Teaching Strategies for Internet Safety

A range of strategies can be used by teachers to minimise the risks associated with accessing the Internet and instead develop in students an understanding of safe and responsible action.

Possible teaching strategies:

• establish a whole school approach to Internet safety
• advice about developing links between school and a range of external environments
• information about where Internet safety teaching fits within the curriculum.

Some students will be more advanced in their knowledge and skills than others and consequently there may be significant gaps in an individual’s or group’s knowledge and experience. This needs to be taken into consideration when developing teaching strategies.

Internet safety programs should also develop transferable skills that can be used in other environments, such as the home.

For further information on teaching strategies for Internet safety, download A Teacher's Guide to Internet Safety.