Monday, November 2, 2009

Online Safety 3.0 by Anne Collier

Recently in the School Library Journal, Anne Collier wrote an article about the path Online Safety needs to take in the future.

It's a great article. She talks specifically about the four types of safety necessary for youth to participate online in a healthy way:

Physical—freedom from physical harm
Psychological—freedom from cruelty, harassment, and exposure to potentially disturbing material
Reputational and legal—freedom from unwanted social, academic, professional, and legal consequences that could affect you for a lifetime
Identity, property, and community—freedom from theft of identity and property and attacks against networks and online communities at local, national, and international levels.

Please take a few minutes to read the full article.

http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6703696.html