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ERIC Number: EJ598127
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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ISSN: ISSN-0037-7724
Threshing Out the Myths and Facts of Internet Safety: A Response to "Separating Wheat from Chaff."
Berson, Michael J.; Berson, Ilene R.; Ralston, M. Elizabeth
Social Education, v63 n3 p160-61 Apr 1999
Responds to the article, "Separating Wheat from Chaff: Why Dirty Pictures are not the Real Dilemma in Using the Internet to Teach Social Studies." Maintains that creating a safe Internet environment is the responsibility of the adults not students and developing student skills in evaluating and validating information is not the answer. (CMK)
Descriptors: Censorship, Classroom Environment, Critical Thinking, Elementary Secondary Education, Internet, Pornography, Quality Control, Skill Development, Social Studies, Student Welfare, Teacher Responsibility
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Note: For referenced article, see Risinger, C. Frederick, "Separating Wheat from Chaff," Social Education, 62, no. 3 (March 1998): 148-150.