safety @ cyber

Protection Methods for Youth

• These allow children to “talk” with friends at any time on the computer or a cell phone.

• Texting and instant messaging has replaced email as a preferred method of communication.

Texting and Instant

Messaging

What Children Do Online

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Capital letters, lowercase letters, symbols, and numbersAbbreviations not whole wordsExample: s0uth*ern ILL-in0is

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Keep your password safe

Remember these helpful tips when using a

computer

for “web surfing” or online transactions:

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• Preserve evidence – this is crucial for identifying the bully and making a case.

• Attempt to enlist assistance from the service provider.

• If able to identify the bully, contact him or her and/or parents.

• Use available blocking technology (i.e., block the user on IM, email and chat.)

• In serious cases, seek assistance from the police (i.e., threats of physical harm, unrelenting or unable to stop.)

• Make sure there is no response to rude or harassing emails.(keep a record in case of further investigation)• Immediately exit any site that makes you feel uncomfortable or worried.• If harassment continues….your current email account can be deleted and a new one started. Your new email address should only be given to a selected few.• If receiving harassing messages on MSN - have the sender blocked.• PC’s SHOULD be in a common area of the house NOT IN THE BEDROOM!• NEVER allow explicit photos of yourself to be taken in ANY circumstance

Internet Safety Tips for Students

Internet Safety Tips for Students

• ABSOLUTELY NO EXCHANGE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION!• Social Networking profiles such as Facebook etc SHOULD BE SET TO PRIVATE.• MSN contacts and social networking site friends should be people that you know in real life. This is one way to reduce possible risks.• An ‘online friend’ that you don’t know in real life is a STRANGER.• Passwords MUST NOT BE SHARED!!!!! Choose passwords that others can’t guess…..not your favorite food or pets name. Should be a mix of caps/letters/numbers/symbols.

Internet Safety Tips for Students