2.  Social Networking  Posting and watching videos on YouTube  Blogging  Chat Rooms  Visiting Wikis  Googeling virtually ANY subject

3.  What is it?? According to Wikipedia….Wikipedia

4.  If MySpace were a country… It would be the 5 th largest in the world!  300,000 new people sign up on MySpace  Everyday!!  That means that 1 in every 4 Americans are on MySpace…

5.  Over 50 million emails are sent via MySpace EVERY DAY (More than Yahoo, Hotmail or Google!)  There are over 8 million images and 60,000 new videos uploded EVERY DAY  4.5 billion pages were viewed In ONE day

6.  More than 60 million users with 250,000 new registrations… Everyday!  More than half of Facebook users are outside of college  The fastest demographic is over 25 years of age  Users access FaceBook an average of 20 minutes per day – Everyday!  The number one photo sharing application on the Web!

7.  Sexual Predators Sexual Predators  Cyber Bullying:  Identity Theft  Addiction/Withdrawl  Employment hazard  Exposure to Inappropriate Content: ExampleExample  Promotes Underage Drinking and Risky Behavior

8.  Be aware of your child’s online activities  Go online with your child and have them show you the sites they visit most often  Keep the computer in a central location: never in a bedroom or behind closed doors  Use parental controls or blocking software  Randomly check your child’s accounts  TALK to your children about what information to put online and more importantly what NOT to put online  Communicate with your children often and be aware of what’s going on in their lives!

9.  Internet Safety Sites:  Center for Safe and Responsible Internet Use: http://www.csriu.org/ http://www.csriu.org/  Wired Safety: http://www.wiredsafety.org/http://www.wiredsafety.org/  Net Alert: http://www.netalert.net.au http://www.netalert.net.au  i-Safe: http://www.isafe.orghttp://www.isafe.org  ID the Creep: http://wwwlidthecreep.com http://wwwlidthecreep.com  NetSmartz: http://www.netsmartz.orghttp://www.netsmartz.org  PBS: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/kidsonline/safe/http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/kidsonline/safe/  Safe Kids: http://www.safekids.com/child_safety.htmhttp://www.safekids.com/child_safety.htm  FBI: http://www.fbi.gov/publications/pguide/pguidee.htmhttp://www.fbi.gov/publications/pguide/pguidee.htm  Safeteens: http://www.safeteens.com/safeteens.htmhttp://www.safeteens.com/safeteens.htm  NetWise: http://www.getnetwise.org/http://www.getnetwise.org/  KidsHealth: http://kidshealth.org/parent/positive/family/net_safety.htmlhttp://kidshealth.org/parent/positive/family/net_safety.html