Roberta G. Doering School
Computer Lab
Room 102~Mrs. Yacovone
Welcome to the Roberta G. Doering computer lab. The computer lab is located in room 102. The computer lab has over 30 computers in it! As a student at the school, you will come to the computer lab once a week. During the course of the school year, we will be doing a lot of fun and exciting projects on the computer.
Please feel free to look through this webpage to learn more about the computer lab.
The Internet
The Internet can be a wonderful educational tool for children to use at home and at school. The Internet can be used for gathering research for a class project, homework help, and extra help in a subject. When using the Internet, parents and children must think of safety when doing so. Below is a list of some safety tips that everyone should keep in mind when on the Internet.
Kids' Rules for Online Safety
- I will not give out personal information such as my address, telephone number, parents’ work address/telephone number, or the name and location of my school without my parents’ permission.
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- I will tell my parents right away if I come across any information that makes me feel uncomfortable.
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- I will never agree to get together with someone I "meet" online without first checking with my parents. If my parents agree to the meeting, I will be sure that it is in a public place and bring my mother or father along.
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- I will never send a person my picture or anything else without first checking with my parents.
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- I will not respond to any messages that are mean or in any way make me feel uncomfortable. It is not my fault if I get a message like that. If I do I will tell my parents right away so that they can contact the service provider.
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- I will talk with my parents so that we can set up rules for going online. We will decide upon the time of day that I can be online, the length of time I can be online and appropriate areas for me to visit. I will not access other areas or break these rules without their permission.
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- I will not give out my Internet password to anyone (even my best friends) other than my parents.
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- I will check with my parents before downloading or installing software or doing anything that could possibly hurt our computer or jeopardize my family’s privacy
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- I will be a good online citizen and not do anything that hurts other people or is against the law.
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- I will help my parents understand how to have fun and learn things online and teach them things about the Internet, computers and other technology.
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Rules one through six are adapted from the brochure Child Safety on the Information Highway by SafeKids.Com founder Larry Magid. (© 2004 National Center for Missing and Exploited Children). Rules 7 through 10 are copyrighted by Larry Magid (© 2005).