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Monday, April 12, 2010

Internet Safety Teaching

I decided to teach a child I know about internet safety. He is only 8 though so I didn't want to go into details about the dangers of the internet because I didn't want to give his innocent mind ideas about finding bad things on the internet. He also has a slight learning disability so I didn't want to overwhelm him or confuse him.

I started the conversation by asking him how he has used the internet before. He told me that he had used the computer before with his mom to look up information about Hitler. We talked about how Hitler was a bad guy and that it was neat that you could use the internet to learn more about him. After that I told him that sometimes there are bad things on the internet that we don't want to see. I told him that if he ever saw a bad thing on the internet to go tell his mom. Then we kept talking about Hitler and he showed me a yo-yo trick. Then my husband entered the room and I asked the little boy if he could tell my husband what he is supposed to do if he sees anything bad on the internet. He said "tell somebody." I was glad that he could remember that.

I know that I learned a lot more and could have lectured to the boy I was teaching for a longer time about all the things I learned, but I felt like it was more important to teach him one solid thing that he might be able to remember and use. Overall, I think it went well.

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