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CHILD SAFETY ISSUES Be Aware of Risks and Privacy Issues Safe Kids.com (Kids' Rules and Family Pledge)  Safe Surfin.com CyberAngels' Parenting Your Online Child Obtain an Internet Drivers License PBS' Rules of the Road Web License for Kids from Texas Information Literacy Tutorial (TILT) for Older Kids Safe Surfin' Driver's Ed Quiz for Kids and Teens World of Web Searching from KidsClick(Informational Finding) Search Engines Designed for Children Other Issues to Know About... Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA) and updated info from ALA On June 23, 2003, the Supreme Court of the United States in ALA vs. U.S. issued a ruling reversing the District Court's finding. The Supreme Court in a 6-3 decision has held that public libraries must purchase filtering software and comply with all portions of CIPA. 2003 Study on Internet Blocking in Public Schools Internet Filters (Get Wise Tools for Families) Copyright Issues and Plagiarism   see Gayle's Fair Use Online Tutorial Permission Templates for students and teachers from David Warlick's website Learn about Search Engines Designed for Children (see Julie's Guide)  Yahooligans: Search or Browse the index of categories; images, sound & video clips Ask Jeeves: Ask a question and get help narrowing your search KidsClick: All educational by librarians with estimated reading levels & llustration count Lycos Zone Homework Club: Reference and Subject Indexes (also homepage)  KidsClick Extended List of Kids Search Tools Develop Acceptable Use Policies  Virginia's Deparment of Education Acceptable Policy Handbook (see components)  NETC Acceptable Use Policy Examples District 4J Policies and Procedures (Eugene School District, Oregon) Mankato Policies and Agreement Form (Mankato, Minnesota)






ACTIVITY 3: Acceptable Use Policies Read over the Safe Internet Travel Rules for Students. Work with your team to discuss the following issues:    Adapting the Rules Are the rules appropriate for the age of the child? Are the rules appropriate for the developmental level of your students? Who might not understand? How might the rules be misunderstood or misinterpreted? What rules should you add? What rules should you delete? SOURCE:  ASCD Internet for the Inclusive Classroom Enforcing the Rules How will you share these rules with your students? How will you keep students from forgetting the rules? How will you keep students from ignoring the rules? How will you enforce these rules? What will be the consequences for non-compliance? Who will support the enforcement of the rules? Who will administer the consequences?






Other Important Issues to Consider

Digital Equity Digital Equity by Gwen Solomon, Technology & Learning (April, 2002) Handout of notes Differentiated Access (CAST) Also Teaching Every Student in the Digital Age (Rose & Meyer, 2002) [full text available online]; see Thinking Reader as Computer Supported Reading Environments Learning to Read in the Computer Age (Meyer & Rose, 1998) [full text available online] Research-Based Best Practices for Technology Inclusion Preliminary Findings from Literature Review at University of Connecticut ISTE Essential Conditions and Standards Good Models of Teaching With Technology [GMOTT] from Knowledge Loom see also Technology Leadership Enguage from NCREL  (and hands-on Webquest Exploration)


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