Valerie Feinberg
SLM521SP03
04/03/03
Course Module
Objective – Students will be aware of
the dangers of Internet chat rooms.
Objective – Students will be able to register and access chat rooms in order to converse with other Internet users.
Introduction - Internet chat rooms are a great place to meet people, find love, and discover new friendships without even leaving your home. The best part is that you can do it at anytime, day or night, and their will always be someone online. Before you embark on your journey into the wonderful world of Internet chatting you will have to register with a free interactive site, such as http://chat.yahoo.com/ or http://chat.msn.com/. Next, login with your anonymous screen name and password to access the great Internet abyss, where there is a chat room for every person and every interest.
As future educators, we can see that chat rooms could be used as an educational tool to expand the horizons and experiences of our students. However, there are several dangers that students must be informed of in order to keep them safe in Internet chat rooms.
Activity #1 – Visit one
of the Internet chat sites that are listed below to register for a screen name
and password. Then experience the various chat rooms and categories that the
site has to offer. The Yahoo chat site offers an international chat, which
enables you to converse with people from various countries and continents.
Yahoo also offers a voice chat feature, which you simply have to experience for
yourself. (Be forewarned that you will become
addicted to chatting with complete and total strangers!!)
·
Yahoo Chat - http://chat.yahoo.com/
·
MSN Chat – http://chat.msn.com/
Assignment
#1 – In 300
words, describe your chatting experience. Be sure to include a lot of
information about the chat site, chat rooms, and conversations that you had
with other Internet users. E-mail this document to your instructor.
Rubric
|
Category |
3- Excellent |
2- Good |
1- POOr |
|
Chat Site |
Student provides
the name of the chat site visited and a description. |
Student provides
the name of the chat site visited. |
Student doesn’t
provide the name of the chat site visited. |
|
Chat Rooms |
Student visits
several chat rooms. |
Student visits
at least 2 chat rooms. |
Student visits
less than 2 chat rooms. |
|
Conversations |
Student has
several conversations. |
Student has at
least two conversations. |
Student only has
one conversation. |
|
Grammar,
Spelling, etc. |
Student’s e-mail
is well written and contains few to no mistakes. |
Student’s e-mail
has a few grammatical mistakes and does not flow well. |
Student’s e-mail
has several grammatical errors and does not flow well. |
Activity #2 – Carefully read the information available on the links listed below. These sites contain important information about the dangers of chat rooms.
· http://www.telegraph.co.uk/connected/main.jhtml?xml=%2Fconnected%2F2000%2F11%2F02%2Fecfchat02.xml
· http://www.theguardianangel.com/chat_room_safety_1.htm
· http://www.securitysoft.com/chatroom_dangers.html
Assignment #2 – Create a list of 5 rules and/or suggestions regarding Chat room safety that you could post in your classroom to keep your students safe.