M5-Copyright

=[|How to Protect Kids' Privacy Online: A Guide for Teachers]=

1. The FTC authored this very basic guide for teachers who let students use the internet. It describes the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, enforced by the FTC. It says that website operators must get parental consent before disclosing any information about children under 13, and that teachers MAY but NOT MUST act on the parent's behalf. Websites must gain parent's permission before passing on any information about a child under 13 to a third party. Parents may request that any information gained by the website be deleted from their data base. Websites however, may then restrict the user to parts of the website not requiring personal data. 2. Interesting. I didn't know this. I would definitely use this with a lesson--a Q & A session with students in my class. Can you....would you...should you.... but then go on to: What if you already did....? I would really like to have parents go through the same information. We send home internet use forms for parents to sign, putting the responsiblity for internet use back on the child and parent, but how many parents know their rights? Actually their child's rights? 3. A good way for me to assess student learning at my age level would be role-playing. One student could be the "computer" asking nosy personal questions and the "student" could reply or decline to reply based on what we learned.