Internet Safety in Classroom

Internet is the first thing that pops into our minds when it comes to conducting research. Just type in what you want and zillions of resources would appear in front of your eyes. The whole process would only take seconds. Why looking up boring old inches-thick books when we have Google?

Great freedom comes with limited rules... And it does apply to the mighty Internet. Students can be searching for something perfectly simple but the search engine can give them something ultimately bizarre, and as educators, it is hard to avoid what pops out in the Internet window. The best way to protect students from dangerous resources on Internet is prevention. We have to teach students all sorts of safety rules in classroom. Typical rules like do not give out personal information, post personal pictures, don't share any information with strangers, nothing's private on Internet etc. . Children have to learn these basic rules on Internet at young age to prevent future problems. There are cases of cyber bullying that happened to a lot of children recently, mostly from the social websites like Myspace and Facebook. There is no way we can block every single bad influence from appearing in front of children's eyes. As educators, we can only teach them to identify what is right or wrong, so they can become smart Internet users.