Emily Snyder, William Darras, Stephanie Berger Internet Safety Emily Snyder, William Darras, Stephanie Berger
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Internet Safety Issues Cyber Bullying www.cyberbullying.org
Issues Continued Exposure to inadequate material Sexual Material Racial Material Wikipedia wikipedia.com
Posting Personal Information Online Issues Continued Posting Personal Information Online Identity theft Social networking Facebook Myspace Dating sites
Issues Continued Exposure to spam and viruses E-mails Clicking on advertisements and other websites Illegally downloading music Using unknown cleaners Downloading animations
Chat rooms and Blogging Issues Continued Chat rooms and Blogging May lead to unwanted predators Over half of 11-12 year olds visit chat rooms and one third of those kids visit private or adult chat areas 15% of youth have met an internet friend in person and most of them went alone
Laws in Assuring Safe Internet Use S.1047- Safe Internet Act: promotes internet safety education and cybercrime prevention initiatives and for other purposes
Laws Continued COPPA- Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act: websites that are prohibited from collecting information from persons under 18 without parental consent
Rules for Online Safety Do not give out internet password to anyone
Rules Continued Do not give out personal information such as address, telephone number, name, location of school, etc.
Rule Continued Do not respond to any messages that are mean in any way and make you feel uncomfortable
Our suggestions to schools and parents Become computer literate and learn how to block objectionable material Keep the computer in a common area where you can monitor the user Share an e-mail account with your child Block certain websites on school computers
Traits of Good Digital Citizenship Preventing Plagiarism Using Copyrights: giving credit where it is needed Respect Honesty Responsibility Self-worth