Internet Safety in the Classroom

Internet Safety is very important in the classroom, because it keeps the students safe from identity theft, being kidnapped, being robbed, etc. It is our job as teachers to keep the students safe from predators outside of the school, it even means the predators online. Internet Safety means that the students are not allowed to open restricted e-mails from unknown recipients, because it is exactly the same as talking to a stranger. The students are not allowed to go to restricted websites during class time, because it not only wastes useful class time but it could also send the students to harmful sites. Copyright means that the exclusive rights are granted to the author or creator of the original work. A teacher must explain that to a student, that you cannot steal another's work without giving them credit because the author or creator did the hard work to find the information.