Hey! Do you belong here?

Appropriate Sites for Students

The Internet is a

wonderful place…

…to learn…to listen…to stay in touch

But just as there are good places to be in your real and cyber-communitiesThere are also bad places to be in your real and cyber-communities.

It’s a good idea to know where you’re going

And what to do if you find yourself somewhere you don’t want to be.

You know that each website has an address, called a URL (Universal Resource Locator)

www.amazon.comwww.msn.comwww.nba.comwww.wikipedia.orgwww.army.mil

But do you know what those extensions on the end mean?

.com commercial, business, anyone can use this domain

.gov government, mostly federal.mil military.org organization.net network.edu college level school

.gov

www.whitehouse.govwww.nasa.govwww.usda.gov

.mil

www.uscg.milhttp://www.history.army.mil/moh.htmlhttp://www.mda.mil

.org

www.ala.orghttp://www.ua.org/http://www.americanheart.org

.net

www.verizon.nethttps://www.sprint.nethttp://consultingdynamics.net

.edu

www.udel.eduwww.dtcc.eduwww.desu.edu

.com

www.apple.com/ituneswww.mcdonalds.comwww.expedia.com

The ends DO make a difference!

www.dtcc.edu

www.dtcc.com

Just suppose you are on your computer one day and you see something on the Internet that makes you…

alarmedconfuseduncomfortablescaredembarassed

What can you do?

“X out” the

webpage

Get help from a family

member or trusted

adult

Turn the computer monitor’s power switch off

It’s a good idea to tell an adult if there’s something not right on the Internet.

An adult can take care of the problem and notify the authorities if necessary.

The Internet is a great resourceand a valuable tool. Plus, it’s fun! Be smart and be safe!