Internet Safety Plan

Sophomore Year

Essential Questions

How will I know what risks I am exposing myself to when I make decisions online?

How will I be able to identify those who mean to do harm to me?

Am I as cyber-smart as I think I am? What are the downsides of the freedoms

presented to me by the cyber-world? What are my moral and ethical responsibilities

in this society

21st Century Communication

Social networking sites and digital handheld devices (cell phones, PDA’s) allow the user to:Express themselvesDescribe who they are and their interests, Maintain blogs, diaries, photos, creative writing,

artwork, videos, Connect (and close the gap) with friends, family

and seek like-minded individuals.

Sexting

Defined: “the act of sending sexually explicit messages or photos electronically, primarily between cell phones.”

Implications: Prank or Pornography? SchoolLegal

Beyond What You Have Consideredhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mEky0KdHPk (VIEW FIRST)http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerIndex?id=7080436http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=4723169n&tag=related;photovideo

Social Networking Tools Defined: A blog (a contraction of the term "Web log")

is a Web site, usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video.

A wiki is a page or collection of web pages designed to enable anyone who accesses it to contribute or modify content, using a simplified markup language.

Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that allows its users to send and read other users' updates (otherwise known as tweets), which are text-based posts of up to 140 characters in length.

Instant messaging (IM) are technologies that create the possibility of real-time text-based communication between two or more participants over the internet.

Safe and Responsible Use Use versus Misuse (Freedoms vs. Downsides).

False sense of security (would you do it in public?) “Tagged Photos” across the Internet Online footprint tracking…years from now Personal, Community and Family Reputation (s) Athletic and Activity Code Violations

How do you think your online

activities will affect the future?

REGRET IT!

Teens as Targets

66% were female; 34 % were male 97% of offenders were people youth first

"met" online 65% of incidents happened in chatrooms 24% in Instant Messages

Play ID the Creep

Cyberbulling

Defined: “the use of e-mail, instant messaging, chat rooms, pagers, cell phones, or other forms of

information technology to deliberately harass, threaten, or intimidate someone.”

“Broken Friendship” Quiz: Are You a Cyberbully?

Online Resource: CyberTipline

Essential Questions

How will I know what risks I am exposing myself to when I make decisions online?

How will I be able to identify those who mean to do harm to me?

Am I as cyber-smart as I think I am? What are the downsides of the freedoms

presented to me by the cyber-world? What are my moral and ethical responsibilities

in this society