Current Pitfalls in Internet Use

Roblyer (2006) reports five current pitfalls in Internet use.
1. Accessing sites with inappropriate materials.
One way that I prevent my student from going to inappropriate websites is by creating a link on the computer desktop to the webpage that I want my students to access. I know that first graders are still learning how to operate the computer mouse and finding letters on the keyboard. Creating a link makes it easier for my students to access the Internet site.This link also ensures that the students access a website.
2. Safety and privacy issues for students.
The webpage coordinator where I work has a privacy policy on our school webpage that states if a parent does not want their child's picture on the webpage to contact him and he will remove the picture. Our school however, encourages us to post pictures of our students on our individual teacher pages. As long as the children's pictures are not labeled with names, our students are insured privacy. What is your school's policy on student pictures being posted on the Internet?
3. Fraud on the Internet.
I do not think that teachers have to be worried about fraud on the Internet at school. For one thing, teachers should not be purchasing items online from a school computer. Secondly, students would not be purchasing items either since children do not have credit cards!
4. Computer viruses and hacking.
Our technology coordinator at the school where I teach instructs teachers every year to NOT open emails with attachments from people we do not know. I still do not like opening attachments from people I know. I have had a virus on my computer before and I sent the virus to other people through email attachments without knowing it. I think it is safe to not open any attachments in an email.
5. Copyright and plagiarism issues.
As a first grade teacher, I do not have to worry about plagiarism. However, my brother who teaches high school deals with this every semester as his student turn in their term paper. He tells his students that they have to print out every Internet source they use and turn it in with their assignments. Hopefully, this will deter his students from copying sources as their own.