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Do any of you have a policy on internet use and students in grades 1-4? The Technology Teacher and I are trying to establish guidelines for when students may use the Internet, where it should be accessed ( lab, library, classroom), who will supervise student access, etc. Do you allow “recreational surfing” by students this age during recess, before or after school, or during library visits? Do you require a “driving license”(special series of lessons on accessing the Internet) and student and parent signed use policy form? How do you have elementary students cite pictures down loaded for the Internet? URL plus date visited??? At what grade level are the students allowed to do independent research on the Internet? How do you make sure they have chosen the best place (classroom, library, lab) and source to start research (books, CD ROM, Internet, other)? We are developing a scope and sequence for telecommunications for the students in grades 1-4. Beginning in first grade we emphasize intellectual property rights. We introduce e-mail in second grade (in terms of using it to contact experts and keypals under supervision of an adult), URL’s bookmarks, and browser and web site environment navigation in third, where they are just beginning keyboarding instruction , and search engines and searching in fourth. We believe that the fourth grade by second semester will have the tools to search the Internet somewhat independently but we think that is the earliest. The problem is that the Technology Teacher has experienced second graders sent to the lab to ask for help in searching the Internet for let's say, quartz. The material gathered from the web is often at too hard a reading level and takes a great deal of time to find taking the Technology Teacher away from other tasks and classes. And the fact is that the library may have had a print or CD ROM source more appropriate. We believe our guidelines should indicate that the student be sent to the library to find information and the Technology Teacher assist the teachers with implementing whole group types of guided activities when using the Internet with grades 1-4 . What is your way of doing things? The lab and library are two floors apart at our school, if we were together this probably wouldn’t be such an issue. We think we know where we want to go with this (not hurry the kids(individually) on to the Internet just because we have it but we would like to hear from other elementary schools --any suggestions?? Thanks Nancy Lieber Lower School Library/Media Specialist University School of Milwaukee Milwaukee, WI Nlieber@usm.k12.wi.us =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-= To quit LM_NET (or set NOMAIL or DIGEST), Send an email message to listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL or 3) SET LM_NET DIGEST * NOTE: Please allow time for confirmation from Listserv. For LM_NET Help & Archives see: http://ericir.syr.edu/lm_net/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=