Cyber Ethics

With growing technology there are many problems that children face in school when it comes to cyber ethics. I think that some of the biggest problems arise from pop-ups or sites with misleading or inappropriate names. Just the other day when I was substitute teaching, children were on google and ask.com and other appropriate research sites and were getting pop-ups saying that they were the winner of a contest, which would lead them to other unrelated sites. While most of these sites were blocked by the schools server, if they had been doing the same search at home they would have easily been led to these sites. While pop-up blockers are helpful, there are still banner ads and other ways for students to be easily misled. 

It is important for schools to have strict filters and monitor computer use. It is equally important for parents to create the same filters at home and address appropriate internet use.