Assignment
#2
Congratulations, all those of you who have made it this far! To review,
in Assignment #1, you got a chance to explore some of the good things
about the Internet and learned ways to keep track of them. It's sort of
like leaving electronic bread crumbs to find your way back to the good
stuff.
Speaking of crumby, not everything on the Internet is appropriate or suitable for classroom use. In Assignment #2, you're going to come face to face with some of these issues. For the most part, we're going to do some reading and thinking in Assignment #2.
Part
#1 - In the GECDSB, we have an Acceptable Computer Use Policy.
We don't distinguish between inappropriate use on the Internet versus
inappropriate computer use in the classroom. Inappropriate is inappropriate.
If you are not familiar with our acceptable use policy, you can read it
by clicking the link to the right or locate it at: http://www.gecdsb.on.ca/d&g/iiyc/aup.pdf
(You'll need Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer).
Part #2 - The issues. The Internet is a genuine, powerful tool for student research. However, it does need to be treated carefully to ensure that the time spent online is worthwhile. Visit and read the content of the Internet sites below. Identify one issue that you feel is noteworthy and write a paragraph about how it affects your class' use of the Internet, whether at home or at school. You are encouraged to share with your colleagues by posting your paragraph on your school's First Class Conference.
A
Community Safety Plan for Online Kids
http://www.tinman.org/safekids/
Web
Awareness
http://www.webawareness.org/
Guidelines
for Parents
http://www.safekids.com/parent_guidelines.htm
Download
Greater Essex County District School Board's Acceptable
Use Policy