Nearly 15 years ago, the Sexuality Information and
Education
Council of the United States (SIECUS) wrote that the
Internet would
be the next great technological medium and that its
inception would
usher forth a new era of comprehensive sexuality
education. Now,
nearly a decade into the 21st century, it is clear
that the Internet
increasingly pervades nearly every aspect of everyday
life, including
education. However, despite existing research that
examines both
the Internet as an educational resource and mass
media as a sex
educator, the world still knows little about the
promise of the
Internet as a resource to aid educators who yearn to
provide
students (and parents) with medically accurate,
age-appropriate
comprehensive "healthy" sex education. "SexEd.edu?"
uses
standards developed by SIECUS in conjunction with
information
provided by K-8 educators to evaluate the Internet as
a healthy sex
educator. Through an investigation of several
popular sexuality
education websites, this book hopes to demonstrate
the potential of
the Internet to aid in the development and execution
of classroom-
based healthy sex education.
Education
Council of the United States (SIECUS) wrote that the
Internet would
be the next great technological medium and that its
inception would
usher forth a new era of comprehensive sexuality
education. Now,
nearly a decade into the 21st century, it is clear
that the Internet
increasingly pervades nearly every aspect of everyday
life, including
education. However, despite existing research that
examines both
the Internet as an educational resource and mass
media as a sex
educator, the world still knows little about the
promise of the
Internet as a resource to aid educators who yearn to
provide
students (and parents) with medically accurate,
age-appropriate
comprehensive "healthy" sex education. "SexEd.edu?"
uses
standards developed by SIECUS in conjunction with
information
provided by K-8 educators to evaluate the Internet as
a healthy sex
educator. Through an investigation of several
popular sexuality
education websites, this book hopes to demonstrate
the potential of
the Internet to aid in the development and execution
of classroom-
based healthy sex education.