Chapter 1 (Richardson)

"53 million American adults or 44% of adult Internet users had used the Internet to publish their thoughts, respond to others, post pictures, share files, and otherwise contribute to the explosion of content available online. " --- This quote shows the tremendous effects the Internet has had on our life and shows that within a time span of fifteen years the Internet has become a major part of every American's life. As teachers we must take this in to account when we prepare our lessons. Later on in the chapter Richardson discusses safety and with Internet use sky rocketing it is important for us to teach proper and ethical use of the Internet. This must be done by modeling and making sure inappropriate sites are blocked from school computers.