond to messages that are mean or make you feel uncomfortable.
  • Never agree to meet someone you meet online without parental permission
  • Talk with your parents and teachers about how time to spend online
  • Do not fill out forms on the Internet without parent/teacher permission
  • Do not give out your password or let anyone use your e-mail account

 

Take Positive Steps

Avoid problems with School/Teacher

Web sites by

 

Posting group photos without names

 
Using only first names on stories and

minimizing other personal information

posted


Eliminating photos entirely


Providing information about the class

as a whole rather than individual

contributors

  

Password protecting your web site


No posting things like "student of the

month" on the Web site

Looking at how other schools are
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successful posting on the Internet

Using Offline Materials --   Use Off-line Web sites in the schools' "intranet" with

lessons and activities

Sites of Interest for Parents,

Teachers, and Students

QUESTIONS???

 

THANK YOU - FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONTACT ME AT sgersh@ccny.cuny.edu