1. Net Safety Suresh.G.Isave Associate Professor, Tilak College of Education Pune-India

2. 22.03.12www.sureshisave.in/2 Safety of kids in the use of Internet ! It provides guidelines for parents and teachers to keep Children safe from Internet Threats.

3. 22.03.12www.sureshisave.in/3 Meaning : “An application of safety techniques to make children safe form internet threats.” “To prevent, diagnose and fix the internet threats for children is called Net-safety.”

4. 22.03.12www.sureshisave.in/4 Need Data and user, no one is safe on the internet. If we lost data we may retrieve/regenerate it ; but if we lost our ‘small user’ very difficult to recover him/her.

5. 22.03.12www.sureshisave.in/5 Threats Financial Psychological Physical Technological

6. 22.03.12www.sureshisave.in/6 Financial Threat Criminals find ways to steal username, passwords of e-banking, credit cards etc. Through e-mail, free games, gift offers criminals send malware to steal passwords. Children may leak financial information to unknown e-friends.

7. Ways to crack password Sending fake email by a name of financing organization. Forcing user to enter password many times. Using Trojans by email, offers, SMS etc. to track confidential information. 22.03.12www.sureshisave.in/7

8. Ways to crack password By adding tool bars to browsers. By providing fancy facilities like curser, screen saver, desktop theme. By using fishing sites. By interacting with fake profiles. 22.03.12www.sureshisave.in/8

9. 22.03.12www.sureshisave.in/9 Financial Safety : Keep password and username secrete from kids. Don’t make financial transaction in front of parents.

10. 22.03.12www.sureshisave.in/10 Don’t keep history of financial transaction in a computer. Make children aware of talking to strangers

11. 22.03.12www.sureshisave.in/11 Keep financial cards and document out of reach of kids

12. 22.03.12www.sureshisave.in/12 Psychological Threat Adult content Online gaming Aimless browsing Social Networking Porn activities

13. 22.03.12www.sureshisave.in/13 Effects of Psychological Threats Intolerance Short temper Day dreaminess Fast frustration Isolation Addiction

14. 22.03.12www.sureshisave.in/14 Psychological Safety Keep computer from where you can observe child using internet at home or in a lab. Teacher and parents should check history of computer regularly.

15. 22.03.12www.sureshisave.in/15 Discuss with your child friendly about his/her e-friends.

16. 22.03.12www.sureshisave.in/16 Continuously observe children behavior. Enjoy free time with family. Develop Hobbies, Sports, Art and Craft interest. Parents should be in touch with teachers. Teacher should inform parents about abnormal behavior of students.

17. 22.03.12www.sureshisave.in/17 Physical Threats Less exercise Eye sight Back pain Laziness Obesity Physical weakness Sleeplessness

18. 22.03.12www.sureshisave.in/18 Physical safety Give time bound internet access. Insist on play, exercises by setting example. Show them webs related to health and hygiene. Surfing/gaming and eating should not go simultaneously. Create interest in outdoor sports, trekking etc.

19. 22.03.12www.sureshisave.in/19 Technological Threat Data Damage Software Damage Hardware Damage Malware Electrical shock

20. 22.03.12www.sureshisave.in/20 Technical safety Don’t allow students/wards to install anything. Inculcate habit of reading of all elements of window. Have an anti-virus software, update and scan. Teach them how to scan pen drives, memory cards, CDs etc.

21. 22.03.12www.sureshisave.in/21 Conclusion It doesn’t mean that we should not encourage to make use the internet. Teacher and parents should make them aware of Net safety Threats. They should become alert and wise user.

22. Conclusion Refer to Support Centre or Help Centre of social networking site to get resources about Net Safety of kids and students. 22.03.12www.sureshisave.in/22

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25. Few useful links http://www.school-safety.net/ https://www.netsafe.org.nz/the-netsafe-kit- for-schools/https://www.netsafe.org.nz/the-netsafe-kit- for-schools/ 22.03.12www.sureshisave.in/25

26. 22.03.12www.sureshisave.in/26 “We should train kids to drive safely on information highway…. !”

27. 22.03.12www.sureshisave.in/27 Questions Explain various threats on internet? Describe the concept of internet Safety? How teacher can take care of students’ net safety of students? As a teacher how you minimize physical and psychological problems of students in net safety? How teacher can protect students from internet threats?

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