Safety Stars

“Teachers shall be responsible for guiding and monitoring student use of PWCS computer systems and network services and for providing Internet safety instruction to students”  

- AUP Reg 295-1 P.4

Teachers should implement information about appropriate computer use and Internet safety throughout the year into technology integrated lessons.  The following highlights the four areas that teachers should cover.

Safety

• Define Internet bullying and what a student should do if they are being bullied

• Advise students to avoid inappropriate content and procedures that should be followed if it is found inadvertently

Copyright

• Communicate to students that respecting copyright laws for music, images and documents downloaded from the Internet is important

• Teach students to correctly cite Internet Resources in bibliographies

• Emphasize that getting answers for homework or copying essays is cheating!

Computer Maintainence

•  Teach students to correctly identify computer parts by name

• Emphasize that all hardware should be handled carefully to prevent damage

• Warn students about pop up ads and e mail viruses and how these can harm computers

Appropriate Use

• Emphasize to students that work posted on the Internet is representing themselves and the school so they should consider carefully what they write.  The Internet is forever!

• Warn students that accessing another persons files to copy or change their document is cheating!

• Teach students to use the Internet effeciently and effectively while doing research