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INTERNET SAFETY
Keeping students safe on the Internet can be challenging.  Computer Lab managers and teachers may find this post helpful when trying to keep their students safe while using computers and technology in their classrooms.

Mix the following internet safety lessons with other projects during a lesson or computer lab time. Spread them out throughout the year, repeating if necessary, which doesn’t bother the children at all.

• The first time students access the Internet in your class, provide an overview. What is the internet? Where does it go? What will they see once they’ve clicked a link? How should they safely use a link? How do they NOT click on the ads (and what are ‘ads’)?
• Visit age-appropriate videos that teach online safety.  Here are some great links to preview and see what would work for you:
  
• Surf Swell Island
• Clicky’s Quest - internet safety
• Clicky’s Web World - what to do
• Princess who knew how to UYN (video)
• Webonauts
• Garfield - internet safety
• Webville Outlaws - internet safety
• My Online Neighborhood (video)
• Internet safety (video) - a day in a digital citizen’s life
• Safe surfing (ebook) - read or read to you
• Internet Safety Site - Disney
• Have sufficient adult assistance that learning is seamless and students aren’t confused

More sites to visit for Internet Safety:

    
http://planetnutshell.com/videos/?c=utah-education-network

NetSmartz list of videos - descriptions of the videos (link to the actual NetSmartz videos here)