Today I chose to look at a website from the Chapter 6 Resources list from our ISTE textbook. This chapter is about Social, Ethical, Legal, and Human Issues using technology in the classroom, and even out of the classroom. This website is about the rules for cyberspace so that students can be aware of what they should and should not do as they work.
This website is all about Rules in Cyberspace. The homepage has three different sections to click on and view. The first is "Are You a Good Cybercitizen?" This section has different senarios for students to look at the rules of the Internet. After a student reads the senario then they can click "GO!" and there is a question to ask with some answers to choose. The student can then pick the answer they is correct and if it is not they get a sad face and an explanation to as to why that answer might be wrong. If the answer they pick is correct they get a smiley face and even an explanation as to why the answer they picked is right! Another tab is "Rules in Cyberspace." This is a list of the "Do[s]" and "Don't[s]" of the internet for children. The "Do" part has links students can use on homework help and research for projects. The third tab is "You Can Get in Real Trouble for Hacking!" This has a list of examples of things hackers have done and how they got in trouble for doing those things.
This is a great resource for the classroom. It is very simple and student friendly. I love how after the questions there is always an explanation whether you got the answer wrong or right. The student are not just left with a simple wrong or right. Also, I think that this website is an excellent resource to just get students thinking about the wrong and right in cyberspace. This sets a standard for students to meet and gives them a way to figure these rules out using technology.
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