Internet Saftey Reflection

I chose to read an article on abuse for my article of choice. The videos I watched included:
- faux paw the techno cat
-katie's story
- a child predator fear
- a revolution in the classroom and social life
- cyberbullying
- private world outside parents reach


What I've taken away from this is that when I have children or a classroom, I need to set limits on technology use, especially on content viewed and time spent. I have realized how important it is to discuss the internet with children and tell them about the dangers of the internet and arm them with knowledge with which they can protect themselves. helping children learn how to avoid bad content and what to do when you come into contact with it, provides a way to prevent future problems. I have also learned that helping children realize that there are positive ways to interact with the internet is important as well. Showing them websites relevant to their interests, school work, or family, can create positive experiences in the future.



For my "doing" experience, I talked with a mother of a 6 year old girl. I chose to talk to her because I feel like this knowledge will be helpful because her daughter will soon begin using technology more and more at home and at school.

I asked this mother what she knows about internet predators and chatrooms. Her knowledge was pretty basic, and she said that she had heard that predators would find kids through myspace or disguise as kids in chat rooms to get information. I proceeded to tell her about "katie's story" and the video game that was available to help kids in those types of situations, and I told her about the chatrooms that are available for children to live out a "double life" and talk about self-destruction and things like that. I was surprised because she did not seem very shocked by this information, but rather expected to hear information like this. I think she was pleased to hear about the different resources available such as the computer game featured in "Katie's story" and the parental control programs for the internet. I think she will definitely buy a parental control program, will keep the family computer in a high-traffic area, and will talk to her daughter about internet safety when the time comes.


I did the online course evaluation.