INTERNET SAFETY

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INTERNET SAFETY SOCIAL NETWORKING
Ms. Andrea Fleming, Ms. Karla Sutton, Mr. Juan
Masdeu
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Goal of This Presentation

• To Learn How We Can Work Together to Ensure that
  Our Children Have a Positive Experience When They
  Go Online and to Teach Parents the Basics of
  Social Networks like Facebook

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When Children Started School, They
Learned. . .

• Dont talk to strangers
• Look both ways before you cross the street
• Play nicely with other children
• If something happens that scares you, seek help
  from an adult you trust

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The Same Principles Apply When They Go Online
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What Were ALL Concerned About

• Are children accessing age-appropriate material
  online?
• Are children learning how to evaluate the
  information they find online?
• Are children interacting only with friends or
  supportive adults?
• Do children know what to do if something
  troubling happens to them?

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Our Online Safety Strategy

• Acceptable Use Policy
• Information Literacy
• Internet Safety Training
• Monitoring
• Blocking or Filtering Websites (such as Facebook,
  MySpace)

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Our Acceptable Use Policy

• Outlines for students, staff and parents the
  rules and behaviors governing use of our
  computers and online resources
• Revised on August 2008
• Online and in the Computer Lab
• We go over the Policy in class Students must
  sign the policy at the beginning of the year
• Same policy applies to all MS students

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What the AUP Covers

• Bottom line is that computers in school and the
  students Outlook Email Account are for
  educational purposes only

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Information Literacy

• In their classes, students learn. . .
• How to locate information
• How to evaluate Internet content
• Is the information source reliable?
• Can this information be trusted?
• Respect for online property
• Plagiarism of materials found online is not
  condoned

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Online Safety How We Teach It

• Discussion about Internet safety
• Netsmartzkids (www.netsmartzkids.com)
• Situation Card / Role Playing
• Sign a safety pledge
• 6th. Grade and then reviewed in 7th.

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Online Safety Monitoring

• Computers have been positioned in classrooms to
  allow staff to informally monitor what students
  are viewing
• Emails checked regularly
• Synchroneyes software
• Files stored in students profiles can be checked
  anytime by teachers

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Online Safety Controlling Access

• Internet filter for inappropriate and non-school
  related content
• Personalized user log in
• No students allowed to use a computer without an
  adult present in the room
• Emphasize responsibility
• No technological solution is perfect, but we
  believe this is the best one for our needs

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Other Important Points

• Place computers in a central place in the house
  instead of in kids rooms
• Check browsing history from time to time
• Apply Trusted and Untrusted sites on Internet
  Explorer
• Friend your child on Facebook (if they have one)
• Most important thing is to talk and make kids
  know what they should or shouldnt do Talking
  and having a friendly relationship with your kid
  is fundamental

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But Remember Schools and Parents Must Work
Together

• What happens at home?
• What happens at a friends house?
• Is Internet use monitored?
• What if a child sees something that disturbs him?
• What if a strange adult seeks out a child online?
• Are the restrictions at home different from those
  at school?

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Best Practices for Home Use

• Reinforce the Rules of the Road
• Dont give out your full name, address or phone
  number to a stranger you meet online
• Dont post your personal information in a public
  place online (like in Facebook)
• Ask me first if you have questions about this
• Tell me if you see something online that upsets
  you
• Tell me if someone you meet online bothers you
• Adapt these rules as your child grows older

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Best Practices for Home Use

• Monitor your childs usage
• Control the password
• Go online with your child
• Keep the computer in a family space
• Consider using monitoring or filtering controls,
  recognizing they may not be perfect
• Consider using your service providers controls,
  if available

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Good Resources for Parents

• GetNetWise (http//www.getnetwise.org) -
  Comparison of filtering tools
• Safekids.com (http//www.safekids.com)
• Safety Clicks (http//www.safetyclicks.com) -
  Tips and info for parents and children
• Cybersmart (http//www.cybersmart.org) -
  Downloadable online safety lessons
• The Childrens Partnership (http//www.childrenspa
  rtnership.org) - The Parents Guide to the
  Information Superhighway
• ChildNet (http//www.childnet-int.org) -
  Resources in English, Spanish, French and German

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Good Resources for Online Safety
in School

• Safeguarding the Wired Schoolhouse
• www.safewiredschools.org
• Safe and Smart
• (National School Boards Foundation)
• www.nsbf.org/safe-smart/index.html

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Facebook

• Most widely used social network site, especially
  for adolescents and teens
• Some parents worry about joining b/c they dont
  want to intrude on their childs privacy, like
  spying on their childs bedroom
• Facebook public room/space
• Strangers can observe, enter, and interact with
  your child very easily

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TEXT ABBREVIATIONS Teens have a language all
their own when it comes to e-mail, text
messaging, and chats. Here are some of the common
abbreviations they may be using
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