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Resources for Internet in the Classroom
Created on October 5, 2006
Updated on July 14, 2008

Listed in alphabetical order

Child Safety on the Information Highway
http://www.safekids.com/child_safety.htm#Benefits_of_the_Information_Highway_
This site talks about possible risks for children on the internet, as well as listing what parents can do, and some rules that children should follow for online safety.

Children and the Internet: Laws Relating to Filtering, Blocking and Usage Policies in Schools and Libraries
http://www.ncsl.org/programs/lis/cip/filterlaws.htm
This site contains a lists of various states' laws concerning protecting minors from the internet in public schools and libraries.

Copyright & Fair Use: Stanford University Libraries
http://fairuse.stanford.edu/Copyright_and_Fair_Use_Overview/index.html
This page has a comprehensive explanation of copyright protection laws and fair use policy.  It also contains a section on website permission and obtaining it.

Copyright for Educators
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/copy.htm
This site has links discussing copyright laws and fair use guidelines for educational multimedia and related documents.

The Core Rules of Netiquette
http://www.albion.com/netiquette/corerules.html
This site contains 10 core rules of netiquette taken from the book Netiquette by Virginia Shea.

The Digital Divide
http://www.stanford.edu/group/siqss/itandsociety/v01i04.html
This site gives links to pdf files written on internet access and usage topics.  Particularly, numbers one and five focus on internet access with respect to socio-economic status and gender respectively.

Educational Cyber Playground
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/morestuff4.html
This page has a huge amount of material on child safety.  Every medium of the internet is discussed, as well as parent suggestions, and privacy tools that can be used by parents.

Foundation and Libraries Help Ensure All Have Access to Computers and the Internet
http://www.gatesfoundation.org/Libraries/USLibraryProgram/Announcements/Announce-050113.htm
This article discusses a large grant the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation gave to public libraries.  One of the main reasons for this, from the article, was the low internet access among low socio-economic families. 

Internet Access in America: Who's Got It, Who Needs It?
http://www.clickz.com/showPage.html?page=474291
This article on the web discusses internet access with regard to socio-economic status.  As a side note, the authors name is Michael Pastore.

Internet Safety and Your Child
http://www.bluesuitmom.com/family/parenting/internetfilters.html
This site lists a couple of internet filters, as well providing an example of a monitoring software.

Meeting CIPA Requirements with Technology
http://www.pla.org/ala/pla/plapubs/technotes/internetfiltering.htm
This site discusses the CIPA requirements for internet filtering and list seven of the most popular filters.

Netiquette
http://www.albury.net.au/new-users/netiquet.htm
This page discusses netiquette pertaining to e-mail, mailing lists and NetNews, as well as IRC's.

 

 

 

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