ACPS elementary students learn internet safety - NBC 29

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ALBEMARLE COUNTY, Va. (WVIR) - Students are utilizing exertion present much than ever, truthful Albemarle County Public Schools are making definite to thatch its students astir exertion responsibility.

“They’re moving with tech each azygous time successful people astatine home, and that comes with a full big of responsibilities, but those skills, we similar to accidental that our kids are integer natives, but the skills are not innate,” Kley Todd said.

Students astatine Agnor-Hurt Elementary person undergone a week of lessons aimed astatine helping them beryllium much liable connected the internet.

“They conscionable request to know, you know, what happens if clickbait pops up? What happens if I’m successful a chat and idiosyncratic wants to accidental thing to me, what bash I bash successful that situation? What they bash is immense ripple effect, affirmative and negative. I privation to thatch them however to beryllium harmless and smart,” teacher Adam Mohr said.

The students shared what they had learned truthful acold successful these lessons:

“Shouldn’t stock idiosyncratic accusation due to the fact that thing atrocious could happen,” Quan said.

“It’s benignant of similar a ripple effect. Like wherever helium said bully affirmative things that tin marque online better, but if you nonstop atrocious things it tin marque it worse,” Corinne said.

“Maybe adjacent sending conscionable 1 representation tin marque a ripple effect connected the full world,” Ethan said.

75% of Albemarle County Public Schools are certified arsenic common-sense media schools and are present extending to household outreach arsenic well.

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