Internet safety
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Keeping Students SafeInternet Safety
Online Risks:
- Inappropriate Contact
- Inappropriate Conduct
- Inappropriate Content
- Online Privacy and Reputation
Most students get into trouble online by making poor decisions
Dale Martin EDIM 510
Inappropriate Contact
• Apply the same safety principles online that they would in the real world
• Never meet online acquaintances off-line
• Know who they are adding as a ‘friend’
• Recognize, avoid exposure to, and protect themselves from others with bad intentions (online predators, peers)
• Know how to use privacy settings to limit access to their page
• Never give post personal information (full name, address, phone number, birthdate)
Students should:
Inappropriate Conduct
• Respect the privacy & reputation of others
• Discuss cyber-bullying & netiquette
• Think before they post ...
- How will the information affect them?- How will the information affect others?
• Report rude comments, harassment, or cyber-bullying to an adult
• Be familiar with your school’s Acceptable Use Policy
• Know that online actions often have off- line consequences
Students should:
Inappropriate Content
• Students may be exposed to or search for sites with unsuitable material:
- pornography- criminal activity (drugs, bomb-making)- unsuitable groups or organizations- material containing viruses
• Develop and enforce an Acceptable Use Policy for your school
• Students may use the internet to download unsuitable material:
- file sharing (music, videos, software)- copyrighted files- plagiarism- pornography
Online Privacy and Reputation
• Not share passwords
• Know how to use privacy settings
• Understand that what they post online: - may not be fully retrievable - will impact their present and future reputation
• Keep personal information personal ... consider identity theft
• Use a ‘screen name’ instead of their real name
Students should:
Online Resources
• http://www.internetsafety101.org/
• http://www.netsmartz.org/Educators
• http://schools.wiredsafety.org/
• http://www.childrenonline.org/
• http://www.ncte.ie/InternetSafety/
• http://www.cyber-safety.com/
Citations:
Images:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/criminalintent/5403052781/
Pure Imagination (Producer). (2012). Wide Shot of Laptop Computers with Students Working. [Image]. Available from http://www.discoveryeducation.com/
Pure Imagination (Producer). (2012). Front View of Three Students Working on Laptop. [Image]. Available from http://www.discoveryeducation.com/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/toddhiestand/197704394/
Pure Imagination (Producer). (2012). Close up of Two Students Working on Computers. [Image]. Available from http://www.discoveryeducation.com/