Internet Safety
Written on April 16, 2008 – 3:20 pm | by erniec
Some recent activity related to internet safety.
A Task Force has been formed by the Berkman Center (Harvard) to address internet safety. This group will work to find technological ways to ensure child safety online.
The APA has released some interesting research showing the actual threat from online predators to be much less than the popular media would have use believe.
Greater technological safe guards would be great. However, I think we’ve seen enough evidence from internet filtering to know that systems alone are not the answer. While instances of internet predators might be over exaggerated employers and colleges are increasingly looking at people’s digital lives. As educators we can guide kids to an understanding of how web 2.0 works and recommend save and responsible practices - this will go a long way.
