- Identity theft - don't give out your details
- Copyright/plagiarism - if you use something made by somebody else, acknowledge it. If it is copyrighted, don't use it
- Online stranger danger - to avoid children falling victim to sexual predation
- Contact with illicit content - anything from pornography to people writing defamatory responses to their blogs
- Mis/mal-information - only use information from veritable sources
- Online bullying - especially social networks and text messages
- Location tracking - finding people using social network data
The Australian Government has an excellent site - Cybersmart - that has many resources and tips to stay safe online, for adults and children.
Here is a page called Smartcopying - The Official Guide To Copyright Issues for Australian Schools and TAFE. It would be a good idea to go through this site with students to show them exactly what they can and can't copy. At the very least, it should be used as a reference, so that if students ask if they can use something they found online, you can explain why or why not.
These laws can be difficult to understand, as I know through experience, and if in doubt I will generally just not use the material. If I can't find an appropriate image, I will use something else in it's place, or make my own image (such as the screenshots on my Glog).
It should also be noted that there is implied copyright for anything that someone has created, even if there is not an expressed notice of copyright - including anything that students post themselves.
Thousands of free images can be found easily by searching Google with broad terms such as:
- Free images
- Free clip-art
- Free pictures for education
I learnt about the following page, Pics4Learning, in class. It contains thousands of free images split into topics that teachers can use.
Remember we need to keep children safe.
From Pics4Learning.
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