David Black posted on August 02, 2007 08:44
While most of us that are somewhat tech savvy have developed a healthy skepticism toward these kinds of messages, I got to thinking about how important it continues to be to infuse our students with some healthy skepticism as well. My daughter knows the dangers of clicking on unsolicited email links, yet I can just see the excitement of "receiving" an e-card clouding judgment for just a moment -- long enough for the damage to be done. Actually, it is truly possible that anyone, myself included, could let down our guard for the fraction of time necessary for a computer to be infected.
I'm revising a lot of my Internet safety material for my upper grade students this year. The only answer I have to combating these sorts of problems is saturating our students with critical thinking skills and situational decision-making when using technology.
Does anyone else have ideas as to how to best help our students stay safe when using technology? If so, share those ideas as a comment to this post.