Teach students responsible use of the Internet

One of the reservations teachers and school administrators have about students using the internet for classroom use centers around students acting irresponsibly, spreading rumours acting other students, teachers and principals in a way that is public and distributed freely and accessible. News reports tell stories of students using camera phones to post videos of teachers on YouTube. Chatting online, emailing and viciously targeting other students is a reality. The term cyberbulling has been coined. Societies worst traits are out there on the Internet and once published cannot be taken back. Children with all their technical savy are acting out online their lowest of lowest characters Read about it

Teaching students to be responsible takes a combined effort parents, teachers and community members. The classroom is a good place to start. In a classroom setting students publishing online puts a face on the author and creates an environment to discuss and model acceptable authoring. Consider setting up a protected online platform to facilitate this important skill. Wordpress is a free open source blogging software that teachers can use to create a blogging classroom.