What steps should schools take to protect students from online predators?
Schools should definitely talk to parents about cyber threats. Schools should monitor students. They should monitor student activity online. There are a lot of organizations that are out there that can help schools in developing programs that promote safe surfing, that promote students’ educational awareness of people out there that may pose a threat to the student, and also educating the students on what to look for. Educating them on sites to stay away from, educating them on how to blog appropriately, how to chat appropriately, and show them the signs and symptoms of people who may not be appropriate on the other end of the computer. But the real point here is to monitor students and to monitor their activities. Look at the sites they are going to, look at the people they are talking to on line, and to have that input with parents. To forge a relationship with parents and to talk to parents about monitoring their child’s behavior on line.
