Need classroom policies that include cyberspace situations and then you need equal access to media and technology because we do not want a digital divide in our classrooms and to be aware of the issues and empower educators with higher order thinking skills.
Fair use allows limited use of copyrighted work in educational settings.
There needs to be a distinction between public domain, shareware, and commercial software.  There are leagal consequencies between copying a program because it is considered stolen.
Child protectoion is the first issue because we want to protect the child's physical, social and emotional well being.  The other is keeping records confidential.  These include usernames and id numbers and passwords.
All school districts have an acceptable use policy.  Need to get a copy of AUP for my school and the building I work in.
I can include copies of other AUP's for my portfolio.
      Equal access means that I avoid the pit falls of the student who gets done first by the students who get done first always using the computer.  This is due to the fact that some students will never get done in thime.  In the past friends would group together and dominate the computer. 

Technology needs human touch.  The truth is that at one time or another all young people will have unsupervised access to the internet on a nonmonitered system.  Tools, laws and labeling will not prevent access.  It is believed now through the research of the last thirty years that viewing violence can lead to aggressive attitudes, values, and behaviors in children.  This means that we need to implement greater responsibility on the part of children and for them to have a greater understanding so they will make better personal decisions.
  How do we empower them to deal with the Internet that in some ways is harmful to their well being?  This is why we need more than a tool, rather we need an adult on thier side that can deal with these concerns.
   "These issues are copyright infringement, plagiarism, computer security violations, violation of privacy, Internet fraud and scams, harassment, stalking, and dissemination of violent and abusive materials."
   This can be accomplished by taking kids to safe places when they are young and teaching them strategies.  It is during this phase that we need to impart skills and values for internet use.  It is important that we teach them to detect unsafe situations and places, and this can be accomplished through education, supervision and monitoring of the computer.
  The things that will empower our children are values, knowledge, skills and motivation to make good choices.
  Schools play an important part because they are the main place that young people access the Internet.
  Filtering provides a false sense of security.  Therefore it is more important to teach students how to make safe and responsible choices.  The biggest issue to beware with filtering is that the filter is not just filtering out unpoplar ideas with the harmful stuff under one umbrella.
  If a school is going to opt not to install filtering then the following things should be taken into consideration.
"Have good policies and planning
Educate students about the importance of engaging in safe and responsible behavior
Engage students in high-quality educational uses of the Internet
Place the computers in locations where the monitors are easily visible
Use effective supervision, monitoring and discipline strategies"
Other things that help.
An acceptable use policy puts the responsibility on the students and the staff.  This emphasis is on I am responsible for what I chose.  It is important that students make the right choices therefore part of education is based on character.  This falls in line with the idea that the best method of protection is education.
There are two things that help to bring about a safe and responsible Internet use, a good lesson plan and a good environment.
Acceptable use policies guide students in safety, responsibility issues, illegal activities, system security, inappropriate language, privacy, resource limits, plagarism and copyright infringement.  These usually have disciplinary consequences.
There are many ways that students access sites that are inappropriate according to this article.
1. conducting a search on an innocuous term that results in the presentation of a site with inappropriate material and accessing that site without careful consideration of the description provided by the search engine.
2. Mistyping a URL
3. Selecting a link on a page when there is no description
Those in the most danger are students that perceive themselves as outcasts.  We can not focus on age as the issue but need to keep our focus on the side effects of these sites.
Suggestions of the article.
1.  Encourage school districs and schools to develop a plan of action to address how students and staff will be safe and responsible on the internet.
2. Come up with educational objectives for safe and responsible use
3. Teacher recieve development regarding safety and responsible use issues
4. Research to gain better understanding on how the Internet is affecting the school
5.  Revise media literacy and character education to support a safe internet use.