Internet Safety

Principal’s CoffeeMay 30, 2008

Bridget Belardi

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMcfrLYDm2U

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!)

• Facebook

• 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/