Presented by Carrie Slayton and
Melissa McClatchy
Technology Integration Specialists
ESC Region VI
• Bill passed by the United States Congress to limit children’s
exposure to pornography and explicit online content
• Requires schools and public libraries to use internet filters to
receive funding
• Protection measures can be disabled during use by an adult
• Schools must hold at least one public meeting on the topic
• General Internet Safety Video
• TEA Resources
Video
•Involves an aggressor
and a weaker student
•Student is upset after
being online
•Student is secretive
about online activities
•Student may have poor
intrapersonal
relationships in class
 Know your district’s
consequences and stick to
them
 Keep all computers in a
visible area
 Monitor where students
visit on the Internet and
how often
 Keep personal information
personal, including log-ins
and passwords
 Educate students and
discuss often
 Let students know they will
be monitored
 Document any suspicious
activity
 If you suspect
cyberbullying, contact an
administrator and address
immediately
 Know when it is appropriate to use technology
◦ Collaboration vs. Cheating
 Be aware that what is said in a text or on a social site can be
misunderstood
 Use the same conventions of etiquette you would use in person
when you use technology
Legal Issues
• File sharing (such as Lime
Wire)
• Software piracy
• Hacking
• ID theft
• Plagiarism/copyright law
Methods of Prevention
 Use legal sites, such as iTunes
• Make sure you have a site
license or individual license
for each piece of software
you load on a computer
 Keep log in info private
 Keep personal info private
 Site sources – don’t use
copyrighted materials
 Be as specific as possible with your keywords
◦ Tornados in Texas vs. weather
 Put compound words and phrases in quotes
◦ “people of Atlantis”
 Use the – sign to eliminate unwanted responses
◦ “people of Atlantis”-movie
• Use nouns as keywords and eliminate articles
and prepositions
• Use AND if you want both words to appear
• Use 6-8 keywords
• Check the help section of your search engine
• Use Google Advanced Search
◦ www.google.com/advanced_search
Ask for Kids
Yahooligans
Kids Search Tools
Prompt
Reviewed
Courteous
Concise
Confidential
One of your students, Tommy Perkins, has
been disruptive in class for the past week.
Yesterday, he snuck a Coke into the lab and
it spilled all over the keyboard, ruining it.
He and his best friend, Lou Jenkins, decided
to IM all class period today instead of doing
their spreadsheet assignment. You want to
contact his parents via email, Jim and Mary
Perkins.
You receive this email from a teacher and need to respond:
Mrs. Miller,
Yesterday during computer lab, I specifically asked that my
students work on their Texas history research project. I even
emailed you a list of websites that they were to use as
resources. When they returned, none of them had anything
done and one student told me that he played some math
game the entire period. I do not know what you all are
doing down there, but now we are way behind on our
project. I do not know what else to do about their lab time.
Mrs. Jones
You receive this email from your assistant principal and
will need to respond:
Mrs. Miller,
We have had some concerns from parents and staff
regarding our students using appropriate digital
citizenship on projects and during their core classes. Can
you please tell me how you are addressing this during
their class time and what things that our core area
teachers can be doing to reinforce this throughout the
school day?
Thank you,
Mrs. Dobbins
http://tinyurl.com/techappteks
Desktop Publishing
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Scholastic
StoryJumper
eHow - Word Processing Activities Grades 2-8
Teaching Ideas
Starfall
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Worldstart
Word Processing Quiz - Catawba, NC
Netrover
QUIA