Keeping yourself safe when you’re using the Internet should be a high priority. Have you ever provided information to a website that you didn’t know or trust? Do you know who is able to view the information that you post about yourself on social media sites? Have you ever shopped online? Has someone you know experienced identity theft? Are you able to determine the best places to acquire accurate, reliable information to use in a research paper? In Internet Safety, you’ll learn how to keep yourself safe online. You will learn how to think critically about what constitutes appropriate behavior online and expand the range of your online interactions. In the beginning of the course, you will identify safety precautions for online communication, learn about ways to responsibly share content, and discover how to keep your accounts safe from identity theft and viruses. The course addresses virtual citizenship, defines cyberbullying, and encourages you to consider the consequences of your online interactions. Lessons also address reporting online abuse, phishing, plagiarism, copyright, and fair use. The course ends by explaining how to recognize quality websites to use for research, safely use social networking sites, and buy and sell items online.




