Emily Snyder, William Darras, Stephanie Berger
40Y 40Y
Cyber Bullying
Exposure to inadequate material Sexual Material Racial Material Wikipedia wikipedia.com
Posting Personal Information Online Identity theft Social networking Facebook Myspace Dating sites
Exposure to spam and viruses s Clicking on advertisements and other websites Illegally downloading music Using unknown cleaners Downloading animations
Issues Continued Chat rooms and Blogging May lead to unwanted predators Over half of 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
S Safe Internet Act: promotes internet safety education and cybercrime prevention initiatives and for other purposes
COPPA- Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act: websites that are prohibited from collecting information from persons under 18 without parental consent
Do not give out internet password to anyone
Do not give out personal information such as address, telephone number, name, location of school, etc.
Do not respond to any messages that are mean in any way and make you feel uncomfortable
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 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