Agawam Middle School
Computer Lab
Room 102~Ms. Lavoie
Welcome to the Agawam Middle School computer lab. The computer lab is located in room 102 of Agawam Middle School. The computer lab has over 30 computers in it! As a student at the middle school, you will come to the computer lab once a week. During the course of the school year, we will do a lot of fun and exciting projects on the computer.
Please feel free to look through this webpage to learn more about the computer lab.
The Internet
The Internet can be a wonderful educational tool for children to use at home and at school. The Internet can be used for gathering research for a class project, homework help, and extra help in a subject. When using the Internet, parents and children must think of safety when doing so. Below is a list of some safety tips that everyone should keep in mind when on the Internet.
Kids' Rules for Online Safety
- I will not give out personal information such as my address, telephone number, parents’ work address/telephone number, or the name and location of my school without my parents’ permission.
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- I will tell my parents right away if I come across any information that makes me feel uncomfortable.
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- I will never agree to get together with someone I "meet" online without first checking with my parents. If my parents agree to the meeting, I will be sure that it is in a public place and bring my mother or father along.
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- I will never send a person my picture or anything else without first checking with my parents.
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- I will not respond to any messages that are mean or in any way make me feel uncomfortable. It is not my fault if I get a message like that. If I do I will tell my parents right away so that they can contact the service provider.
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- I will talk with my parents so that we can set up rules for going online. We will decide upon the time of day that I can be online, the length of time I can be online and appropriate areas for me to visit. I will not access other areas or break these rules without their permission.
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- I will not give out my Internet password to anyone (even my best friends) other than my parents.
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- I will check with my parents before downloading or installing software or doing anything that could possibly hurt our computer or jeopardize my family’s privacy
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- I will be a good online citizen and not do anything that hurts other people or is against the law.
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- I will help my parents understand how to have fun and learn things online and teach them things about the Internet, computers and other technology.
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Rules one through six are adapted from the brochure Child Safety on the Information Highway by SafeKids.Com founder Larry Magid. (© 2004 National Center for Missing and Exploited Children). Rules 7 through 10 are copyrighted by Larry Magid (© 2005).