The Internet is a powerful and invaluable tool that can offer students more information and experiences than imagined possible.  However, as we all know and may have experienced, there are risks of allowing students full access to the World Wide Web.  Students should be taught what appropriate usage entails and given proper supervision to safeguard them from the potential dangers that lurk the World Wide Web.  While we do not diminish the student's personal responsibility in using computer resources, we believe that as educators, we must be vigilant and guide our students to the best of our ability.

Here are some resources dedicated to Internet Safety:

• Guideline & Sugguestions for Teachers using the Acceptable Usage Policy

• Presentation on Internet Safety

• CCSD Library Media Site (full list of protected databases for research)

• Computer Acceptable Usage Policy (K-2)  (3-5)  (6-12)

Parent Resources:

• FBI Publications - A Parent's Guide to Internet Safety

• Child Safety on the Information Highway

• ALA | Especially for Young People and Their Parents

• GetNetWise