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Teaching proper Internet use

Teaching proper Internet use

From the course: Teacher Tips

Teaching proper Internet use

When it comes to helping our students be internet savvy, it's important to focus on student action, not teacher action. Let's take a look at the lesson goal that students will safely navigate the internet by self filtering content for quality, protecting themselves online, and communicating appropriately. If we break down the student goals inside of that, we can see that students need to protect themselves, they need to learn to assess the quality of what they find online, and they need to be good communicators. We can also align all of these to student actions. For example, using social media in the classroom students can learn about what happens when they post something online. And we can use online research so students can learn about the different quality of what they might find online. And, finally, we can use the internet for student collaboration. This is a great way to increase student academic talk, while helping our students become internet savvy. When it comes to crafting…

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