Internet Safety
The article that I have chosen is: "Fighting Internet Filth" by Mario Hipol Ensign, August 2005, 54-57
1. We don't have to be a computer expert to help protect our family when they're on the Web.
2. Besides placing computers in high-traffic rooms, ensure that a responsible adult is nearby when children are using the Internet, and immediately log off whenever they see questionable materials there are more techniques like:
a. Monitor what sites have been visited on our computer
b. Use an Internet filtering tool
c. Teach our children to use favorites or bookmarks
d. Teach our children to use credible search engines
e. Use a pop-up blocker on the Internet
f. Teach our children to be cautious in downloading free software from the Internet
g. Teach our children not to use free peer-to-peer or chat based programs to download material
h. Teach our children not to open spam e-mail
i. Discourage our children from visiting chat rooms
We as parents have the responsibility to keep ourselves up-to-date and be vigilant in our efforts to prevent our children from being exposed to harmful material.
These suggestions are not comprehensive; they are many more things we can do like, taking an Internet class through a community education program.
It is important not to let down our guard or to give up because we feel overwhelmed. Resources are available, and we can make a difference in what our family views on the Internet.
1. We don't have to be a computer expert to help protect our family when they're on the Web.
2. Besides placing computers in high-traffic rooms, ensure that a responsible adult is nearby when children are using the Internet, and immediately log off whenever they see questionable materials there are more techniques like:
a. Monitor what sites have been visited on our computer
b. Use an Internet filtering tool
c. Teach our children to use favorites or bookmarks
d. Teach our children to use credible search engines
e. Use a pop-up blocker on the Internet
f. Teach our children to be cautious in downloading free software from the Internet
g. Teach our children not to use free peer-to-peer or chat based programs to download material
h. Teach our children not to open spam e-mail
i. Discourage our children from visiting chat rooms
We as parents have the responsibility to keep ourselves up-to-date and be vigilant in our efforts to prevent our children from being exposed to harmful material.
These suggestions are not comprehensive; they are many more things we can do like, taking an Internet class through a community education program.
It is important not to let down our guard or to give up because we feel overwhelmed. Resources are available, and we can make a difference in what our family views on the Internet.
I have talked to a mother of one of my students. She is 35 years old. We talked about how she can control what her child is searching in the Internet. One of the ideas she was very interested in was placing the computer monitor facing a traffic area in the house. She wants to control what her child is viewing but in a very discrete way. It was a very positive experience because she was very receptive to the idea of Internet Safety; in fact, she is planning on implementing some of the suggestions that were mentioned in the article that I shared with her.
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