Internet Safety What Is Your Child Really Doing Online

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INTERNET SAFETY
What is your child really
doing online?
Safety Tips
Did you know?
 1 in 3 teenagers plan to meet someone
they have contacted on the Internet.
 Half of 16 and 17 year-olds say their
parents know very little or nothing about
what they are doing online.
 Potential Internet predator threats
decrease when parents educate their
children about internet safety.
 According to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
Safety Tips
Online Social Networks
 IM
Cell Phones & Computers
 MySpace
 Xanga
 Facebook
 TagWorld
 Piczo
 Friendster
 Livejournal
A profile is free.
Anyone can lie about
his/her age.
Anyone can post a fake
picture or picture not
approved by person in
the picture.
Friends’ List
Predators are online on
most of these sites.
Safety Tips
Safety Tips
BLOGGING
 Blogs: Journals posted on the Internet
 Weblogs: Another name for Blog
 Blogs are maintained in chronological order by
date of post. People who read the blog are
usually welcome to post replies, their thoughts,
etc. This makes most blogs interactive.
 Blogging makes the writer feel like they are
writing confidentially because they are behind a
screen. However, the reality is that anyone
online can read the blog. This can be
dangerous.
Safety Tips
Chat Rooms…Free e-mail accounts…
My Space…YOUTUBE… What else?
 A Web site, part of a Web site, or part of an online service, that
provides a venue for communities of users with a common interest
to communicate in real time.
 You can create a bogus personality…you type messages to other
participants and they reply.
 You never know who is going to be reading your messages or
responding to them…caution!!!
 Anyone can upload to share videos, photographs they produce,
copy or find. One may watch, or link to, them, not copy them.
 Sometimes these venues are moderated by limiting who is
allowed or by moderation volunteers patrolling.
 Google… to Free e-mail providers, to locate Chat Rooms
and Video Networking
Safety Tips
Language of Social Network
POS
Parent Over Shoulder
 WTGP
Want To Go Private
 LMIRL
Let’s Meet In Real Life
A/S/L
What is your age, sex, and
location?
Sites with language of Teens
www.netlingo.com
www.noslang.com
Safety Tips
CYBER BULLYING
 Cyber Bullying is verbal
harassment that occurs
during online activities
and cell phone texting.
 The Internet is the new
playground, and there
are no off hours.
 58% of kids have not
told their parents or any
adult about something
mean or hurtful that had
happened to them
online.
 Forms of Cyber Bullying:
 A threatening e-mail
 Nasty instant messaging
 Repeated notes sent to
the cell phone
 A website set up to mock
 “Borrowing” someone’s
screen name & pretending
to be them while posting a
message.
 Forwarding supposedly
private messages,
pictures or videos to
others.
Safety Tips
Safety Tips
Peer to Peer Networking
 Napster is now legal; others are not like Kazaa,
Blubster, and Limewire. These are media sharing
sites/services.
 P2P applications downloaded to your computer
allows your computer to communicate directly with
another.
 P2P networks have been the centerpiece of
intellectual property lawsuits, especially music-
also pirated movies, software.
 DANGER –Virus, Spyware, Trojan, Adware and
frequent pop-up browsers and other annoying
hassles.
 Illegal, Unethical and Immoral.
Safety Tips
Safety Tips
Tips for Parents & Information from
our Counselor----
 Have the family
computer in an open
area…never bedrooms.
 Keep lines of
communication open.
 Become a part of your
child’s online experience.
 When using e-mail,
beware of opening
unsolicited attachments
 User names and profiles
can provide a wealth of
personal information.
 Know intellectual
property and copyright
regulations.
 Learn about the internet.
 Online predators are out
there!
 They can infect your
computer with viruses
 They want to steal your
personal information/your
identity
 They may be out to harm
you or the people who use
your computer.
Safety Tips
Internet Resources
Kentucky Center for School Safety
http://www.kysafeschools.org
www.kycss.com
Federal Bureau of Investigation
“A Parent’s Guide To Internet Safety”
www.fbi.gov/hq/cid/cac/crimes
main.htm
NetSmartz – Kids http://www.netsmartzkids.org
DATELINE on TV www.msnbc.msn.com
Cyber Angels…Teen Angels
http://www.cyberangels.org/
connected.htm1
iSAFE Inc. a non-profit foundation
whose mission is to educate and empower youth to safety and responsibly take control of their Internet experience
www.isafe.org
iLearn The iLearn Online program for
internet safety education. Tutorials.
http://ilearn.isafe.org
W I r e d S A F E T Y The world's largest internet safety, help and education organization.
www.wiredsafety.org
Child Safety on the Information Highway http://www.safekids.com
iKeepSafe Internet Safety Coalition
http://ikeepsafe.org

Safety Tips
More sites…
A Byte-Size Online Safety Guide for kids from Nickelodeon TV
http://www.nick.com/blab/safety/index.jhtm
Computer Security- computer virus,
phishing scam, spyware, firewalls,root kit
removal, Active X controls
http://www.schoolcounselor.com/
Resources/computer-security.htm
Cyberbullying.
http://www.cyberbully.org

SafetyNetLinks
www.schoolcounselor.com/
safetynetlinks.asp
Teen Safety on the Information Highway- National Center for Missing
and Exploited Children
www.safeteens.com/safeteens.htm
Ten Commandments for Kids Online
http://www.komando.com/
kimskidscontract.html
Internet Super Heroes.
http://www.internetsuperheroes.org/
cyberbullying
Safety Tips
Safety Nets for your computers…
Windows XP allows separate accounts to be set up on one
computer. Administrator with unlimited rights or Single
user with limited rights.
Internet Explorer allows an Administrator Account to set
controls on usage. Handout provides step by step
directions with illustrations.
iBoss from Phantom Technologies-Users can block
access to specific programs and generates reports on
Internet Activity which can be viewed automatically E-
mailed.
SnoopStick from CYBERsitter – Install on three computers
can view activity on home computer from your office.
OWN YOUR SPACE by Linda McCarthy book written for
teenagers and internet usage.
Safety Tips