Safety on the Web

A letter to the parents:

Dear Parents,

The Internet is a valuable teaching and learning tool and contains an enormous amount of information. There is also information available that children should not be able to access.

Our school has an internal filtering system in place so that much of that harmful information cannot be retrieved by the students. Unfortunately, some information will seep through the filter. As the classroom teacher, I will do everything humanly possible to monitor the students as they explore the web. We will remain on educational sites only. The students will never be allowed to use the computer unless an adult is present in the room. There will be no chatting among students nor will the students be allowed to enter any “live chat rooms”.

Please talk to your child about the dangers of divulging any personal information about themselves to a stranger. A stranger, is a stranger, is a stranger, whether they are a in a mall or in a live chat room. Your child should not put him or her self in danger by going into such rooms. Stress the use of common sense as you would in any other new or unfamiliar situation. If it does not feel right, it probably is not.

Your reiteration of these cautions at home as well as my discussions and monitoring at school will hopefully allow students to use the Internet for all the right reasons. Safety is our main priority.

Thank you