computer safety

I am currently teaching kindergarten students so the skill level that my students poses is not very high. I have taught my students the basic computer technology such as monitor, keyboard, and mouse. My students know how to turn the monitor on and off and they know how to work head phones connected to the computer. Beyond that, my students do not get any other computer time. We attend the "Waterford Lab" that only runs the Waterford phonics program. I would love for my students to learn more skills such as how to turn on the computer and shut it down correctly, and how to open up programs.

Since my students do not have much computer access I do not have to worry about computer policy as much as I would in other grades. My students know not to push on the screen or to mess with the keyboard when the computers are not in use. The only buttons they are allowed to use are the arrow keys. If my students were to use the Internet I would make sure that they only used Internet sites that I had provided for them. I think that the Kindergarten students are too young to understand the difference between a safe and unsafe site.