1. Internet Safety For Parents And Kids
Steven W. Anderson
District Instructional Technologist
Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools
Spring 2011

2. Did You Know?

3. What Is The Biggest Danger On The Internet?
That we focus on the dangers rather than the benefits?

4. Some Benefits of The Internet
Researching Information
Access To Real-Time Information
Educational Programming and Games
Opportunity To Share Resources And Ideas With People That Have The Same Interests

5. What Are The Dangers?
Content-Sexual, racist, violent, unreliable/bigoted, etc.
Commerce-Scams, Fishing, programs that steal personal information
Contact-IM, Chat, Multiplayer games, Facebook, Social Media
Culture-Cyberbullying

6. Adults And Kids Use The Internet In Increasingly Different Ways
Mostly , research, shopping and banking.
Interactive chat, gaming, music, social media.
We need to be involved in our kids’ online activities, validate their skills and learn from them.

7. Advice For Teachers/Parents
Be Involved-Know what your kids are doing online and where they are going.
Ask them to teach you how to use any applications you don’t already know how to use.
Keep the computer in a part of your home that is accessible and can be seen by all.
Teach them how to protect their online reputations.

8. More Advice For Parents
Help kids understand they should never give personal information to online friends:
Addresses
Phone Numbers
Physical Addresses
Teach them to be able to identify spam and junk and texts and to never reply to send any information to them or even click on them.

9. Most Importantly…
Never post, say or do anything you wouldn’t do in the middle of the mall.

10. Questions?

11. Links To Explore Microsoft-Protect Your Family: Connect Safely:
Connect Safely:
OnGuard Online:
Google Family Safety Center
Internet Saftey Livebinder