Click on your grade above to view your educational websites!
These websites are used in the classroom by the lower school teachers. As you access these sites, you will get an idea about the type of technology students are using in the classroom. These sites are also meant to be used by children at home to reinforce concepts and skills learned in school. Many of these websites are popular with students because they are both entertaining and educational. We suggest you look over the sites with your children and enjoy the activities together.
Internet Safety Websites
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Parenting Tips
- Take an active interest in your child's Internet activities.
- Place Internet-capable computers in public locations.
- Install a web filter and/or use parental controls (e.g., AOL parental controls)
- Discuss how much time your children are allowed to spend online, and whether their computer use is dependent on conditions such as finishing homework, doing chores, etc.
- Decide whether to impose restrictions or guidelines on the physical location where the kids can go online. Can they go online at a library? At a friend's house? Are they allowed to be online when no adult is around?
- Set reasonable time limi ts on Internet and recreational computing.
- Learn how to use Internet tools, like a web browser, Instant Messaging, and file sharing applications. Kids are usually happy to show you how they work.
- Children should always have gender-neutral screen names.
- Children should never give out personal information, such as their full name, address, sport jersey number, school, or picture, to anyone they meet online.
- Talk about which kinds of web sites are okay, and which ones are off-limits. Are they limited to sites related to their schoolwork? Sites that are designed especially for children?
- Explore a few chat rooms together while discussing your guidelines. What is your comfort level with this method of communication? Do you want your children to chat in monitored chat rooms only? Are your children allowed to send personal messages to people they've only met online? Check out the “Chat” category on Yahooligans!
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