http://www.pen.k12.va.us/go/VDOE/Technology/AUP/home.shtml
I checked the above site because I was interested in finding an acceptable use Policy Handbook for the the Internet. It's been several years since I received my Internet Driver's License and I wanted to be updated on the rules. Also, children at our school presently have no particular training regarding safety and the policies.
This information was obtained from the Department of Education of Virginia's Web Site under the Office of Educational Technology which led to the guidelines and resources for Internet Safety in school. The Legislative General Assembly of Virginia and the Governor Kaine added the safety component in 2006.
At the address: http://www.us.doe.virginia.gov-VDOE-Technology-OET-internet-safety-guidelines-resources.pdf a sixty page document was located, when I clicked on the Internet Safety in Schools on the first Web Site address. The Office of Educational Technology had what students need to know, what parents, grandparents, and caregivers need to know, and what teachers, instructional technology resource teachers, Library Media Specialist, counselors, and Resource officials need to know. Comments on predators, explicit sexual material, bulling, violence, inappropriate age sites, and identity theft were mentioned.
I booked marked several sites but also printed out the ten page Computer Technology Standards of Learning for Virginia's Public Schools, June 22, 2005, Board of Education. It covers Basic Operation and Concepts. Social and Ethical Issues, Technology Research Tools, Problem-solving and Decision-making Tools, and Technology Communication Tools for grades K – 12.
This was a good site. I did not take the time to check out the other sites mentioned in the text book.
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Did you obtain a new internet drivers license? Was there a wealth of information on this site? Is it kid-friendly? I am curious because I have an eight year old step-son and I would like him to get an internet drivers license.
Darcie,
Yes, there is a wealth of information on this site.
I want to check with our technology department to see what our district policies are at this time. No, I have not obtained a new driver's license but perhaps I should ask if I can take the training again as it was several years ago when I got my original Driver's Licence.
I think that perhaps it would be better for you to read and share with him the main ideas of the article. I would like to use this information for my daughter-in-law to share with her two children, also. Ida M. Rounds
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