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e-Learning for Educators - Internet Safety for Schools in the Digital Era
This course is offered as a part of the e-Learning for Educators project, a partnership between LEARN NC, The Friday Institute for Educational Innovation at North Carolina State University College of Education, UNC-TV, DPI, and the North Carolina Virtual Public School. This material is based upon work supported by the U.S. Department of Education under Grant No. U286A050018.
This course is part of LEARN NC's catalog of online courses for teachers and administrators. Please see the current offerings at the bottom of this page for information about when it may next be taught.
As the number of computers in schools and the number of children accessing the internet from the classroom have grown exponentially over the past few years, so too have the challenges facing educators trying to ensure that children have a positive experience when they go online.
Internet Safety in Schools, co-developed by the Northeast and the Islands Regional Technology in Education Consortium, the Consortium for School Networking, and Satellite Educational Resources Consortium, is an online course designed to help school administrators understand their specific options for protecting children when they access the internet over a school-based or statewide educational network. The workshop also provides essential information to help administrators understand the requirements of the Children's Internet Protection Act, a legislation passed in December, 2000 which mandates that schools and libraries receiving E-Rate discounts or federal educational technology funds put internet safety policies into effect that include filtering or blocking of online material considered harmful to minors.
Prerequisites
None
Course objectives
This course will enable educators to:
- Gain a better understanding of the issues related to internet safety
- Explore their own school/district's current approaches to protecting students online
- Formulate strategies for refining these approaches in light of current legislation and tried practice.
Audience
This course is appropriate for teachers of all subjects and grade levels.
Standards Alignment
This course addresses the following North Carolina Professional Teaching Standards:
- Standard V: Teachers reflect on their practice
- c. Teachers function effectively in a complex, dynamic environment.
Time commitment
Approximately 2-5 hours per week
Current offerings
There are no scheduled offerings of this course.
