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As educators and librarians, you are experts in organizing information in teachable formats. The Internet is an extraordinary educational resource for you because it enables you to customize each presentation for a particular audience.

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INTERNET BASICS PRIVACY & SAFETY
FAMILY PRIVACY RESOURCESFAMILIES ONLINE


Did you notice that the concepts were explained in short, complete segments very much like curriculum units or daily lesson plans? Think of the Internet as an almost endless set of building blocks or beads that can be combined in any way you want. This flexibility gives cyberspace its unique ability to let each student approach the content of a course in the way that makes most sense to him or her.

Here are some examples:

Jesse, mother of three and a banking specialist, is very skilled in word processing and business applications. Since she's somewhat CyberSavvy, she can skip or move quickly through the sections such as What is the Internet? and ABCs of the Internet: Words and Terms You Ought to Know. Jesse would benefit from starting with What the Internet Offers Families or An Internet Privacy Quiz.

Bill, a mechanic and father of two pre-schoolers, has never used the Internet but has a natural curiosity about how things work. He should start with the Internet fundamentals and then move on to the sections about What the Internet Offers Families.


Your challenge, as an educator, is to help parents and children understand that the Information Superhighway is a public environment. Families need to know how to use it in ways that benefit their families and also protect their privacy and well-being. Learning how to use the Internet can be easy. Knowing how to evaluate the information that is available on it requires judgment and decision-making skill.

Get CyberSavvy! includes the essentials every parent and child needs to use the Internet safely. You can show them how.

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