Internet SafetyInternet Safety&&

Online CitizenshipOnline Citizenship

What is Online Citizenship

• Protect Yourself: DoDo Use The Internet Safely

• Respect Others: Do NotDo Not Be A Bully

• AlwaysAlways Follow The Rules

Internet Safety Tips

• NEVERNEVER Share Personal Information:– Name– Age– Address– Phone Number– Social Security Number– School You Attend– Photos

Internet Safety Tips

• NEVERNEVER Meet With Someone You Met Online

• NEVERNEVER Do Anything That Will Cost Your Parents MONEY Without Asking First

• DO NOTDO NOT Open Emails From Strangers

Internet Safety Tips

• ALWAYS check your source when you download a file or attachment.

• NEVERNEVER post photos or videos of you, your friends, or your family

• DO NOTDO NOT Believe Everything You Read

Internet Safety Tips

• If You Come Across Anything MeanMean or Something You Don’t UnderstandDon’t Understand or Makes You Feel Uncomfortable...Uncomfortable...

Get An Adult To Help!!Get An Adult To Help!!

• Keep All Passwords Private– Share This Information Only With Your Parents

Cyber Bullying-What Is It?

• Sending Mean, Offensive, or Threatening Messages or Images

• Posting Sensitive or Private Information About Another Person

• Pretending To Be Someone Else In Order To Make That Person Look Bad

• Intentionally Excluding Someone From an Online Group

Cyber Bullying-Where It Happens

• Email

• Instant Messaging

• Cell Phones

• Web Pages

• Blogs

• Chat Rooms

• Gaming Sites

Cyber Bullying-What To Do!

DO...DO...

• Tell An Adult

• Refuse to Help or Encourage The Bully

• Tell The Bully To Stop

• Help Others

DON’T...DON’T...

• Laugh When Someone Is Bullied

• Act Like You Don’t Know It’s Happening

• Tell The Bully To Do It Again

• Do Nothing

• Be A Bully Back

Cyberbullying

BrainPOP video

Zia Creed

EEverybody mattersverybody matters

AAppreciate everyone and everythingppreciate everyone and everything               

GGive and accept praiseive and accept praise

LListen and acknowledge others isten and acknowledge others                  

EElevate yourself and those around youlevate yourself and those around you

SSpeak kindlypeak kindly

Scenarios & What To Do

Who Should You Be Friends With?

Answer: NONE of them! You don’t know who any of them really

are!

Meeting People

You meet a kid your age in a chat room. They want to meet you in person. What should you say?

Answer: NO. Never agree to meet someone in real lifewithout your parents’ permission.

You meet someone who says something very mean. How should you react?

Answer: DON’T RETALIATE. Tell them to stop, and then stop contact and tell an adult.

Questions & Discussion