10 issues teachers face regarding ethics and technology

1. Students may illegally download photos or music that has been copyrighted.
2. Computers can be used to play games during class time.
3. Young students can run into pornography sites fairly easily without protection.
4. A child may arrange an encounter with a harmful person.
5. Children do not get any exercise sitting in front of the computer.
6. Social skills may drop due to lack of contact with other children.
7. Teenagers may be tempted to make on-line purchases using their parents’ credit cards.
8. A child may meet an on-line stalker via e-mail, chat rooms, or cellular.
9. A child may download a virus that will crash your computer.
10. Not all information on the internet is factual or can be proven.

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