1. Changing World, Changing Demands
The Internet and Elementary Children

2. Overview Parenting, the Internet, and a New Millennium
Increase Awareness
Risks
Tools
Talk, Listen, and Show
Discuss
Set Procedures and Guidelines
Monitor

3. Setting the Stage: Parenting
As parents, you teach basic safety rules to your children like…
Look both ways before crossing the street
Never talk to strangers or accept gifts from people you don’t know
Treat other people like you would want to be treated
Parents know the dangers of the real world. How aware and proactive are parents about the cyber world?

4. Setting the Stage: Millennial Children
Technology and the Internet
It is an intricate part of our children’s world (or it will be)
Children are acutely aware of changes and new technologies
The experts are our children
It feels safe and unreal but, at the same time, very powerful
Children have the technological expertise but they don’t have the real world experience to know right/wrong and safety.

5. Millennial Internet: Suki

6. Millennial Internet: Suki
What powers does the Internet give users?
What role are adults playing?
How aware are adults?
Using the video as a framework, what can we learn from this comical portrayal?

7. Millennial Internet: A Different Example
Suki is one example
Students are using the Internet in wonderful ways
Consider the following example…

8. Millennial Internet: Suki vs. Stonehenge
Internet’s Power?
Adult Role (real or perceived)?
Awareness?

9. The Internet has…
Benefits
Opportunities
Risks
Pitfalls
Abuses
&

10. Keeping Your Children Safe
Increase Awareness
Risks
Tools
Talk, Listen, and Show
Discuss
Set Procedures and Guidelines
Monitor

11. Risks Human Element Predators Cyber Bullying Pornography
Spyware, adware, and pop-ups
Viruses
Human
Element
The first step is knowing the risks and keeping children safe…

12. Awareness: Human Element Risks
Children hurt by people they don’t know in real life
Children hurt by other children (friends)
Children hurt by their own information disclosure
Children hurting organizations by exploiting the Internet’s power
The internet doesn’t seem like real life… but it has real world implications.

13. Activity Awareness: Tools
Know what your children are doing, using, and communicating online.
Biggie:
Activity

14. Awareness: Tools Elementary websites with small risk
Funbrain
Disney Online
Elementary websites with greater risk
Club Penguin
Whyville
Greater risk comes with communication

15. Awareness: Tools Chat: Example Weblogs: Example
Club Penguin
AIM
Weblogs: Example
Blogger
Typepad
Social Networks: Example
MySpace
Facebook
Video: Example
YouTube
Google Video

16. Keeping Your Children Safe
Increase Awareness
Risks
Tools
Talk, Listen, and Show
Discuss
Set Procedures and Guidelines
Monitor

17. Talk, Listen, and Show
Talk: Ask your children to explain what they are doing online. Tell them that you want to keep them safe, not necessarily take away the Internet/tools.
Listen: Listen to what your children have to say. Ask yourself (and your children) why the Internet/tool is important.
Show: Have your children show you what they are doing online. Sit and watch.

18. Keeping Your Children Safe
Increase Awareness
Risks
Tools
Talk, Listen, and Show
Discuss
Set Procedures and Guidelines
Monitor

19. Discussion
Although it feels safe because you are at home, there are dangers
Don’t talk to strangers
Don’t accept anything from strangers
Talk to them about “masquerading”
Don’t tell people personal information like ASL; create a good username
Golden Rule

20. Keeping Your Children Safe
Increase Awareness
Risks
Tools
Talk, Listen, and Show
Discuss
Set Procedures and Guidelines
Monitor

21. Set Procedures Place computers in a common room
Limit “fun time” to 30 minutes
Discuss what to do if problems arise or if your children encounter something uncomfortable but don’t freak them out!
Clearly state your expectations and identify appropriate websites

22. Set Guidelines: 2-4 Rules: Sit with children
Bookmark appropriate websites
Internet filtering
Create a “nickname”
Model appropriate behavior

23. Set Guidelines: 5-7 Rules: Guidelines for 2-4 year-olds
Safe search tools
No , chat, or message boards

24. Set Guidelines: 8-10 Internet Pledge
Sit with children or monitor within the room
Revise bookmarks of appropriate websites
Internet filtering
Establish a safe online nickname
Model appropriate behavior
Safe search tools
Create a communal account
No chat or message boards without direct supervision

25. Set Guidelines: 11-13 Internet Pledge Monitor within a communal room
Internet filtering
Establish a safe online nickname
Model appropriate behavior
Consider an individual account but insist on access
Consider chat account but insist on access
Discuss online friends, cyber bullying, file sharing, video tools, and social networking

26. Safe Websites & Search Tools
Wired Kids’ STAR Websites
Safe Search Tools
Yahooligans
Kidsclick
Ask for Kids

27. Overview Parenting, the Internet, and a New Millennium
Increase Awareness
Risks
Tools
Talk, Listen, and Show
Discuss
Set Procedures and Guidelines
Monitor

28. Monitor
None of the following tools should replace parental involvement/supervision
Internet Explorer: Tools  Content
Filtering: Tools to control website access
Cyber Patrol 7
Net Nanny

29. Monitor Keystroke Monitoring: Records and monitors all activity
Spector Pro 6.0
Browser

30. Additional Information