The document discusses internet safety and how schools can help students learn to use the internet responsibly. It outlines an Illinois law requiring 2.5 hours of internet safety education covering safe online communication, recognizing solicitation, avoiding personal information sharing, and cyberbullying. It questions how schools can teach these skills given students' unsupervised home internet use. Finally, it introduces a "Cybersmart" curriculum to support teaching safe and ethical online behavior through addressing adolescent risk-taking and decision making.

1. BEING SMART ABOUT
INTERNET SAFETY
Erica Roberts, Technology Facilitator
Springman Middle School, Glenview, IL

2. THINK BEFORE YOU POST
http://tcs.cybertipline.com/videos.htm

3. SOME HISTORY

4. “Each public school shall adopt a curriculum for
Internet safety instruction of students in grades kindergarten
through 12. The curriculum must be age appropriate and provide
for a minimum of 2.5 hours of instruction on each of the following
subjects:
•Safe and responsible navigation and communication on social
networking websites, chat rooms, electronic mail, bulletin boards,
instant messenger, and other means of communication on the
Internet.
•Recognizing and reporting solicitations by sexual predators online.
•Dangers of transmitting personal information on the Internet.
•Recognizing and avoiding unsolicited or deceptive communications
received online.
•Recognizing and reporting cyber-bullying.”
Illinois Internet Safety Education Act

5. WHAT’S A TECHNOLOGY
TEACHER TO DO?

6. How can schools help students learn
and apply the skills and ethics
necessary to use the Internet
responsibly and safely, given that
students' home use of the Internet is
often unfiltered and unsupervised?

7. CYBERSMART CURRICULUM
n and Adolescent Risk-Taking Basic Facts
Supports:
rated approach to impacting behavioral change based on
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Teachers
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Students
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fety and Security.
Parents
ex crime victims are ages 13 to 17. Younger children are
elopmentally less interested in relationships online. Teens
romantic relationships and are exploring their sexual selves.
sex crimes exaggerates fears. Several sex crime and abuse
clines during the same period that Internet use has been

8. http://tcs.cybertipline.com/videos.htm

9. QUESTIONS?

10. CONTACT INFORMATION
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