Online Safety!!

Wow - there are so many great websites and links for online safety. I think I had an "Ah-Ha" moment when I was reading through your post. I got to thinking how students (and perhaps people in general?) tend to learn better when they themselves are involved hands-on. The whole concept of 'if you can teach it, you have learned it'. Well what if we as teachers assigned a task to our students to create their own internet safety rules? We could have this as an assignment (perhaps for the junior grades and up?) and it would encourage students to come up with their own internet safety rules that they would want their friends to know. They could put pictures with it and even music or any other bells and whistles! Just thinking about my grade 4 curriculum, I could have them do by creating a PowerPoint presentation. Once they are finished, we could put them up on the board website for all to see. I think an activity like this would not only get the kids to understand the severity of the situation, but it would give them first hand experience at creating something that is normally created by adults. It would also give them a sense of ownership and pride - especially when they get posted on the board website. They would want all their friends to see it, which means more students would be learning about internet safety rules! Woo!...just a thought :)...