In teaching PreK, sometimes it hard to teach the concept of digital citizenship. Much of the concept is hard for a 4 year old to grasp. All they care about it being on the computer and getting to actually do something on the computer!
1. One of the first things I try and teach and reinforce is DO NOT click on the pop ups! Even thought they can't really read what the pop up says, they still click on it because it popped up and is colorful. By clicking these they can do a lot of damage.
2. It is also very important for the students to understand not all the sites are safe. That they need to only go to the sites approved by a teacher or parent. This might be done by only allowing the students to click on icons that are set up on the desktop, or the teacher or parent loads the site for them.
3. Although they don't really "chat" on computers yet, I think it is very important to talk about never chatting with someone on the computer that you don't know. That it is not safe to give out information to others...such as, even if you are excited about your birthday-don't give out your age, location of party, what you will be wearing...!
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