Download - I Safe Presentation 08
Internet Safety
Principal’s CoffeeMay 30, 2008
Bridget Belardi
Terms:
• Web 2.0: The read/write web-interacting with information online
• Social Networking: Interacting with others (in any way with anyone) online
• Blog: Provides commentary or news on a topic or acts as an online journal
• Wiki: A web site that can be edited by anyone
Parents Should:
• Know passwords to all of their child’s social networking sites
• Be familiar with these sites • Have access to their child’s email
account(s) (ALL of these sites require an email address to log in.)
• Know your Internet filter (or invest in one if possible)
Social Networking Sites Our Students Are Using
• Webkinz
• Club Penguin
• Runescape
• WeeWorld
(nothing to do with wii!)
• MySpace
If your child DOES come across something inappropriate:
• Have the child turn off the monitor and tell an adult
• Forward you an inappropriate email
• Remove all “friends” from lists that you do not know
Get iSafe Certified
• iSafe Parent• http://ilearn.isafe.org/ • http://isafe.org
Operation Safe SurfCreated by the state
Attorney General, Tom Corbett
• For elementary school children: http://www.attorneygeneral.gov/kid_site/elementary_school/index.htm
• For middle school children: http://www.attorneygeneral.gov/kid_site/middle_school/index.htm
• For parents: http://www.attorneygeneral.gov/kidsparents.aspx?id=1582
Mt. Lebanon Links
• Bookmark this page on your home computer:
• http://www.mtlsd.org/district/safetyforchildren.asp
Additional Resources for Parents
• http://www.kidshealth.org/parent/positive/family/net_safety.html
• http://safekids.com/
• http://www.att.com/Common/images/safety/game.html
• http://www.netsmartz.org/
• http://www.ikeepsafe.org/